The Reckoning, 2020. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Suzanne Magowan and Sarah Lambie. SYNOPSIS: Grieving the death of her husband due to the Great Plague, a woman is tortured in the wake of accusations that she is a witch. There’s a big spectre which looms ominously over any British […]
Movie Review – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, 2021. Directed by Josh Greenbaum. Starring Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr., Vanessa Bayer, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Reyn Doi. SYNOPSIS: Two middle-aged friends travel to an idyllic Florida resort, where they become embroiled in an elaborate criminal plot. There’s a long-running theory in film […]
Movie Review – The Power (2021)
The Power, 2021. Directed by Corinna Faith. Starring Rose Williams, Shakira Rahman, Emma Rigby, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Diveen Henry and Charlie Carrick. SYNOPSIS: A newbie nurse at a London hospital finds herself spending a terrifying evening on the intensive care ward amid a government-imposed blackout. In the winter of 1973/74, Britain was hit by […]
Movie Review – Sound of Metal (2019)
Sound of Metal, 2019. Directed by Darius Marder. Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff and Mathieu Amalric. SYNOPSIS: A heavy metal drummer must learn how to adjust to a completely different life when he begins to suffer serious loss of hearing. It’s always a bit weird to review hotly-tipped Oscar contenders as […]
Movie Review – Undine (2020)
Undine, 2020. Directed by Christian Petzold. Starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski and Jacob Matschenz. SYNOPSIS: After a bizarre break-up with her previous boyfriend, a woman forms a new relationship with an industrial diver. Christian Petzold is a filmmaker who thrives when his audience is slightly unbalanced. His last film Transit was an unusual and beguiling […]
Exclusive Interview – Liam Neeson, Micheál Richardson and James D’Arcy on Made in Italy
Tom Beasley chats to Made in Italy writer-director James D’Arcy and his leading men Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson… In his new film Made in Italy, Liam Neeson doesn’t punch a single person in the face. Written and directed by actor James D’Arcy, it’s a gentle but poignant family drama in which Neeson stars alongside […]
Movie Review – Made In Italy (2020)
Made in Italy, 2020. Directed by James D’Arcy. Starring Liam Neeson, Micheál Richardson, Valeria Bilello, Lindsay Duncan and Yolanda Kettle. SYNOPSIS: In the midst of a divorce, a man decides to renovate and sell the Italian villa he owns with his father. There are few things less exciting than a movie about intensely privileged people […]
Movie Review – The Eight Hundred (2020)
The Eight Hundred, 2020. Directed by Guan Hu. Starring Huang Zhizhong, Zhang Junyi, Du Chun, Oho Ou and Tang Yixin. SYNOPSIS: In 1937, a few hundred Chinese soldiers are tasked with defending a Shanghai warehouse from invading Japanese forces. There were many strange and unusual things about 2020 but, for movie fans, one of the […]
Movie Review – Retaliation (2017)
Retaliation, 2017. Directed by Ludwig Shammasian and Paul Shammasian. Starring Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Anne Reid, James Smillie, Charlie Creed-Miles and Alex Ferns. SYNOPSIS: Decades after he was molested by a Catholic priest, a man deals with his abuser’s return as he is tasked with demolishing the church where the crimes took place. Over the […]
Movie Review – SAS: Red Notice (2021)
SAS: Red Notice, 2021. Directed by Magnus Martens. Starring Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper, Noel Clarke, Andy Serkis, Ray Panthaki, Anne Reid and Tom Wilkinson. SYNOPSIS: An SAS operative finds his romantic getaway to Paris curtailed when a high-value mercenary target hijacks a train in the Channel Tunnel. The market for tough, […]
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