Saoirse Ronan in BAD APPLES proves yet again that the Irish actress is one of the most versatile performers of her generation. She plays Maria, an exhausted primary school teacher forced to take drastic action against Danny (Eddie Walker) an 11 year old foul-mouthed class bully who pushes her to her absolute limit. In a…
Danny Wolohan has spent almost three decades working across stage and screen, from Broadway productions including West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird and Macbeth to his role as Brinkley in The Gilded Age. But his latest project, Union County, takes him into particularly personal territory. The film explores addiction, recovery and the criminal justice system through an unusual blend of narrative…
Originals have to stay originals. You can’t touch the classics. As someone who grew up with Camp Rock, I really wanted to like this. I went into it thinking, “Okay, this could actually be good.” Unfortunately, I was wrong. I felt rushed watching it, and there was basically no character development. To be honest, I didn’t…
Watching the new season of Ted Lasso is like visiting an old friend. You get that same feeling of warmth, excitement and nostalgia as these familiar characters return. It’s a bit like waiting all summer for the football season to start. You know roughly what you’re going to get, but that doesn’t make the return any less…
I was lucky enough to catch the first two episodes of Hit Point a couple of weeks ago at a special screening hosted by DDA at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, and I’ve been looking forward to sharing my thoughts ever since. The series follows two thirty-something detectives, Leo (Nick Blood) and Bella (Saffron Hocking) , whose latest investigation…
Just a quick warning before we begin – this review contains spoilers throughout. After watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day, I can honestly say this is the strongest entry in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man saga so far. The film delivers everything I want from a Spider-Man story the emotion, the humour, the action, and most importantly, it remembers…
The Odyssey is one of the oldest stories in history. You could say it’s the origin of the hero, quest and adventure genre, mysteriously written or perhaps handed down orally in the 9th or 8th century BC. Christopher Nolan gives us a version equal to its iconic status. The story tells the tale of Odysseus and…
I recently asked people a question: if you’re in a sad mood, is there a film that makes you feel instantly better? Chef came up again and again, and it made me wonder how on earth I’d never watched it before. I love shows and films about food, but here’s the thing this film isn’t…
“It is not as sad as you think though. It’s not like we don’t love each other and whatever happens, whether we are together or not… the exact relationships may change and people may fall in and out of touch, but the love that connects us all will never break. We built it and it…
While audiences remember the performances they see on screen, there’s an entire team working behind the scenes to help bring those moments to life. Among them are stand-ins and doubles, whose work ensures everything from lighting and camera positions to continuity is ready before the cameras roll. Actor Caitlin Florence Rose experienced that first-hand while…
