VIDEO FILM REVIEW: CAROL (LFF)
Rating: Niki and Matt were lucky enough to catch Carol at the London Film Festival this year and it has stayed with them ever since. Carol is perhaps being easily pigeon-holed as a lesbian love story but it is in fact…
Film Reviews
FILM: STEVE JOBS (VIDEO)
Rating: Steve Jobs Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogan, Michael Stuhlbarg Biopic about the legendary Apple CEO, Steve Jobs that centres around three key product launches in the 90s. Release date: 13th November See below for Matt…
FILM: HE NAMED ME MALALA (VIDEO)
Rating: He Named Me Malala Director: Davis Guggenheim Documentary film chronicling the journey of female activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban for speaking out for a girls right to education in Pakistan. Deeply…
FILM: KILL YOUR FRIENDS (VIDEO)
Rating: Kill Your Friends Director: Owen Harris Starring: Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Georgia King, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, Joseph Mawle and Ed Skrein Kill Your Friends, the big screen adaptation of John Niven’s cult classic novel, is blacker than a…
LFF: ANOMALISA
Rating: The surprise film at the London Film Festival is always one of the fastest selling screenings. If you’re not on the ball at 10am on the day of ticket release then you may as well not bother; it’s not…
FILM: Red Army
Rating: Red Army is a documentary that reveals the power of the Soviet regime through the medium of ice hockey. Interviews with Slava Fetisov reveal his wholehearted commitment to the Soviet Union, as we see him go from national sports hero…
FILM: Sicario
Rating: Sicario is a visceral and intense thriller from director Denis Villeneuve, director of 2013’s drama thriller, Prisoners and last year’s cerebral and surreal thriller, Enemy. It’s safe to say then that Villeneuve knows a little bit about how to…
FILM: Twin Peaks UK Festival 2015
As a Twin Peaks UK Festival virgin, I was very much looking forward to attending this year’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. The festival is held annually at the superb Genesis cinema on Mile End Road – and I can say with…
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: Wasp
Rating: When Oliver (Simon Haycock) and his lover James (Hugo Bolton) decide to take a holiday to Oliver’s family home in the beautiful South of France, their hopes of a secluded romantic getaway are soon dashed by the addition of…
FILM: MLE
Rating: Many of us have been in that situation; so broke and desperate for money that we would have taken any job offered to us. This is exactly what Julie Robert (no not the actress Julia Roberts but an actress…