What would you do if your dream holiday went terribly wrong…? This is the setup for Happy 50, when on arriving at the airport, a close friends’ flight to Greece is cancelled. Instead, the 50th birthday boy and eternal optimist of the group, Yves (played by Guillaume de Tonquédec) invites them all to his holiday house in Brittany. Thereby subjecting his poor wife Laure (played … [Read more...] about Happy 50 – Film review
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Cocaine Bear – Film Review
Cocaine Bear is a rocky ride with kooky characters and an out-of-control drug-fuelled bear. It’s hard to believe this film was based on a true story and a bear ate 40 percent of its body weight in Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest. There’s a mother looking for her daughter, a park ranger trying to impress her colleague, and a group of drug dealers trying to locate … [Read more...] about Cocaine Bear – Film Review
What’s Love Got to Do with It – Film Review
What’s Love Got to Do with It is a cross-cultural film about the tradition of arranged (assisted) marriages. Zoe grew up with the next neighbours Kaz and his Pakistan family. When Kaz tells her his parents are going to help find a bride from their home country, she decides this could make a good documentary. She pitches the idea and it’s accepted. So, she follows Kaz … [Read more...] about What’s Love Got to Do with It – Film Review
Breaking Up In Rome – Film review
For romance lovers, be sure to see festival favourite Breaking up in Rome at this years’ Italian Film Festival at Palace cinemas. The title gives the story away but don’t be fooled into expecting a formulaic take on the subject. Star and director Edoardo Leo has crafted a mature and sophisticated comedic turn that examines the complexities in two separate … [Read more...] about Breaking Up In Rome – Film review
A Guide to Dating at the End of the World – Film Review
A Guide to Dating at the End of the World is a light-hearted look at what might happen if there were only two people left in the city. The night before a group of friends enjoy dinner and try hard to set up single Alex and John. But she doesn’t laugh at his corny jokes and refuses to give him a date. She boldly declares that she wouldn’t date him if he was the last man on … [Read more...] about A Guide to Dating at the End of the World – Film Review