august 2023

REVIEW: Vacation Friends 2 (2023, dir. Clay Tarver)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 105 mins

UK Distributor: Disney+

WHO’S IN VACATION FRIENDS 2?

Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, Meredith Hagner, John Cena, Steve Buscemi, Ronny Chieng, Jamie Hector, Carlos Santos, Julee Cerda, Julianne Arrieta, Arnold Y. Kim, Kevin Yamada

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Clay Tarver (director, writer), Stuart M. Besser and Todd Garner (producers), Mark Mothersbaugh (composer), Tim Suhrstedt (cinematographer), Tim Roche (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Two couples find their dream holiday rudely interrupted…

WHAT ARE MY […]

By |August 26th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: The Dive (2023, dir. Maximilian Erlenwein)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 91 mins

UK Distributor: Vertigo Releasing

WHO’S IN THE DIVE?

Louisa Krause, Sophie Lowe

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Maximilian Erlenwein (director, writer), Joachim Hedén (writer), Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo (producers), Volker Bertelmann and Raffael Seyfried (composers), Frank Griebe (cinematographer), Philipp Thomas (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Two sisters (Krause and Lowe) fight for survival during a diving trip gone wrong…

WHAT ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE DIVE?

Last year’s Fall had a simple survival movie […]

By |August 23rd, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: The Blackening (2023, dir. Tim Story)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 97 mins

UK Distributor: Universal Pictures

WHO’S IN THE BLACKENING?

Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Dewayne Perkins, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharaoh, Yvonne Orji, Diedrich Bader, James Preston Rogers

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Tim Story (director, producer), Tracy Oliver (writer, producer), Dewayne Perkins (writer), Sharla Sumpter Bridgett, Marcei A. Brown, Jason Clark and E. Brian Dobbins (producers), Dexter Story (composer), Todd A. Dos Reis (cinematographer), Peter S. Elliot […]

By |August 22nd, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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THIS WEEK’S FILM RELEASES (21ST – 27TH AUGUST 2023)

Going into this Bank Holiday weekend, you can expect plenty of rich new movie options to choose from, whether it’s a hilarious satire of horror movie tropes, or some popular Sundance audience favourites, or even a classic Disney fairy tale…

Movie of the Week

The Blackening

Cinemas

Theater Camp

Scrapper

The Dive

Mob Land

The Innocent

Afire

The Red Shoes: Next Step

Streaming + On-Demand

You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah

Vacation Friends 2

Mother, May I?

Re-Releases

Training Day

Cinderella

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

The Blackening (2023, dir. Tim […]

By |August 21st, 2023|Film Previews|0 Comments
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THIS WEEK’S FILM RELEASES (14TH – 20TH AUGUST 2023)

The month of August continues with yet another wild week at the movies, from the big screen debut of an under-the-radar DC hero, to a pack of foul-mouthed dogs, to an Al Pacino classic…

Movie of the Week

Blue Beetle

Cinemas

Strays

Lie With Me

Sparkle: A Unicorn Tale

Streaming + On-Demand

The Monkey King

Bad Things

Miguel Wants to Fight

Operation Napoleon: Frozen Conspiracy

Hunt Club

Re-Releases

Serpico

Bambi

The Idiots

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

Blue Beetle (2023, dir. Angel Manuel Soto)

CAST: Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, […]

By |August 14th, 2023|Film Previews|0 Comments
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