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The latest reviews of all that’s cinematic, whether it’s big screen releases, films and TV coming to DVD and Blu-ray or *gasp* a book!
Soundtrack to Sixteen (2020) – Film Review
Coming-of-age stories tend to revolve around unrequited love, popping one’s cherry or the big journey of self-discovery. However, Hillary Shakespeare’s directorial debut, Soundtrack to Sixteen, offers a different perspective that all teens…
Buster Keaton: 3 Films Vol. 2 (Masters of Cinema) – DVD Review
It seems that physical media is one of the only traces of normality that we have left. Without the cinema keeping us occupied and the TV channels' options repeating themselves, it's good to see that we can still experience some new movies…
Steven Berkoff’s Tell Tale Heart (2019) – Film Review
The secret to the classic tales of terror by Edgar Allan Poe, the American master of macabre short fiction, was just that - they were short. As a result their sharp and subtly shocking style suits them perfectly for snappy, succinct…
Drive Me to the End (2020) Film Review
Richard Summers-Calvert certainly knows how far he can go within his shoe-string budget feature. Also starring in the film, writer and director Summers-Calvert makes it clear with his intentions of the film despite the lack of technical…
We Are One Global Film Festival – A City Called Macau (2019)
Directed by Li Shaohong, A City Called Macau follows casino broker Xiao-Ou (Bai Baihe) working in Macau after its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1999. Amid financial and medical outbreaks, she encounters developer Duan Keiwen (Wu Gang)…
We Are One Film Festival – Sisterhood (2016)
Directed by Tracy Choi, Sisterhood follows thirtysomething Sei (Gigi Leung), a struggling alcoholic who runs an inn with her husband in Taiwan. When she spots a newspaper ad informing her that her former best friend Ling (Jennifer Yu) has…
We Are One Film Festival – Crazy World (2020)
In these uncertain times, films offer a perfect piece of escapism. But the latest feature from Ugandan filmmaker Nabwana I.G.G delivers something that will divide audiences.
Crazy World focuses on a Ugandan commando who is trying to…
The Fanatic (2019) – Film Review
Never meet your heroes. A lesson that will be learned all to well in The Fanatic.
When Moose, a celebrity-obsessed fan, feels slighted by action superstar Hunter Dunbar at an autograph signing, he embarks on an unhinged quest for…
Tell Me I Love You (2020) – Film Review
It's little wonder the film industry is in the state it is when productions like Tell Me I Love You are the best it can come up with. This new rom-com from director / writer Fiona MacKenzie, concerning the efforts of three friends to make…
A Rainy Day In New York (2020) – Film Review
Coming on the back of his autobiography Apropos of Nothing, Woody Allen's A Rainy Day In New York lands on the small screen this week. Will it be showered with praise or is the forecast for a total washout?
When Gatsby Welles…