3 stars My Sweet Pepper Land is very much a traditional western, except that it is set in modern-day Kurdistan, post-Saddam Hussein’s fall, using AK-47 instead of pistols. Baran is a tough former resistance fighter […]
Film | Ender's Game – not exactly out of this world
Adapted from Orson Scott Card’s successful 1985 sci-fi novel of the same name, Ender’s Game is a film that makes a decent attempt at sticking true to its origins. The film is set in the […]
Film | Le Week-End – a vivid portrayal of a marriage at cross-roads
Le Week-End follows Nick (Jim Broadbent) and Meg (Lindsay Duncan) around Paris as they attempt to reinvigorate their marriage on their 30th wedding anniversary. Although the film’s pace is gradual and its storyline is simplistic […]
Film | Escape Plan – Arnie in his prime
Image: Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate If you’ve been in two minds about whether or not you want to go and see Escape Plan, allow me to conduct a simple test: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone break out of a maximum-security prison […]
Film | Spooky, Scary – Films for Halloween
Image: Warner Bros The Shining dir. Stanley Kubrick This Kubrick classic continues to chill our bones even after multiple viewings. A man takes his family with him to spend the winter as caretaker in an isolated […]
Film | The Witches – digitally remastered
‘The Witches’, released for the first time in 1966, is the story of Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) as she struggles to deal with haunting memories from her past. The film has recently been digitally restored, and […]
Film | No/Gloss Film Festival – engaging with film
5/5 Stars The desolate spaces of Canal Mills was taken over this past weekend by No/Gloss Film Festival for the second edition of Leeds’ own DIY film festival. The vast, bare warehouse of the 19th […]
Film | Baggage Claim – Just Typical
Comedy Director: David E Talbert Writer: David E Talbert 3/5 Stars Typical. I thought I’d hate it. Not because I was over it. I never will be. Pop-corn, your besties and a high altitude search […]
Film | Sunshine on Leith – The Scottish Answer to Mamma Mia!
4/5 Stars Sunshine on Leith is marketed as the feel-good film of the year. It has been described with words like ‘sprightly’ and ‘unabashed’ and rightly so. It’s the Scottish answer to Mamma Mia!; the […]
Film | Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen's Return to Form
5/5 Stars Blue Jasmine does not just mark Woody Allen’s move away from comedy into drama, it is his very own Grecian style tragedy. His tragic hero, Jasmine, was once a wealthy New York socialite […]
Arts | The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Midnight Showing
The stage version of The Rocky Horror Show was touring earlier this year, and when it came to the Leeds Grand in June, my housemates and I handed over the last of our loans, got […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (30/09-06/10)
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 […]