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Don't come looking for answers

Don't come looking for answers

Don't come looking for answers

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…


FILM REVIEW: Comic book heroes play it for laughs

FILM REVIEW: Comic book heroes play it for laughs

FILM REVIEW: Comic book heroes play it for laughs

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…


Just the job for a woman

Just the job for a woman

Just the job for a woman

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,…


F8 steps on the gas

F8 steps on the gas

F8 steps on the gas

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…


Gunning for cult status

Gunning for cult status

Gunning for cult status

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…


Fairytale feminist... or is she?

Fairytale feminist... or is she?

Fairytale feminist... or is she?

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…


Post racial comedy of manners

Post racial comedy of manners

Post racial comedy of manners

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…


Filmic junk food at its finest

Filmic junk food at its finest

Filmic junk food at its finest

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…


Teachers behaving badly

Teachers behaving badly

Teachers behaving badly

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…


Could be the next cult movie

Could be the next cult movie

Could be the next cult movie

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…


Backstory of the space race

Backstory of the space race

Backstory of the space race

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…


Kinky couple lose the plot

Kinky couple lose the plot

Kinky couple lose the plot

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…


We're not scared. No really.

We're not scared. No really.

We're not scared. No really.

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…


Welcome back Renton, your friends have been waiting

Welcome back Renton, your friends have been waiting

Welcome back Renton, your friends have been waiting

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…


Short film to protect young people from exploitation released

Short film to protect young people from exploitation released

Short film to protect young people from exploitation released

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…


Multiple parts for McAvoy

Multiple parts for McAvoy

Multiple parts for McAvoy

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…


The spirit of the musical

The spirit of the musical

The spirit of the musical

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…


A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls

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…


Scorsese’s silence weighs heavy

Scorsese’s silence weighs heavy

Scorsese’s silence weighs heavy

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…


To travel hopefully

To travel hopefully

To travel hopefully

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…


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