We’re in the midst of the build up to the 86th Academy Awards on March 2nd, and the front runner for the Best Actor award is a name that a mere five years ago was […]
Film | The Monuments Men – Weak wartime comedy drama
Image: Colombia Pictures The Monuments Men is an American war film, telling the true story of a group of art loving European and American men sent into battle to retrieve works of art from the […]
Film | The Lego Movie – This film is for you, whatever your age
Image: Warner Bros. No words can fully describe how excited I was for this film. Not only is it a Lego movie, it was created by the same guys who made Cloudy with a Chance […]
Film | Banff Mountain Film Festival – Stunning sports, stunning shots
The Banff Mountain Film Festival came to Leeds on Wednesday and Thursday last week, touring the UK for the fifth consecutive year. You might well ask what a “mountain film festival” is. The main festival […]
Film | Cuban Fury – Nick Frost gets his salsa on
Image: Big Talk Productions There are a multitude of films that came out in time for the 14th of February this year that are still in cinemas; the Lego Movie, Her, the Monuments Men, and […]
BAFTA Roundup | 12 Years A Slave wins Best Picture
Last Sunday was time again to celebrate not only the past year in film, but also the people who made it happen and those among them we lost this year. The BAFTAs 2014 saw Gravity, […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week- Bridesmaids, Sunshine & Freaky Friday
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview and seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Film | Robocop – robo reboot falls flat
Image: MGM The mere mention of Robocop can prompt an awkward shuffle. The long drawn out sighs before some cries “why are they remaking it? Why?!” This was my reaction too, until a recent realisation: we […]
Philip Seymour Hoffman – award winning actor found dead at 46
The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, aged 46, marks a period of deep mourning for the film industry. Hoffman’s distinctive personality and ability to demonstrate the most vibrant aspects of his characters is a trait […]
Film | Out of the Furnace – not one for the squeamish
Image: Appian Way The life of Russell Baze (Christian Bale) is littered with misfortune. Working at a monotonous steel mill in West Braddock, Pennsylvania, his father is terminally ill while his brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) […]
Film | The Invisible Woman – Dickens' secret love affair comes to light
Image: BBC Films 4/5 Stars Adapted from Claire Tomalin’s book of the same name, The Invisible Woman is an engrossing depiction of the life of Nelly Ternan, a shadowy figure who was Dickens’ secret love […]
Film | American Hustle – Great performances, great hair
Image: Atlas Entertainment 4/5 Stars While reading Peter Bradshaw’s review of American Hustle in the Guardian, I noticed that the critic made a mistake when he said that there’s no British equivalent of this film. […]