Late Night, 2019. Directed by Nisha Ganatra. Starring Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Dennis O’Hare, John Lithgow, Hugh Darcy, Reid Scott, Amy Ryan and Paul Walter Hauser. SYNOPSIS: When informed that she is being replaced as host of her long running chat show, Katherine Newberry fights to remain relevant and necessary, relying on the inspiration of […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – Hail Satan?
Hail Satan?, 2019. Directed by Penny Lane. Starring Lucien Greaves and Jex Blackmore. SYNOPSIS: A documentary examining the rise of the Satanic Temple, as well as its clashes with the evangelical Christian parts of America. For many of us, Satanism is something that seemed cool as an edgy teenager firmly in the “screw God” phase […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – Ask Dr Ruth
Ask Dr Ruth, 2019. Directed by Ryan White. Starring Dr Ruth Westheimer, Miriam Westheimer, Joel Westheimer, Leora Westheimer and Pierre Lehu. SYNOPSIS: The story of TV sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer, who is still blowing the minds of Americans with her frank discussions of sexuality at the age of 90. The opening scene of Ask […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – Apollo 11
Apollo 11, 2019. Directed by Todd Douglas Miller. Starring Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. SYNOPSIS: A documentary that brings to life a selection of archive footage, including some that has never been seen before, to explore the 1969 mission to put men on the moon. Coming less than a year after Damien Chazelle’s […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – Animals
Animals, 2019. Directed by Sophie Hyde Starring Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee, Dermot Murphy and Amy Molloy. SYNOPSIS: Resisting the building urge to grow up, 30 year old Laura rockets between her old party animal lifestyle and her newly found, more mature, love affair. Laura and her flatmate Tyler live from one night out […]
SXSW 2019 Review – The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Peanut Butter Falcon, 2019. Directed by Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz. Starring Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Jon Bernthal, Thomas Haden Church, Yelawolf, Jake Roberts, and Mick Foley. SYNOPSIS: A man with Down syndrome and a passion for wrestling escapes from a nursing home and joins a man on […]
SXSW 2019 Review – Stuber
Stuber, 2019. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, Karen Gillan, Betty Gilpin, Iko Uwais, Mira Sorvino and Natalie Morales. SYNOPSIS: A detective recruits his Uber driver into an unexpected night of adventure. It is not a great sign where the director and stars of your film have to repeat that the print […]
2019 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Beats
Beats, 2019. Directed by Brian Welsh. Starring Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald, Laura Fraser and Brian Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: It’s Scotland, 1994. Two young friends in West Lothian with a love for techno head for one last night together, before life sends them their separate ways. For all its horrific, stillborn visage and unforgiving portrait of drug culture, Trainspotting […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Benjamin
Benjamin, 2019. Directed by Simon Amstell. Starring Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Anna Chancellor and Jack Rowan. SYNOPSIS: A young, aggressively anxious filmmaker navigates his way through a burgeoning relationship as he battles with his own personality. Films are often segregated by their sexual orientation. Look at Netflix and Sky Movies, you can categorise […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Ray & Liz
Ray & Liz, 2018. Directed by Richard Billingham. Starring Ella Smith, Justin Salinger, Patrick Romer, and Tony Way. SYNOPSIS: Just outside of Birmingham, Ray and Liz struggle to survive and raise their sons, including future photographer Richard Billingham. Richard and his brother Dean do all they can to fend for themselves, despite their situational poverty […]
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