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Creation Stories (2021) Review – GFF
Creation Stories (2021) Director: Nick Moran Screenwriters: Dean Cavanagh, Irvine Welsh Starring: Ewen Bremner, Leo Flanagan, Suki Waterhouse, Jason Isaacs, Mel Raido, Thomas Turgoose, Michael Socha, Ed Byrne, Paul Kaye, Perry Benson, Steven Berkoff, Rufus Jones Creation Stories follows the life of Alan McGee, the Glaswegian born entrepreneur and founder of Creation Records. McGee, best…
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Jumbo (2021) Review – GFF
Jumbo (2021) Director: Zoé Wittock Screenwriter: Zoé Wittock Starring: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon Oh, sure, a woman falling in love with a funfair ride sounds like a ludicrous subject matter for a feature film, but the truth is that plenty of us have experienced tenderness for an inanimate object. I’m talking, of course, about that…
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‘Trainspotting’ at 25 – Review
Trainspotting (1996) Director: Danny Boyle Screenwriters: John Hodge Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald Trainspotting. The quintessential Scottish film. By definition, a British picture, but at its beating heart it is truly a Scottish movie. The small film from the small country that became one of the…
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Penguin Bloom (2021) Review
Penguin Bloom (2021) Director: Glendyn Ivin Screenwriters: Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps Starring: Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Essi Murray-Johnston “It must be weird to have wings but not be able to fly.” Penguin Bloom, Netflix’s new original, is a simultaneously heart-breaking and uplifting true story brought to life by renowned Australian director…
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Minari (2021) Review – GFF
Minari (2021) Director: Lee Isaac Chung Screenwriter: Lee Isaac Chung Starring: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Cate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, Will Patton A24 has achieved unparalleled success over the past few years through distributing a consistent slew of home runs. By backing cinema’s indie darlings and supporting fresh filmmakers’ long-time passion projects, the…
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Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) Review
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriters: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Brian Cox, Owen Wilson Having made a name for himself with five live-action features, it was somewhat of a left field decision for auteur Wes Anderson to take on a stop-motion animation project…
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Alive (2020) Short Film Review
Alive (2020) Director: Jimmy Olsson Screenwriters: Jimmy Olsson Starring: Eva Johansson, Madeleine Martin, Joel Ödmann Swedish filmmaker Jimmy Olsson’s follow-up to successful shorts 2nd Class and Whatever Happened to Ms Longstocking is the tender and heart-warming Alive, a film eligible for the Best Foreign Short at this year’s Oscars. Blending humour and sadness to profound effect, the Swedish-language film tells the story…
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King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) Review
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) Director: Ishirō Honda Screenwriter: Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Haruo Nakajima, Shoichi Hirose, Ichirō Arishima Note: This is a review of the original Japanese cut. The Godzilla franchise is unique in that our imagination is a crucial component to enjoying any of its films, as much a part of the film as…
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‘Hannibal’ at 20 – Review
Hannibal (2001) Director: Ridley Scott Screenwriters: David Mamet, Steven Zaillian Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison, Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Zeljko Ivanek, Hazelle Goodman Hannibal is a frustrating film. Granted, it was a tall order to follow up The Silence of the Lambs ten years after it swept the Academy Awards, especially with…
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Muppet Treasure Island (1996) – 25th Anniversary Review
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Director: Brian Henson Screenplay: Jerry Juhl, Kirk R. Thatcher, James V. Hart Starring: Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Kevin Clash, Bill Barretta, Frank Oz For all those involved in the creation of what is The Muppets’ fifth theatrical release, surely only in their…