King Arthur sets out on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Doing for bunnies what Benchley and Spielberg did for Great Whites, and demolishing fourth walls with the glee of a cowboy builder, the Pythons’ second big screen outing is a hoot, a meandering delight that also firmly skewers the genial pointlessness of quests… Monty Python & The Holy Grail Read More
Madame Web 2 stars
A paramedic whose mom was in the Amazon researching spiders right before she died has to save three teenage girls from a man intent on killing them But for an editorial swerve, Madame Web could have been Hamlet. By which I mean cursed with a line that has the audience on such tenterhooks waiting for… Madame Web Read More
Monty Python & The Holy Grail: UK cinema re-release!
Excuse me when I bang these coconut shells together, I’m clapping not pretending to be a horse. Yes, not only will you be able to watch Monty Python & The Holy Grail in a limited cinema run from 21 February, but there will also be… wait for it… [more clip-clop clapping]… QUOTE-ALONG SCREENINGS! That’s therapy… Monty Python & The Holy Grail: UK cinema re-release! Read More
225 Film Club Official Selection – reviews and BEST SHORT FILM winner
It’s that time of year again, when I review all the short films shown at the 225 Film Club’s Official Selection screening night. The 225 Film Club is dedicated to female excellence in direction, and once again it has been thrilling to watch such varied stories and journeys unfold so completely, each one in under… 225 Film Club Official Selection – reviews and BEST SHORT FILM winner Read More
225 Film Club Official Selection announced for 2023
225 Film Club: Promoting Female Excellence In Direction The difficult task of whittling down an already impressive longlist has now been completed! Celebrating its fifth edition, the 2023 Official Selection screens at the BFI on Thursday 26 October with backing from BFI Inclusion. This edition the BEST SHORT FILM award will be chosen by the… 225 Film Club Official Selection announced for 2023 Read More
225 Film Club releases its 2023 longlist
225 Film Club: Promoting Female Excellence In Direction Created in 2018 by filmmaker Rita Osei, the 225 Film Club screens excellent current and past narrative and documentary short film work by female and non-binary filmmakers, introduces directors and producers, and supports women in film. For the second year running it takes place at the BFI,… 225 Film Club releases its 2023 longlist Read More
The Wham! trailer is here and it’s Fantastic
Dig out that Choose Life! t-shirt, spray some Sun-In through your hair, and remind yourself what the DHSS was… Wham! hold a special place in my heart as it was the first concert I ever went to (December 1984! I can’t remember exactly what I wore but I think it involved white stilettos). So I… The Wham! trailer is here and it’s Fantastic Read More
Follow The Dead 3 stars
A family of idle Millennials has to decide how to respond to an outbreak of zombies. *** UPDATE! Follow The Dead is now available on Apple TV in Ireland *** I’ve watched so many zombie movies now I’m rather hardened, and my first thought when a character in Follow The Dead was bitten on the… Follow The Dead Read More
Plane 4 stars
When a passenger plane crashes onto a rebel-held island, the plan’s captain must team up with an accused killer to rescue the passengers and get them to safety. “Redemption can only be found in the most unusual places,” says Louis Gaspare (a spare and charismatic Mike Colter) to Captain Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler, also charismatic… Plane Read More
The John Wick 4 trailer is here: “Amen!”
The man who put the ass in assassin — twice in fact — is BACK, and ready to kill any hitmen (and women) he didn’t dispatch in the first three movies. But could this be… the end? Maybe this time the People’s Hitman finally pops his clogs? I don’t think so. Really, from what we’ve… The John Wick 4 trailer is here: “Amen!” Read More
John Wick 4: Roses are red…
John Wick is divine,Which is a damn good thing, As the runtime is 2 hours 49. Wow – is it set in real time? (Actually that would work for John Wick – every now and then I try to work out the Wick-iverse timeline and I think it’s not more than a few weeks, even… John Wick 4: Roses are red… Read More