Six of the Best: Films Turning Twenty

In a bid to make most of us feel positively mummified, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at six film that are twenty years old in 2018. There were so many happy memories to choose from...

Six Of The Best: Female Powerhouses

With the emphasis in Hollywood firmly, and correctly, being placed on equality it seemed like a good time to take a look at some of the strongest female presences on screen today. These women have pr...

Six Of The Best: Keeping It In The Family

Hell or High Water, David MacKenzie’s modern ode to old school Westerns is impossible to ignore and, once seen, harder to forget. That’s thanks in no small part to the laconic charm of the legendary ...

Six Of The Best: In Slow Motion

Slow motion is the go to guy when you want to underline a scene. Whether you’re trying to evoke emotion, draw attention to a specific act or, frankly, just look really cool, slo-mo is the director – ...

The Silence Of The Last Jedi

Of all the criticisms that have been directed towards The Last Jedi by fans who are unhappy, to say the least, with Rian Johnson’s take on the saga it seems that the most absurd is the news rep...

Benjamin’s Top Ten Films Of 2017

Well, 2017 has of course been a tumultuous year in politics what with the rise and rise of Trump and the waning and wilting of the so-called left, however, cinema has and always will be a welcome for...
Baby Driver Edgar Wright

John’s Top Ten Of 2017

Overall it has been a very good year for movies. There were a number of big budget films that failed to deliver at the box office leading the usual headlines about the death of cinema as we know it. ...

John’s Top Ten Disappointments of 2017

I don’t find it comfortable criticising a film. The two hours of entertainment you see on the screen is the product of months, if not years, of hard work from a lot of very talented people. Hav...
Dunkirk Mark Rylance

David’s Top Ten of 2017

David’s Top Ten of 2017 It’s almost the end of another year, and with that film fans far and wide will be compiling their lists of what movies tickled their cinematic fancy. So not to be ...