Category Archives: Film & Theatre

In conjunction with our “Reviews” & “Recommends” section(s), here you will find our coverage of the latest films in both the cinema & on DVD release, as well as those theatrical productions we have either seen & so reviewed, or recommend in either our broader newsletter(s) or specific features. We also report on issues of the day in this genre category of our media entertainment coverage, all these features & posts expanding on the visual banners in the designated section on our website home page.

Recommends – “Must See & Maybe’s Movies” – Film Newsletter Special – Wednesday 23rd March

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With Easter upon us and the weather looking changeable at best, wet at worst, what better way to entertain yourselves than heading off to the cinema to take in a fabulous film, we picking out some superb screenplays well worth a watch this weekend & beyond as well as a couple of maybe’s worth considering                                                                                                                                             While we always… Read more »

Films – “Simply Stunning Screenplay” – Carol – Monday 21st March – DVD Release Review

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With nine BAFTA & six Academy Awards nominations yet on both occasions “Carol” coming away empty handed, the critical acclaim for this majestic motion picture speaks its own volumes and now with the DVD release, we get to watch & enjoy this simply stunning screenplay over & over again while also reviewing what was our Film of 2015.    … Read more »

Reviews/Films – “Journalistic Joyride” – Truth – Saturday 12th March

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With inevitable comparisons with fellow journalistic film “Spotlight”, this latest screenplay based on a true storyline from the American noughties decade had much to live up to, but did “Truth” stand on its own two fabulous film feet or did it fall short of is motion picture nemesis?        This year has already seen a hefty handful of… Read more »

Reviews/Films – “Fatally Flawed Farfetched Fable” – London Has Fallen – Sunday 6th March

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With blockbuster billing and a cast to match, the prospects for “London Has Fallen” looked promising, but why was the result a fatally flawed farfetched fable and where did both the cinematography & continuing crash & burn condemning this supposedly superb screenplay to the scrapheap     We cannot deny being drawn in by disaster movies from time to time,… Read more »

Reviews/Films – “Captivating Cinematography Celebration” – Movie Review of 2015 – Saturday 5th March

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As the best BAFTA’s & outstanding OSCAR’s in awards season in motion picture making begin to fade, the time is nigh that we look back on a 2015 yearbook yield of stunning screenplays, we flaunting five favourite films while also sharing our best of the rest in this captivating cinematography celebration     The awards season is, while a colossal… Read more »

Film Review – “Marvellous Movie of Majestic Magnitude” – Youth – Saturday 30th January

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We consider our Saturday sorties down to the cinema quite special, we pretty careful to choose a film that will fascinatingly engage us enough to emerge either energised or enlightened, but when a marvellous movie of majestic magnitude leaves us well & truly mesmerised, we simply cannot resist extolling its exceptional virtues, “Youth” being one such stunning screenplay.    … Read more »

Film Review – “Gripping & Touching Tale” – Spotlight – Saturday 6th February

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Fresh from our second showing of Spotlight, we venture into our first Film review of a marvellously made movie based on actual events that makes for an exceptionally gripping & touching tale. With a pedigreed cast collection & a fascinating subject soaring it into Oscar nomination stakes, what & who makes this an award winning movie in our books?    … Read more »