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Hey, “Frankie”! New trailer and UK release date

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“I wish Isabelle Huppert was my mum” hive assemble! Huppert leads an outstanding cast that includes Brendan Gleeson, Marisa Tomei and Greg Kinnear in what promises to be a funny and utterly engaging cinematic treat. Here’s the new UK poster and scroll down for the synopsis and trailer. Unfolding over the course of a late summer’s… Hey, “Frankie”! New trailer and UK release date Read More

Reasons to be chervil: Wild Mountain Thyme gets a UK release date

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*** My review is now live *** I think so, anyway — you may prefer to drown your sorrels, judging by its US reception. Yes, the film that had the US abuzz with astonishment is finally coming here: Wild Mountain Thyme will be available for digital rental on 30 April (there’s a Republic of Ireland… Reasons to be chervil: Wild Mountain Thyme gets a UK release date Read More

CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast

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Coriolanus in the streets, Aufidius in the sheets. That’s our decision and we’re sticking to it. Fascinating, cultured, and sometimes a little too scratchy — me, and also my Gerrystorm podcast episode on CORIOLANUS.  This is episode 5, and while my guest Paula and I have gone all Shakespearean I can assure you there isn’t… CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More

Whats up, droog! Space Jam: A New Legacy has a trailer

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I haven’t seen the original Space Jam so I am presenting this new trailer without comment. Well almost, as the Droogs from A Clockwork Orange appear too, courtside, plus it looks fun (LeBron and the cartoon bunny, not the Droogs). That’s it! That’s the article! Oh wait here’s the synopsis and the actual trailer, which… Whats up, droog! Space Jam: A New Legacy has a trailer Read More

Shhh! Chaos Walking explained

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Very spoilery about the film (I haven’t read the book!) If you just want the ending, scroll down past the “orange trousers” photo… My review is here. The title is from an unnamed New World settler: “The Noise is a man’s thoughts, unfiltered, and without a filter, man is just chaos walking”. There are four… Shhh! Chaos Walking explained Read More

Chaos Walking 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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100 years in the future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet. Despite its big budget, Doug Liman’s film mainly reminded me of those 1970s/80s sci fi serials on British TV that involve endless running through Oxfordshire woodland – there is lots of dashing through trees, some visual effects,… Chaos Walking Read More

It’s all kicking off! Jason Statham is a man with a grudge in the Wrath Of Man trailer

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With my severely truncated attention span after a year of various lockdowns, I have developed a new fondness for trailers which tell you a lot about the film – and Wrath Of Man is just such a beast. When I started watching it I knew nothing about it but title, star and director – now… It’s all kicking off! Jason Statham is a man with a grudge in the Wrath Of Man trailer Read More

2021-set sci-fi classic Johnny Mnemonic gets new Digital HD release…

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“Everybody and his mother wants to kill me!” The new Digital HD release is out this May, as the sci-fi classic starring Keanu Reeves reaches its quarter-century. This synopsis doesn’t actually sound too far out, only they missed COVID: In the 21st century the information superhighway has developed so far that cyberspace is the norm… 2021-set sci-fi classic Johnny Mnemonic gets new Digital HD release… Read More

The last resort they’ll ever visit? Trailer for vacation horror The Resort

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*** My review is now live *** As the prospect of a summer holiday recedes into the distance, what better movie to watch than a cautionary tale about what can happen if you actually go on holiday? At least you can consoler yourself that people actually allowed to go on vacation are having a way… The last resort they’ll ever visit? Trailer for vacation horror The Resort Read More

“Now, voyagers!” (Said in my best mum voice)

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Voyagers looks to be about the messy power of young people as they move from child to adult, and their parents – and society – struggle to control them. Obviously it’s set on a spaceship on an interminable flight to a new planet, and turned up to the nth degree, because otherwise this would risk… “Now, voyagers!” (Said in my best mum voice) Read More

PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast

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While PS I Love You is often trite, it’s also sometimes touched by genius*, both deliberate and accidental. *Not Gerard Butler’s Irish accent. Talking me through the glories and disasters of our favourite post-millennial, post-mortem romcom, is PS I Love You expert and all-round Gerard Butler fan Kate Hudson – a woman who, if Oxford University actually knew anything… PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More