Set to be the romantic film for the upcoming festive season, This Time Next Year is a fun ride through the dating game and inner London sites. Curiously, our protagonist Minnie (played by Sophie Cookson) reminded of Keira Knightley in her earlier flicks, pre-Love Actually. You may also recognise Minnie’s love interest, Quinn (Emily’s - in Paris - pursuer, Lucien Laviscount). … [Read more...] about This Time Next Year – Film review
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Squaring the Circle – Film review
Anton Corbijn, the brilliant music video auteur, iconic photographer, and director of the Ian Curtis biopic Control spins some historical wax as he gets into the grooves behind some the most iconic album cover art of all time. Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell formed the iconic album art design studio Hipgnosis and became rock royalty during the 1970s. Storm and Po … [Read more...] about Squaring the Circle – Film review
Quant – Film review
“The sixties mini was the most self-indulgent, optimistic “look at me, isn’t life wonderful” fashion, ever devised. It expressed the sixties, the emancipation of women, the Pill and rock and roll… It was the beginning of women’s lib.” Mary Quant Watching this self-classified official biography of Mary Quant, Britain’s original influencer, makes one ask, why has it taken this … [Read more...] about Quant – Film review
The War Below – Film review
You know a good war drama when the tension on screen has you holding your breath. So it is with The War Below. From the war to end all wars, first time director J P Watts centres on the true story of the most unlikeliest of missions during July 1917 on the Western Front. With the lowest of confidence of success weighing heavily on their shoulders, a group of miners from … [Read more...] about The War Below – Film review
The Grand Duke of Corsica – Film review
Seasoned British actor Timothy Spall introduces us to the high art of architecture and the depths of which misunderstood artists suffer in Australian writer-director Daniel Graham’s latest film. Spall plays architect Alfred Rott, a womanising, foul-mouthed genius, whose latest commission for an arts centre in Brussels, has left its conservative clients in a spot of bother. … [Read more...] about The Grand Duke of Corsica – Film review