Film

With a sensible response to the COVID-19 crisis and the closure of cinemas, Roadshow Films is bringing Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears to our homes, releasing digitally on April 15th, available for purchase or rental from Youtube, Apple and Google Play as well as rental on both Lightbox and Sky. After freeing a young girl in Jerusalem,…

Threadnz’s Film Reviewer Luke McMeeken-Ruscoe gives us a rundown for lockdown of his fave all-time movies whether you’re looking for something to scare you, feel good, feel cultured, or the classics- it’s all here. Read on, stay home, stay safe. As a former professional athlete, I have developed a very special set of skills over…

Mark Twain may or may not have written that history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. If he did or did not it doesn’t really matter; it’s a great line. It also neatly addresses what is happening in Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon film, The Current War.  The film chronicles the rise of electric power and…

I like to do a little research before writing these reviews, I am not trying to brag but I know how to use Google, no big deal. And the thing that most shocked me was that this film was made for 9 million dollars. $9 million, that’s basically the cost of one day of food…

When the film you are going to see is about the creation of the oxford dictionary and the dialogue is littered with amazing and esoteric words, there is a sense of obligation to make your review loquacious and verbose. I will try to contain myself.  The Professor and the Mad Man (dir. Farhad Safinia) is…

In the halcyon days of 1998, I never actually saw Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels in the cinema. I only got round to watching it on DVD sometime later. Remember those things, DVDs? It was so fresh and vibrant, the dialogue popped off the screen, smart wit, clever wordplay, it felt so organic next…

I wasn’t meant to see this film; there was a mishap with the other film that I was going to review and so the company said go see whatever you want, it’s on us. Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth I scanned the board to see what films were on and…

Richard Jewell (dir Clint Eastwood) is my early contender for film of the year. Yes, its very early and the sample size is still in the low single digits, but this is the best of the bunch by far. Its enthralling, engrossing, and enjoyable. I think you should give it a go, you won’t be…