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…
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…
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…
One of the best romance films of the last five years, and without question the best romantic movie I’ve seen this year. Romance has become a genre where we’ve had more quantity than quality over the past decade. So many films come and go without leaving much of an impression. Voicemails for Isabelle is different. This is…
‘Have you ever used anal beads while playing chess?’ This ridiculous question was asked by Piers Morgan to chess wonder kid Hans Niemann who found himself caught up in a cheating scandal. So begins the fascinating documentary ‘Chess Mates’ out now on Netflix. For many, chess was seen as a game reserved for intellectuals and…
The new trailer for the hotly anticipated Christopher Nolan blockbuster has landed and does not disappoint. The Odyssey is a classic Greek tale that tells the story of the Ithaca king Odysseus and his long adventurous journey home after the Trojan war to be reunited with his wife Penelope. Its one of the most famous…
I normally love a Louis Theroux documentary. His interview style is usually brilliant: he asks a quiet question, gives someone just enough rope, and then waits while they slowly tie themselves in knots on camera. It’s awkward, patient, and oddly polite and more often than not it works. Part of the frustration with Louis Theroux: Inside…
