They say never judge a book by its cover, this is a saying you could easily relate to William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth. An impressive unflinching directorial debut feature of oppression and lust in North East England. This movie may share the name of one of William Shakespeare’s tragic heroines, this does, however, share guilt and death. This… Read More Film Review – Lady Macbeth (2017)
British cinema may not have risen to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, but for our size were proud of what we’ve done or are we just too humble to admit? Keep calm and carry on, the British Ministry Of Information are to make things right in Lone Scherfig‘s (An Education) Their Finest. A warming nostalgic… Read More Film Review – Their Finest (2017)
Hollywood and multi-billion dollar corporations are like 2 peas in a pod, they will never step on each other’s toes and in movies more likely to be filled to the brim with product placements.In today’s Tinseltown, it takes a lot of balls to smear a company’s reputation and Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon, it was something… Read More DVD Review – DeepWater Horizon (2016)
The power of love does wonders for many people even if that love is regarded by some as ‘Forbidden Love’. In Amma Asante‘s A United Kingdom, it’s a love that caused a rift between two nations, as a man’s right to lead his nation. On paper, this sounds astonishing and it’s story that had to… Read More Film Review – A United Kingdom (2017)
When it comes to any family get together especially weddings or wakes, sometimes you just want to hide away in the corner and hope you’ll be forgotten about. In Jeff Blitz‘s Table 19 you may just get that hiding place amongst the forgotten, misfits and weirdos!With Jay and Mark Duplass onboard scripting, you would hope… Read More Film Review – Table 19 (2017)
Powerful words deserve a powerful platform and Raoul Peck’s I’m Not Your Negro gets that platform, bringing James Baldwin’s voice to the big screen. Unless you know the ins and outs of the history of the American Civil Rights movement the poet-novelist Baldwin will be virtually unknown. But take into the fold his friends network… Read More Film Review – I’m Not Your Negro (2017)
A sole purpose of a film is to entertain, tell a story maybe deliver a specific message which may get people talking, debating possibly trigger some form of action. Most filmmakers will deliver that entertaining story but as soon as you leave that cinema or if it’s a DVD switch off your player that 2… Read More DVD Review – Himizu (2011)
Boss Baby attempts to ask the question, “What if your baby was a boss?“. Throw in Alex Baldwin into the mix, you may want to ask the new question, “What if your baby was in Glengarry Glenross?“. Animated features are ten a penny these days, many forgettable and won’t raise a pulse this side of… Read More Film Review – Boss Baby (2017)
All those little (large) things you hate about the cinema happen here in China. Playing with mobile phones, texting there friends and family every minute, bad ringtones, talking loudly i experienced them all in the first movie. I have to say the other movies there wasn’t really much of the mobile phone use happening but… Read More Cinemas In China – Guangzhou Style (Part 2)
Most of us are used to going to cinema’s in UK to those big American Style multiplex out of town cinema with 10 or more screens with all the latest big blockbusters, everything in big scale including the ticket price. Some people are fortunate to been in a town which still has the old style… Read More Cinemas In China – Guangzhou Style (Part 1)
Chronicles In Film 