REVIEW: Falling (2020)
2020 appears to be the year director’s tackle the poignant topic of dementia, particularly following Natalie Erika James’ horror Relic and Harry Macqueen romantic drama Supernova. And there is the upcoming sure-fire Oscar contender, The Father (starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman) as well. Falling…
The Visions of David Cronenberg: A History Of Violence
The Showroom‘s simply brilliant Film Studies Series: Long Live The New Flesh! The Visions of David Cronenberg continues with a screening of his fantastic 2005 film A History Of Violence, followed by a lecture and discussion with Sheffield Hallam University’s own Shelley O’Brien who usually…
The 2019 Critic’s Choice Awards: Full List And Winners
The 24th Annual Critic’s Choice Awards presented their awards Sunday night to categories across the film and television platforms. Viola Davis presented the #SeeHer Award to Claire Foy (The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Crown, First Man), an award given to women who persistently…
The 2019 Golden Globe Awards WINNERS
The Golden Globes gave us a lot to talk about! From tracking tallies on our favorite actors in anticipation for the Oscars to… a flu shot segment? The NBC televised event had its ups and downs, but most of all, it fed our ever growing…
LFF 2018: Green Book
To the surprise of everyone (who was able to avoid social media at least!) the surprise film at London Film Festival this year was Green Book; the Peter Farrelly (Yes, a Farrelly brother) directed film based on the true story of musician Don Shirley. With…
Viggo Mortensen & Mahershala Ali Star In First Trailer For Peter Farrelly’s ‘Green Book’
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkZxoko_HC0&w=560&h=315] “When Tony Lip, an Italian-American bouncer with a seventh-grade education, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class African-American pianist on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on the “Negro Motorist Green Book” to guide them…
JUMPCUT’s Favourites: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
As a restless ten-year-old, shuffling around the toy section at Woolworths had become an unspoken talent among youngsters, able to sail from aisle to aisle while barely glancing at the shelves and somehow gather that there were no new gadgets to impress. That was until…
REVIEW: Captain Fantastic (2016)
‘Captain Fantastic’ had a storming festival season earlier this year, winning awards left, right and centre, but as with most indie films, it had a fairly limited release here in the UK. This is a huge shame for two reasons. Firstly, it didn’t get the…
REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 saw Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy come to a resounding and overwhelming end with ‘The Return of the King’. The two films previously had completely realigned what I would expect from film in general, so I was eagerly anticipating the final instalment. Many things were said…
REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Written by Chris Winterbottom After the overwhelming success of ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’, the first instalment in Peter Jackson’s magnum opus, you would be forgiven for having reserved expectations for the second part of the trilogy. Could they build on the magnificent foundations set in…
REVIEW: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Peter Jackson’s monumental trilogy based on J.R.R.Tolkien’s epic work of fiction began with ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’. At the time of release, in 2001, I was relatively unfamiliar with ‘The Lord of the Rings’ or its mythology; I was very much into the ‘Harry…
Tommy Lee Jones Added To Bourne Cast
Tommy Lee Jones is the latest addition to the growing and somewhat impressive cast list for the next instalment in the Bourne franchise. There have been no hints towards who Jones’ character will be, but he’s an another big name to add to a crew which already…
