Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a character-driven comedy-drama that earned a cinematic release in the UK and was released on Hulu in the USA. Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) is a widow and a former schoolteacher. She books meetings with Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack), a male escort. Over the course of their four meetings, Nancy […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
Swan Song Review
Todd Stephens’ Swan Song is one of two recent films to be called Swan Song. Stephens’ film is an LGBT-themed drama set in his hometown of Sandusky, Ohio. Patrick “Pat” Pitsenbarger (Udo Kier) is a retired hairdresser who lives in a nursing home. When he finds out one of his former clients has died, a lawyer requests Pat’s services […]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 8 Review
Brooklyn Nine-Nine was one of the great American sitcoms of the 2010s. After eight seasons the series has come to an end. After a long wait for British fans, the final season has finally been aired in the UK. There have been massive changes for the Nine-Nine since Amy has given birth to her first child. […]
Jurassic World Dominion Review
Jurassic Park is one of the biggest film franchises around. The original is a classic and the most recent films broke the billion-dollar barrier. The Jurassic World trilogy is concluding with Jurassic World Dominion by bringing together the original and current cast of characters. Four years after the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dinosaurs have been roaming the globe. Humans have […]
Happening Review
Happening is a French drama based on an autobiographical novel by Annie Ernaux. It explores a time that was oppressive for women. Anne Duchesne (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a university student, studying literature in the 1960s. She discovers she’s pregnant at a time when abortion was illegal in France. Anne desperately seeks a way to terminate the […]
The 10 Most Successful Neighbours Actors
After 37 years the Australian soap opera Neighbours is coming to end. The soap was popular in Australia and the UK, we Brits needed two showing a day. It was a show that created memorable characters like the Kennedys, Toadie, Paul Robinson, Harold Bishop, and many more. It is sad for fans to see the soap coming […]
Men Review
Men sees the cult genre filmmaker Alex Garland move into the elevated horror genre. What he delivers is one of the most divisive horror films in a long while. Harper Marlowe (Jessie Buckley) is a recently widowed woman who goes on a two-week vacation in the English Countryside. However, she must deal with the aftermath of […]
Britflix: The Queen
Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the British Throne for 70 years and is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee. It’s a momentous achievement for her majesty, so now seems like a good time to check out the royal biopic The Queen. 1997 sees two massive events that affects the UK. The first was the election of Tony […]
The Bob’s Burgers Movie Review
Bob’s Burgers is one of the biggest animated sitcoms of the past decade. There have been 12 seasons so far and it has won seven Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program seven years in a row. It joins the likes of South Park and The Simpsons and earned a feature film. The Belchers endure a week from hell. The bank has given them a […]
Top Gun: Maverick Review
Top Gun is a film that generations of film fans hold dear to their hearts. 36 years later a sequel has been made and sees Tom Cruise return to the Danger Zone. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise) is a decorated Navy pilot, earning medals and commendations for his service. But he is also a misfit because he […]