Director: Louise Osmond Written by: Louise Osmond Running Time: 85 mins Cert: PG Release date: 17th April 2015 There are some films you go into with low expectations, not really looking forward to sitting through it. Dark Horse, a film about my least favourite sport, horse racing, did not excite me one bit. Sometimes you…
Tag: documentary
Life Itself
Director: Steve James Starring: Roger Ebert, Chas Ebert, Gene Siskel, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th November 2014 Growing up, I regarded the film critic just as important as the film stars. Names like Dilys Powell, Barry Norman, Alexander Walken and in the States, Pauline Kael and Siskel…
Twenty Feet From Stardom
Director: Morgan Neville Starring: Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Stevie Wonder Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 28th March 2014 You cannot talk about Twenty Feet From Stardom without mentioning the Oscars, as this documentary about backing singers surprised everyone by walking off…
Hawking
Director: Stephen Finnigan Starring: Stephen Hawking Written by: Ben Bowie, Stephen Finnigan, Stephen Hawking Running Time: 94 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th September 2013 Quick quiz. Name as many famous scientists as you can? Some may say Einstein. Some Newton. You might have even said Dr Brian Cox. I’m guessing quite a few said…
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Director: Jeanie Finlay Starring: Gavin Bain, Billy Boyd Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 6th September 2013 How many times have you watched a pop or rock group and said you yourself “Are you for real?” Then you see Californian-based hip hop artists, Silibil n’ Brains, from the beginning of this century, who were…
Blackfish
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite Starring: Kim Ashdown, Ken Balcomb, Samantha Berg, Dawn Brancheau Written by: Gabriela Cowperthwaite and Eli B. Despres Running Time: 83 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th July 2013 Documentaries are increasingly getting stronger and stronger when it comes to cinematic art forms. Already this year we have had three exceptional documentaries: Side By Side,…
Side By Side
Director: Christopher Kenneally Starring: Keanu Reeves, George Lucas, James Cameron, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch Written by: Christopher Kenneally Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th February 2013 There was nothing like going into a cinema and hearing that reassuring sound of a projector clicking continuously in the…
Room 237
Director: Rodney Ascher Starring: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner, Buffy Visick. Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th October 2012 The Shining is regarded as one of the best horror films of all time. You will find it in most best film lists. Strange, really, for a…
The Imposter
Director: Bart Layton Starring: Frederic Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Charlie Parker. Running Time: 95 mins Cert: Release date: 24th August 2012 A young boy from San Antonio, Texas disappears. no one knows where he is or whether is he alive or dead. Three years later, the Spanish police receive a phone call claiming that a young…
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