129. Mark Felt - The Man Who Brought Down The White House; movie review
MARK FELT - THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSECert 12A103 minsBBFC advice: Contains infrequent strong languageSurely, everything about the Watergate scandal has been said, hasn't it?Well, not...
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THAANA SERNDHA KOOTTAMCert 12A138 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate violence, injury detail, suicide sceneIn 2013, I was lukewarm about Neeraj Pandey's Special 26 - a true story-inspired crime caper,...
View Article131. Naachiyaar; movie review
NAACHIYAARCert 15100 minsBBFC advice: Contains sexual violence theme, strong violence, threatFilms which really dig into Indian culture without offering the frills of song and dance are a rarity but...
View Article132. Father Figures; movie review
FATHER FIGURESCert 15113 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong language and sex referencesOwen Wilson as a hippy dude who keeps saying 'man' and believes in free love and Ed Helms as an uptight...
View Article133. Game Night; movie review
GAME NIGHTCert 15100 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong language, sex references, injury detailI wish I could stick more rigidly to my rule of avoiding cinema trailers - especially for comedies.Many of...
View Article134. Gholam; movie review
GHOLAMCert 1595 minsBBFC advice: Contains very strong language, strong violenceMrs W and I go to London often to see friends or watch movies and each time we question how the great tide of immigrants...
View Article135. I Got Life! (Aurore); movie review
I GOT LIFE! (AURORE)Cert 1589 minsBBFC advice: Contains brief strong sexWe laughed and laughed and laughed. Agnès Jaoui has nailed what it is like to be going through the menopause in Blandine Lenoir's...
View Article136. Crowhurst; movie review
CROWHURSTCert 12A103 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate threatThis is a curiosity - the same studio, Studiocanal, releases two films with the same subject within weeks of each other.But while The...
View Article137. Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist; movie review
WESTWOOD: PUNK, ICON, ACTIVISTCERT 1583 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong languageThe problem with biopics is that the director can become too close to their subject and, therefore, exclude the...
View Article138. Unsane; movie review
UNSANECert 1598 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong violence, threat, languageIs Claire Foy omnipresent? I see her photos on the sides of buses, she has been in the news headlines over her pay packet in...
View Article139. Proud Mary; movie review
PROUD MARYCert 1589 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong violence, injury detail, threatI am a keen advocate for diversity in Hollywood but, surely, the least studios can do is make sure movies with female...
View Article140. Dark Beacon; movie review
DARK BEACONCert TBA75 minsBBFC advice: TBACrikey - it's been a long time since I watched a movie which I felt was too short.Corrie Greenop's movie lasts only 75 minutes but it contains little of the...
View Article141. The Bachelors; movie review
THE BACHELORSCert 1597 minsBBFC advice: Contains scene of self harmAfter all his hard man roles, J.K. Simmons proves that he can be a big softie too.But, while his performance in The Bachelors is one...
View Article142. The Islands And The Whales; movie review
THE ISLANDS AND THE WHALESCERT 12A81 minsBBFC advice: Contains scenes of whale huntingWhale hunting is a bad thing. Right? Well, you may not think so if you were brought up in the Faroe Islands, 200...
View Article143. Between Land And Sea; movie review
BETWEEN LAND AND SEACert TBA87 minsBBFC advice: TBAAh, those surfers. They risk life and limb to ride on the biggest waves they can find.There is no doubt that the drama of the crashing seas makes for...
View Article144. A Wrinkle In Time; movie review
A WRINKLE IN TIMECert PG109 minsBBFC advice: Contains mild threatDuring my childhood, the opening Disney music, image of the magic kingdom and accompanying fireworks was always a prelude to a joyous...
View Article145. Sheep and Wolves (Volki i ovtsy. Beezumnoe prevrashchenie); movie review
SHEEP AND WOLVES (VOLKI I OVTSY. BEEZUMNOE PREVRASHCHENIE)Cert TBA85 minsBBFC advice TBAMovies to go under the radar proudly present.... a spiky animation which is being released after the Easter rush...
View Article146. Cake; movie review
CAKECert 12A126 minsBBFC advice: Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex referencesI always feel as if I want to prelim a review of a Pakistani movie by stating my continued surprise over how...
View Article147. Ready Player One; movie review
READY PLAYER ONECert 12A140 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate violence horror, infrequent strong languageSteven Spielberg's much-lauded action fantasy with a host of classic movie references. Surely,...
View Article148. Midnight Sun; movie review
MIDNIGHT SUNCert 12A91 minsBBFC advice: Contains underage drinkingSniff, sniff, sniff... the two girls in the row behind me were clearly beside themselves at the unfurling sadness during Scott Speer's...
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