Film Review: La Belle Saison (2015)
La Belle Saison is French for ‘summertime’, that time of year with the radiating sun and the slow lazy afternoons. It literally means ‘the…
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Film Review: Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
It’s been 12 years since Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) graced the big screen, and quite a bit has changed. Bridget returns in Bridget Jones’s…
Film Review: Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Disney’s done it again. And I don’t just mean killing off the parents in the opening scene (because Disney = #orphanlife). With director David…
Film Review: Sully (2016)
Right now Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks both share the quality of unfussily ‘getting the job done’ with Captain Chesley Sullenberger, the subject of…
Film Review: Mountain Cry (2015)
Set deep within an isolated Chinese mountain village 1984 is Mountain Cry by Larry Yang. A humanistic drama with elements of both comedy and…
Film Review: The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Stepping away from the amusing but not exactly articulate Minions, Illumination Entertainment is back with some quality animation in The Secret Life of Pets….
Film Review: Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie (2015)
It’s not so much a fault on the documentary’s behalf, but I still can’t tell you what Scientology is about. All I know is…
Film Review: Captain Fantastic (2016)
Foraging and surrounding itself in the forest of the Pacific North West, and with what feels like some notes on River Phoenix’s home-schooled upbringing…
Film Review: Girl Asleep (2015)
Here’s one for you: what happens when you mix Wes Anderson, 1970s Australia, Napoleon Dynamite, coming-of-age drama and the Mighty Boosh? It’s impossible to…
Film Buff? These Are The Best Film Festivals in 2017
Films allow us to escape and explore ideas, and so it’s no wonder we all love them so much. They provide a ‘window’ for…