School of Rock comes back to cinemas for its 20th anniversary, and while I do recall seeing this once before, it was mid-afternoon at the weekend, and as I watched this big-screen release, I think …
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School of Rock comes back to cinemas for its 20th anniversary, and while I do recall seeing this once before, it was mid-afternoon at the weekend, and as I watched this big-screen release, I think …
Continue readingUncut Gems is a film I’ve been looking forward to immensely since I heard about it, as The Safdie Brothers, who direct and co-write this, also brought us 2017’s Good Time, starring Robert Pattinson, which …
Continue readingEighth Grade is a film that looked superb from the trailer, but was one of those indie films that I knew would get short shrift from the multiplexes, so watching it on Blu-ray would be …
Continue readingThe Girl In The Spider’s Web comes from the same director as the Evil Dead 2013 reboot, Fede Alvarez, and while it wasn’t a great film by any stretch of the imagination, it did have …
Continue readingIsle of Dogs is the colloquial term given to Trash Island, a place where all the Japanese non-recycled rubbish goes to, just outside of the country. Following a huge showdown between all the dogs and …
Continue readingLady Bird is another film selected for potential BAFTA and Oscar glory, yet is also another film that’s less than the sum of its parts, which is a shame, as Saoirse Ronan is superb in …
Continue readingThe Grand Budapest Hotel makes its way on to Blu-ray and DVD, with a bold instruction at the start of the film: “PLEASE SET YOUR MONITOR TO 16X9”. You’ll see why in due course. The …
Continue readingInside Llewyn Davis starts off at the Gaslight Cafe, 1961, where Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) sings “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me”. From there, we follow a week in the life of this struggling folk singer, …
Continue readingThe Grand Budapest Hotel centers around an elderly Mr. Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), in 1985,recounting tales about his life at the hotel to a young writer (Jude Law), starting from the moment he started as …
Continue readingMoonrise Kingdom is a film I wanted to see because I really enjoyed The Darjeeling Limited and I loved The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. And a film with Bill Murray, Bruce Willis and Harvey …
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