Second Coming, 2014. Directed by Debbie Tucker Green. Starring Idris Elba, Nadine Marshall and Alex Lanipekun. SYNOPSIS: A London woman is slowly driven mad by suddenly and inexplicably becoming pregnant. Naming your film after a poorly received Stone Roses album could be a creative risk, but when your protagonist, Jax (Nadine Marshall), suddenly becomes pregnant without […]

Tender, 2013. Directed by Lynette Wallworth.   SYNOPSIS: Documentary on a small steelworks town’s community who set up their own not-for-profit funeral service. Tender is the story of a former steelworks town in Australia. Its small, big-hearted community – somehow still cheery and uncomplaining despite how the overbearing factory has assaulted their spirit – launch […]

Neil Calloway takes Christopher Nolan to task for his insistence on the film projection of Interstellar… I like Christopher Nolan. Of all the British born but partly raised in America directors who are currently working in the sci-fi/fantasy genre he is definitely in the top two. Yes, his films may be like a house of […]

The Goob, 2014. Directed by Guy Myhill. Starring Sienna Guillory, Sean Harris, Hannah Spearritt and Liam Walpole. SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy in the rural North of England experiences life after school, dominated by his mother’s overbearing boyfriend.   There were a few different press screenings at 3pm on Thursday 9th October. Both Guidelines, a film in contention […]

The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho), 2014. Directed by Daniel Ribeiro. Starring Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi and Tess Amorim. SYNOPSIS: A blind teenage boy falls in love with one of his classmates. There’s a particular branch of film theory that deals entirely with the sense of touch in cinema; about how you […]

Son of a Gun, 2014 Directed by Julius Avery. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander, Matt Nable, Damon Herriman, Nash Edgerton and Jacek Koman. SYNOPSIS: An incarcerated career criminal offers protection to a young inmate who has to return the favour by orchestrating his prison escape upon being released and assisting in a multimillion dollar gold heist. A 19 year old […]

Christmas has come early for fans of Studio Ghibli as the first film in 14 years by co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) begins a theatrical run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox today; the subtitled and dubbed versions of The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) will be screened allowing audience members of […]

The Way He Looks, 2014. Directed by Daniel Ribeiro. Starring Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi and Tess Amorim. SYNOPSIS: Leonardo, blind from birth, discovers that he is gay and in love with Gabriel, his best friend. Amidst school projects, a need to break free from his parents, and the changing dynamic in his friendship with Giovanna, […]

Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014. Directed by Randall Lobb. SYNOPSIS: The history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles joins Ghostbusters and A Nightmare on Elm Street in the stable of “franchises celebrating 30 years of existence” and Randall Lobb’s rather wordy Turtle Power: The […]

Last week it was announced that Sony is working with Paul Feig to reboot classic 80s comedy Ghostbusters with an all-female cast. We’ve heard from Ernie Hudson on his rather controversial thoughts and now we can hear from Peter Venkman himself Bill Murray on his views on the reboot. On David Letterman last night, Murray […]