A Scottish film with an opening scene featuring our hero (a working class lad called Davie) running down the street, hotly pursued by an irate adversary, might put you in mind of Danny Boyleâs adaptation of Irving Welshâs Trainspotting. Trailer The...
When I was young, if someone exhibited a peculiar phobia or obsession, people used to say his mother must have been frightened by something associated with that obsession during pregnancy. I can only conclude that Christopher Nolanâs mum was...
âI was never any good at football.â So says 15-year-old Nico (Francesco Di Napoli), when ageing Camorra boss, Don Vittorio (Renato Carpentieri) asks him why he doesnât try to get rich through the âbeautiful game,â rather than the very ugly game of...
A fish, newly baited, wriggles in front of the camera before being dropped into a red bucket held by a clearly apprehensive small girl. The opening shot of Disappearance at Clifton Hill, the third Indie feature film by Canadian Director Albert Shin...
I confess that, as a man well on the road to decrepitude, the thought that a charming, beautiful and much younger woman – say, Katie Holmes – might fall for me is an appealing fantasy. If ever I reach Sir Patrick Stewartâs age, even the...
To the Stars is an uplifting coming-of-age story from the producers of It Follows and Midnight Special. Martin Thomasson reviews: Small town Oklahoma at the dawn of the 1960s; no place for a wild child, no place for anybody with dreams they hope...
Set in a Leeds of the near future, âThe Good Bookâ directed by Brett Chapman with a script by James Phillips, tells the story of a community beset by fear and suspicion. A young woman called Bear, having had visions that society needed to return to...
Radioactive is the Directorial brain child of Iranian-French filmmaker, Marjane Satrapi, known for her Oscar nomination for the 2007 phenomenon, Persepolis. It charts the life of Marie Curie (neĂ© Marie Sklodowska). Marjane Satrapi didnât appear to...
âCalm With Horsesâ, a project four years in the making, is a brooding crime drama, that fully deserves to gain cult status. The film is based on a short story from Colin Barrettâs âYoung Skinsâ collection; it caught Director Nick Rowlandâs eye on...
What do soldiersâ wives get up to when their husbands (or wives) are away on active service? Never fear. âMilitary Wivesâ is not a News of the World-style exposĂ©. Itâs a heart-warming story based on real life events of how a group of women set out...