154. Besa: The Promise; movie review
BESA: THE PROMISECert TBA86 minsBBFC advice: TBASeldom do I shed tears watching movies but I had to fight them back during the final scenes of Rachel Goslins' film Besa: The Promise.This is a...
View Article155. Afternoon Delight; movie review
AFTERNOON DELIGHTCert 1894 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong sex, sex references and very strong languageOk, let's be honest: do you know a married mum would bring home a stripper to enliven her humdrum...
View Article156. 20 Feet From Stardom; movie review
20 FEET FROM STARDOMCert 12A90 minsBBFC advice: Contains infrequent strong languageIn the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the quality of the backing singers could give the extra lift a record needed to make it a...
View Article157. Labor Day; movie review
LABOR DAYCert 12A115 minsBBFC advice: Contains infrequent moderate sex, sex references and violenceSheffield Cineworld on Wednesday night and I was surrounded by middle-aged women.Ok, there were a few...
View Article158. Majid; movie review
MAJIDCert TBA116 minsBBFC advice: TBAI am still wide-eyed like a big kid when it comes to the technology of modern-day communications.For example, I was able to see Nassim Abassi's award-winning...
View Article159. A Story Of Children And Film; movie review
A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILMCert PG105 minsBBFC advice: Contains mild language and scenes of emotional upsetBlimey, I thought I had commitment to watching movies and had a reasonable knowledge of...
View Article160. Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton; movie review
OUR VINYL WEIGHS A TONCert 1593 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong language and drug misuseI have never imagined the music industry to be run on particularly high principles.Yet, in what I believed to be...
View Article161. A Long Way Down; movie review
A LONG WAY DOWNCert 1596 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong language and suicide themeIf anyone asks me which is my favourite book, I feel compelled to reply "Fever Pitch".Of course, I love classics such...
View Article162. Visitors: movie review
VISITORSCert U88 minsBBFC advice: Contains no material likely to harm or offendApparently, we have art so that we may not perish by the truth. Or so it is claimed on the publicity poster for Godfrey...
View Article163. Main Tera Hero; movie review
TERA MAIN HEROCert 12A128 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate violence and obscured strong languageIn real life, are Indian students as old as they appear to be in Bollywood?I ask because scores of...
View Article164. Aroused; movie review
AROUSEDCert 1866 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong references to pornography and strong nudityWatching porn stars was certainly an unexpected way to spend part of a Saturday afternoon.Deborah...
View Article165. Need For Speed; movie review
NEED FOR SPEEDCert 12A132 minsBBFC advice: Contains dangerous driving, infrequent moderate bad languageWhat's going on? On Friday night I saw Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots threatening to jump off a...
View Article166. Divergent; movie review
DIVERGENTCert 12A139 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate violence and threatHow highly would I have scored Divergent if I hadn't have seen Hunger Games? I suspect that I might have made it one of the...
View Article167. Ya Rab; movie review
YA RABCert 15120 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong bloody violenceThe very first words of Ya Rab set out an ambition to show that the worldwide stereotype of Muslims as terrorists is completely...
View Article168. Kaum De Heere; movie review
KAUM DE HEERECert 15120 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong bloody violenceWell, here's me thinking that the assassination of Indira Gandhi was a straightforward case of terrorism.Not according to...
View Article169. The Legend Of Hercules; movie review
THE LEGEND OF HERCULESCert 12A99 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate violenceThere was a heck of a lot of SHOUTING in ancient Greece, if modern-day film-makers are to be believed.Either that or they are...
View Article170. Yves Saint Laurent; movie review
YVES SAINT LAURENTCert 15106 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong sex and drug use I have said it many times on this blog but the cinema to which I have most empathy is Derby Quad.Quad opened during my...
View Article171. I Superbiker: The War For Four; movie review
I SUPERBIKER: THE WAR FOR FOURCert 12A 89 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong languageThis is the fourth I, Superbiker I have watched and it is the first time I have known the outcome in advance.So, to be...
View Article172. The Motel Life; movie review
THE MOTEL LIFECert 1581 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong language, sex, violence, drug misuse, sexualised nudityOccasionally, the commitment to the everyfilm challenge just becomes too much.For...
View Article173. The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears (L'étrange couleur des larmes de...
THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS (L'ETRANGE COULEUR DES LARMES DE TON CORPS).Cert 1899 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong bloody violence and strong nudityAbout six or seven times a year, I am...
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