Co-writer/ director Paul Turner’s 1992 film is the epic true-life tale of World War One Welsh poet Hedd Wyn (his real name was Ellis Evans). This Welsh-language picture, which gained a surprise Academy Award nomination for Best […]
Tom Conti stars as Vic Mathews, the remedial teacher in a Roman Catholic school in Glasgow whose ‘miracles’ arouse large-scale media interest. This deft and delightful 1986 satire on the pitfalls of modern religion is […]
Ah, yes, ‘It’s Heavenly To Be in Love With Hedy!’ Director Alexander Hall’s 1943 MGM comedy is a daft and amiable farce that is not quite sharp or fizzy enough really to tickle the funny […]
Alec Baldwin showcases his hardened neo-Bogart tough-guy turn again to much advantage as director Phil Joanou turns up the heat on this tough-edged, hardboiled 1995 thriller. Baldwin plays Dave Robicheaux, the drink-addicted ex-New Orleans cop […]
Ellie Kendrick stars as gloomy estranged daughter Clover Catto, who responds reluctantly to a phone call telling her that her younger brother Harry (Joe Blakemore) is dead. She returns to her Somerset family farm and faces up […]
Johnny Harris stars as former junior ABA boxing champion Jimmy McCabe who hits rock bottom, in director Thomas Napper’s likeable 2017 Brit boxing drama that isn’t afraid to revisit some ancient clichés and still win on points […]
First-class movie, gripping and involving, Chastain excellent. Director John Madden’s political power-broker thriller is a first-class high-stakes movie. A movie for grown-ups, i t is unusually gripping, involving and satisfying. Jessica Chastain is excellent as the most sought […]
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