Blitz, 2024. Written and Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Elliott Heffernan, Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman, Sally Messham, Josef Altin, Sandra Huggett, Thea Achillea, Grahame Fox, David Kirkbride, Tommy Daley, Thomas Aitch, Charlie Hodson-Prior, […]
2024 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blitz
Blitz, 2024. Written and Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, and Kathy Burke. SYNOPSIS: Follow the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II. Steve McQueen has been a pioneering voice in contemporary cinema […]
Movie Review – The Sea Beast (2022)
The Sea Beast, 2022. Directed by Chris Williams. Featuring the voice talents of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Dan Stevens, and Kathy Burke. SYNOPSIS: When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters – and make history to […]
Trailer for Netflix’s The Sea Beast promises a spectacular high-seas adventure
Fans of animation should sit up and take notice when a new film from Chris Williams, the Academy-Award winning director of Moana and Big Hero 6, comes sailing over the horizon, and that’s exactly what Netflix’s The Sea Beast is. Featuring the voices of Karl Urban (Star Trek), Zaris-Angel Hator (Black Earth Rising), Jared Harris […]
Movie Review – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 10th Anniversary 4K Restoration
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Kathy Burke, Ciaran Hinds, Simon McBurney and Roger Lloyd Pack. SYNOPSIS: There is a mole within the circus. Control (John Hurt) moves the pieces into play, but it falls […]
Movie Review – Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, 2016. Directed by Mandie Fletcher. Starring Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Kate Moss, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Celia Imrie, Graham Norton, Jeremy Paxman, Jon Hamm, Janette Tough and Robert Webb. SYNOPSIS: Two self-indulgent ladies find themselves at the centre of a media storm as one of them, a […]
Movie Review – Pan (2015)
Pan, 2015. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried, Adeel Akhtar, Nonso Anozie, Kathy Burke, and Cara Delevingne. SYNOPSIS: 12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny — to become the […]
Movie Review – Nil by Mouth (1997)
Nil by Mouth, 1997. Directed by Gary Oldman. Starring Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Laila Morse and Charlie Creed-Miles. SYNOPSIS: Depicting the lives of a dysfunctional, South London family. Aggressive Ray and junkie Billy are central roles as we see how their flaws bleed into their home lives and affect others. There is a moment, on the tube, […]
