30 May 2017
FILM REVIEW: Michael Fassbender breathes vital life into an otherwise dismal vision in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant Alien: Covenant (15) Running time…
12 May 2017
But is that enough? Not a whole lot actually happens in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (12A) Running time 2hr 16min Rating…
04 May 2017
FILM REVIEW: Their Finest. Gemma Arterton in Second World War film about filmmaking Their Finest (12A) Running time 1hr 57mins Rating: **** WE, as a nation,…
27 April 2017
FILM REVIEW: Brits Jason Statham and Helen Mirren on-board for number 8 in the Fast & Furious franchise, The Fate of the Furious. Fate of the Furious…
20 April 2017
FILM REVIEW: Free Fire Free Fire (15) Running time 1hr 30min Rating: *** FREE Fire’s central conceit comes off like the set-up of a bad Irish…
07 April 2017
FILM REVIEW: Beauty and The Beast Beauty and the Beast (PG) Running time 2hr 9mins Rating: *** THERE’S trouble in the Magic Kingdom. Disney’s…
31 March 2017
FILM REVIEW: Black man in white nightmare: Jordan Peele's directorial debut Get Out Get Out (15) Running time 1hr 44mins Rating: **** THE work of…
23 March 2017
FILM REVIEW: Kong: Skull Island Kong: Skull Island (12A) Running time 1hr 58 min Rating *** I CAN’T quite recall when King Kong became a franchise…
16 March 2017
FILM REVIEW: Fist Fight Fist Fight (15) Running time 1hr 31mins Rating: * WE’VE officially reached peak Ice Cube. Casting the rapper, now a…
09 March 2017
Horror from Pirates of Caribbean director: A Cure for Wellness A Cure for Wellness (18) Running time 2hr 26mins Rating: *** WHAT was Gore Verbinski…
02 March 2017
Hidden Figures film review. Story of unknown African-American women mathematicians in the early years of the NASA space programme Hidden Figures (PG) Running…
23 February 2017
There’s little good to report... Fifty Shades Darker is a ‘turkey’ Fifty Shades Darker (18) Running time 1hr 58mins Rating: * FOUR sleeps prior to Valentine’s…
16 February 2017
Rings, the third instalment of the The Ring horror franchise Rings (15) Running time 1hr 47mins Rating: * NO horror film of the last 20 years has…
09 February 2017
T2: Danny Boyle’s long-awaited sequel to the era-defining Trainspotting 1996’s TRAINSPOTTING was, need it be said, one of the last truly generation-defining…
08 February 2017
Film will be shown in schools across the district to raise awareness A SHORT film has been released to warn young people in West Berkshire about the danger…
03 February 2017
There’s an M Night Shyamalan twist in Split, of course, but not the one expected Split (15) Running time 1hr 57mins Rating: **** HAVE any fallen…
25 January 2017
Everyone’s making a song and dance about La La Land, a real feelgood movie THE movie musical is, without a doubt, one of Hollywood’s least-understood…
19 January 2017
Gothic fantasy with dark themes A Monster Calls (12A) Running time 1hr 48mins Rating: **** TO evoke the terror of childhood has always proved a challenge…
12 January 2017
Admire Silence for its sweat and energy, but it’s a grim way to spend nearly three hours Silence (15) Running time 2hr 41mins Rating: *** THERE is much…
06 January 2017
Sci-fi space movie Passengers Passengers (12A) Running time 1hr 56mins Rating: *** PASSENGERS eschews the tendency within sci-fi cinema of late towards…