Meteorlight (2018) Director: Jonny Eveson Screenwriter: Jonny Eveson Often in the role of entertainment reporter, film comes and goes as a daily occurrence, with some releases being pleasing to the eye and others not so much, but when you watch over 200 films a year, it’s rare that one truly gets under your skin. Jonny Eveson’s Meteorlight was […]
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Outlaw King (2018) Director: David Mackenzie Screenwriters: Bathsheba Doran, David Mackenzie, James MacInnes Starring: Chris Pine, Florence Pugh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephen Dillane, Billy Howle Critically acclaimed Starred Up and Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie has made the transition to Netflix for his latest picture Outlaw King, the tale of Scottish King Robert the Bruce’s exploits in war against
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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Director: Bryan Singer Screenwriter: Anthony McCarten Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Mike Myers The story of Queen – or more specifically the story of Freddie Mercury – has had a very long history of production problems dating back over a
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Matthew Macfadyen, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Misty Copeland Plot: After receiving a mysterious egg-shaped box as a gift from her deceased mother, young Clara Stahlbaum finds herself in the magical world of the Four Realms and has to
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Peterloo (2018) Director: Mike Leigh Screenwriter: Mike Leigh Starring: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, John-Paul Hurley, Victor McGuire Veteran British director Mike Leigh returns with a new, big budget historical drama about the massacre of St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, where in the summer of
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Hymn of Hate (2018) Director: Matt Kennard Screenwriter: Matt Kennard Starring: Russell Tovey, Thomas Turgoose, Andrew Knott Hymn of Hate begins with the sound of a quiet swell of wind against grass, the black screen reading credits. The deep tones of a deftly composed war score welcome the opening shot of a camera tracking across a
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First Man (2018) Director: Damien Chazelle Screenwriter: Josh Singer Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Ethan Embry, Ciarán Hinds, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Patrick Fugit First Man, the 2018 mid-budget Universal release from Whiplash and La La Land director Damien Chazelle, will be about the most divisive movie of the year when 2018 comes to a close, owing
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Submarine (2010) Director: Richard Ayoade Screenwriter: Richard Ayoade Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine Richard Ayoade’s darkly humourous adaptation of Joe Dunthorpe’s coming of age novel Submarine is a movie that feels like a song by The Smiths wrapped in the sort of self-aware cinematic tropes that paint a picture of
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A Star Is Born (2018) Director: Bradley Cooper Screenwriters: Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Dave Chappelle, Anthony Ramos, Andrew Dice Clay, Rafi Gavron, Greg Grunberg A Star Is Born has returned to the silver screen for the fourth time, with the 2018 incarnation being driven by screenwriter, director
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Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) Director: Fumihiko Sori Screenwriters: Fumihiko Sori, Takeshi Miyamoto Starring: Ryôsuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda, Dean Fujioka, Ryûta Satô, Misako Renbutsu, Yô Ôizumi Nothing gives me The Fear quite like the announcement of an anime live-action adaptation. So when it was publicised that ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ was the latest victim in line for the guillotine, I was understandably
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