In Bruges, the first feature from writer/ director Martin McDonagh, is a gloriously funny, expletive laden gangster movie with a difference. It is a beautifully funny film, where violence and regret sit side-by-side with a […]
For all it’s desire to show the gritty underbelly of London, A Street Cat Named Bob has a certain Hollywood gloss to it which makes it seem to be taking place in that same weird […]
A sumptuous BBC drama series from 1979, Prince Regent is a look at the life of King George IV before he ascended the throne, when he was the Prince of Wales and latterly Regent during the […]
Revisiting The Commitments for this 25th Anniversary release is an interesting historical exercise, depicting as it does a snapshot of Dublin on the verge of becoming the centre of the Celtic Tiger. That development in […]
Back in the 1970s The Brand New Testament would’ve been the kind of film that led to protests and placard holding outside the cinema. The very fact the UK marketing seems to be aping the […]