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
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Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1: where do we go from here?
One of the few things not to come out of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 battered, broken or indeed dead is the bloody key, both bits of which are now in the possession of Ethan Hunt. Unfortunately the keyhole is on a Russian submarine at the bottom of the sea, but that’s the only… Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1: where do we go from here? Read More
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 3 stars
Ethan Hunt is tasked with tracking down a key that can be used to shut down a newly sentient AI super weapon. I suppose every story about a world-ending mega weapon needs some quasi-religious guff to add a sheen of mysticism to your common-or-garden Armageddon scenario, and in the rather bonkers Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning… Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 Read More
Early doors or surviving jaws? Who dies and survives in Meg 2 — The Trench
Who sabotaged the rescue submarine? Has Haiqi-Meg got a boyfriend now? And is that prehistoric monster a squid or an octopus*? So many important questions. So a drumroll for the survivors and commiseration for those that didn’t make it — we remember your service, even if your character didn’t have a name and all you… Early doors or surviving jaws? Who dies and survives in Meg 2 — The Trench Read More
Meg 2: The Trench 2 stars
An illegal sea floor mining operation accidentally releases more megalodons into the waters above, threatening Jonas Taylor’s crew and an island full of partygoers. Meg 2 hasn’t exactly been overflowing with good reviews, but is it all, um, megatives? It’s worthy, but is it see-worthy? I saw Meg 2: The Trench with my typically bloodthirsty… Meg 2: The Trench 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
Pippin is back and posing like the poster girl she is — two new posters for Meg 2: The Trench
The sequel to 2018’s $530 million-grossing megalodon movie The Meg is out in UK cinemas on 4 August, just in time for Brits stuck in drizzly Britain to head into the cinema for some warmth and a hot coffee. Those of you heading to boiling hot mainland Europe and hoping for some seaside respite, well,… Pippin is back and posing like the poster girl she is — two new posters for Meg 2: The Trench 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
The Bounty Hunter: how it ends
With a kiss, obviously! Through the bars of two NYPD holding cells. Very spoilery (my review is here). Walter Lilley did not kill himself; he was killed by crooked cop Earl Mahler (the man in the black SUV who has been following Nicole). Walter worked at the NYPD evidence depository and had been letting Earl… The Bounty Hunter: how it ends Read More
The Bounty Hunter 2.5 stars
An investigative journalist jumps bail, only to find the bounty hunter on her trail is her ex-husband. The Bounty Hunter is lazily written, with a stupid plot. He’s a loser. She’s orange. And yet I gave this inanity 2.5 stars. And I’m now so chin-strokingly worthy, I didn’t even lob it an extra half-star for… The Bounty Hunter Read More
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