Bond Blog: Die Another Day – A James Bond Retrospective
One aspect of Pierce Brosnan’s tenure as James Bond is the variety behind the camera. Each of his four films had a different...
Read MoreEIFF 2022 Review: Saloum – “Very cool, slick, stylish African flick”
Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot Starring Yann Gael, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, Bruno Henry The programmer introducing...
Read MoreEIFF 2022 Review: Le Chêne / Heart of Oak – “A reminder of the sheer majesty of our natural world”
Directed by Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux A huge hit in France (the programmer introducing it at the 75th Edinburgh International...
Read MoreReview: The Immaculate Room – “Examines the human condition”
The Immaculate Room sees couple Katherine (Kate Bosworth) and Michael (Emile Hirsch) excitedly walk into a stark white space. It’s a...
Read MoreEIFF 2022 Review: LOLA – “A clever piece of micro-film science fiction”
Directed by Andrew Legge Starring Stefanie Martini, Emma Appleton, Rory Fleck Byrne, Aaron Monaghan I had a good feeling when I first read...
Read MoreBond Blog: The World Is Not Enough – A James Bond Retrospective
Writing Bond Blog has given me some genuine revelations. Watching the films in sequence, you can see the developments and the repetitions,...
Read MoreEIFF 2022 Review: Goodbye, Don Glees! – “A beautiful-looking, wonderfully emotional work”
Directed by Atsuko Ishizuka Starring Natsuki Hanae, Yuki Kaji, Ayumu Murase Making its UK debut at the 75th Edinburgh International Film...
Read MoreAnimation at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
My first day at the 2022 edition of the world’s longest continually running film festival (now in its 75th year), and I started off...
Read MoreReview: Event Horizon 25th Anniversary SteelBook Collector’s Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray
Event Horizon is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a new, 4K Ultra HD™ + Blu-ray™ Collector’s Edition SteelBook®. The...
Read MoreReview: Summering – “Best when it’s really just following the four girls and their friendship”
August: I recently saw it described online as the ‘Sunday of summer’. And yes, as a kid I remember it being the ‘beginning of the end.’ ...
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