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Schemers: Film Review

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 Boyle’s adaptation of Irving Welsh’s Trainspotting. Trailer The...

in TENET

Tenet: Film Review

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 Nolan’s mum was...

Piranhas

Piranhas: Film Review

“I was never any good at football.” So says 15-year-old Nico (Francesco Di Napoli), when ageing Camorra boss, Don Vittorio (Renato Carpentieri) asks him why he doesn’t try to get rich through the ‘beautiful game,’ rather than the very ugly game of...

Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie and Sam Riley as Pierre Curie in Radioactive, directed by Marjane Satrapi. Photo: Laurie Sparham.

Radioactive: Film Review

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 didn’t appear to...

Calm With Horses

Calm With Horses: Film Review

‘Calm With Horses’, 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 Barrett’s ‘Young Skins’ collection; it caught Director Nick Rowland’s eye on...

Military Wives

Military Wives: Film Review

What do soldiers’ wives get up to when their husbands (or wives) are away on active service? Never fear. “Military Wives” is not a News of the World-style exposĂ©. It’s a heart-warming story based on real life events of how a group of women set out...