REVIEW: Overlord (2018)
As someone who isn’t much of a war film fan, I was apprehensive about Overlord. I often find war films quite repetitive in nature, and they’ve never really appealed to me. So when I was kindly invited to a press screening on behalf of JUMPCUT,…
REVIEW: Where Hands Touch
Year: 2018 Directed by: Amma Asante Cast: Abbie Cornish, Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Christopher Eccleston Written by Fiona Underhill British director Amma Asante has prioritised telling the stories of black and mixed-race characters in period films during her career so far – a genre where they often…
REVIEW: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Let’s face it, the world is going to sh*t. The world of cinema isn’t always just big explosive blockbusters, and scientific head-scratchers, and sometimes we just need a cosy, picture-perfect film to escape into and forget about all our problems. ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato…
REVIEW: Journey’s End (2018)
Based on the play by RC Sherriff, which will be familiar to many British school students, this film has just opened to a limited release in the US and I was lucky enough to find a showing of it. As someone who has taught WWI…
12 Strong
Year: 2018 Directed by: Nicolai Fuglsig Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, William Fichtner, Rob Riggle Written by Tom Sheffield If you’ve read some of my reviews on here before, you’ll know I’m a sucker for films based on true events, such as ‘Deepwater Horizon‘, ‘The Founder‘,…
REVIEW: Darkest Hour (2018)
Winston Churchill is as famous a British Prime Minister as you can get. Taking control of the country in a time of grave need and facing imminent destruction, he had the unenviable task of inspiring his country into believing the war was not lost. What…
REVIEW: Dunkirk (2017)
Films directed by renowned British director Christopher Nolan are always something of an event; few and far between but whenever does come along there is always incredible amounts of expectation. Nolan is one of those rare “classic” directors, one who has a love and appreciation…
REVIEW: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
The rebooted Planet of the Apes trilogy has had a strange existence. With ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’, it’s safe to say that most people were surprised at just how good the film was, better than it had any right to be, and…
