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Movie Review - A Great Friend
A Great Friend is a typically French character comedy, that takes the old city clicker/country bumpkin formula and adds some unexpected twists. Starring Lambert Wilson (Mrs Harris goes to Paris) and… Video, Audio
At The Movies for 30 August 2023
Simon Morris looks at three movies that take certain short cuts to reach their audience. Audio
Review - Sound of Freedom
Sound of Freedom is an American surprise success - a low-budget real-life thriller about rescuing kidnapped children from traffickers in Colombia. Stars Jim Caviezel (Passion of the Christ) and…
Video, AudioMovie Review - Retribution
Retribution sees Liam Neeson in Speed territory - trapped in a car with a bomb primed to go off under the driver's seat. Co-starring Noma Dumezweni (The Little Mermaid) and Matthew Modine (Stranger…
Video, AudioMovie Review - A Great Friend
A Great Friend is a typically French character comedy, that takes the old city clicker/country bumpkin formula and adds some unexpected twists. Starring Lambert Wilson (Mrs Harris goes to Paris) and…
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 30 August 2023
Simon Morris looks at three movies that take certain short cuts to reach their audience.
AudioAt The Movies for 23 August 2023
Simon Morris sees three smallish movies, though only one seems interested in selling it to a potential audience Audio
Movie Review : Jules
Jules is the story of the small town that gets an unexpected visitor from outer space. But can this one ring any changes to a rather familiar tale. Stars Sir Ben Kingsley and Jane Curtin (Coneheads). Audio
Review: Last Film Show
Last Film Show is a semi-autobiographical, independent film from India about a poor tea-maker's son who's determined that one day he'll become a film maker. Directed by Pan Nalin (Samsara). Video, Audio
Review - Strays
Strays is that rare thing - an R-rated comedy featuring live-action dogs. Abandoned pet Reggie plans revenge on his deadbeat owner. Featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx and Isla Fisher. Video, Audio
Review: Last Film Show
Last Film Show is a semi-autobiographical, independent film from India about a poor tea-maker's son who's determined that one day he'll become a film maker. Directed by Pan Nalin (Samsara).
Video, AudioReview - Strays
Strays is that rare thing - an R-rated comedy featuring live-action dogs. Abandoned pet Reggie plans revenge on his deadbeat owner. Featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx and Isla Fisher.
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 9 August 2023
Simon Morris checks out three films that set out to convince us of something hard to believe - one true, one "based on real events" and one not remotely true. Audio
Movie review - Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench sees Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis once again wrestling with giant, prehistoric sharks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Video, Audio
Review: Munich: The Edge of War
Munich: The Edge of War tells a fictional story behind the British Prime Minister's famous Munich rendezvous meeting with Adolf Hitler. Stars George Mackay (1917), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)… Video, Audio
Movie review: Chevalier
Chevalier tells the incredible-but-true story of the "Black Mozart" Joseph Bologne - a swordsman, composer, virtuoso violinist and lover of women in the court of Marie Antoinette. Video, Audio
Review: Munich: The Edge of War
Munich: The Edge of War tells a fictional story behind the British Prime Minister's famous Munich rendezvous meeting with Adolf Hitler. Stars George Mackay (1917), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)…
Video, AudioMovie review: Chevalier
Chevalier tells the incredible-but-true story of the "Black Mozart" Joseph Bologne - a swordsman, composer, virtuoso violinist and lover of women in the court of Marie Antoinette.
Video, AudioMovie review - Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench sees Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis once again wrestling with giant, prehistoric sharks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Video, AudioReview: Barbie
Barbie is a combination colourful romp - so long as it's pink! - and feminist fable. Stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and written and directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird). Audio