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Movie Review – Under the Silver Lake (2018)

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Under the Silver Lake, 2018. Directed by David Robert Mitchell. Starring Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Patrick Fischler, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez and Luke Baines. SYNOPSIS: A jobless LA dreamer finds purpose in investigating the disappearance of his neighbour after they spend a romantic day together. The world of Under the Silver Lake is a weird, […]

Movie Review – Little Italy (2018)

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Little Italy, 2018. Directed by Donald Petrie. Starring Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Adam Ferrara, Gary Basaraba, Andrea Martin, Danny Aiello, Alyssa Milano, Linda Kash, Andrew Phung and Jane Seymour. SYNOPSIS: The offspring of a pair of warring pizzeria owners develop a romantic relationship when they are reunited after five years apart. Donald Petrie has come […]

Exclusive Interview – Ray & Liz star Ella Smith on portraying real life, the Brummie accent and ‘poverty porn’

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Tom Beasley chats to actress Ella Smith about portraying a larger than life matriarch in Richard Billingham’s autobiographical British drama Ray & Liz… This week, the working class West Midlands of Thatcher’s Britain comes to the big screen in Ray & Liz. Writer-director Richard Billingham adapts stories from his own poverty-stricken childhood in his first […]

Exclusive Interview – Ray & Liz star Justin Salinger on the “love and warmth” of the film, as well as its authentic locations

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Tom Beasley talks to actor Justin Salinger about his role as half of the titular couple in Richard Billingham’s British drama Ray & Liz… Arriving in UK cinemas this weekend in a cloud of acrid cigarette smoke, Richard Billingham’s Ray & Liz stands out from the pack. Billingham’s debut feature sees him directing a vision […]

Movie Review – Rosie (2018)

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Rosie, 2018. Directed by Paddy Breathnach. Starring Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford, Ellie O’Halloran, Ruby Dunne, Darragh Mckenzie and Molly McCann. SYNOPSIS: A desperate family in Dublin, evicted from their rental property so the landlord can sell it, hop between council-funded hotel stays to keep themselves off the streets. The sad reality of the precarious modern […]

Movie Review – Ray & Liz (2018)

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Ray & Liz, 2018. Written and directed by Richard Billingham. Starring Ella Smith, Justin Sallinger, Patrick Romer, Tony Way, Sam Gittins, Joshua Millard-Lloyd and Deirdre Kelly. SYNOPSIS: A poverty-stricken family living in the Black Country during the 1980s struggles with the constant spectre of financial peril. From the very first shots of photographer turned filmmaker […]

The Fifth Element with comedian Bec Hill – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #26

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, stand-up comedian Bec Hill chooses to discuss Luc Besson’s loony 1990s sci-fi The Fifth Element… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, our guest is stand-up comic Bec Hill. […]

The Grand Budapest Hotel with Destination Dewsbury director Jack Spring – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #25

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, the director of new British comedy Destination Dewsbury comes by to chat about Wes Anderson’s farce The Grand Budapest Hotel… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, our guest […]

Movie Review – Everybody Knows (2018)

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Everybody Knows, 2018. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín, Bárbara Lennie, Ramón Barea, Inma Cuesta, Elvira Mínguez, José Ángel Egido and Carla Campra. SYNOPSIS: When a teenage girl goes missing during the frivolities of a wedding reception, family and friends discover buried secrets and unspoken turmoil as they try to […]