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Wolfwalkers is the latest critically acclaimed film from the Irish studio, Cartoon Saloon. It has ended up being released on Apple TV+ internationally and Apple has got themselves a gem of a film. Bill Goodfellowe (Sean Bean) is a hunter who is tasked by the Lord Protector of England (Simon McBurney) to hunt the wolves pestering […]
Highlander was a high concept modern fantasy film that has earned its cult classic status and beloved by many. Wikipedia and IMDB classify Highlander as a British film so it is worthy of a Britflix retrospective. Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) is an immortal man who has lived since the 16th Century. By 1985 he lives as an antique dealer […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the future of cinema.
In these troubled times the world is suffering from a pandemic, whilst within the UK the prospect of Scottish independence is on the rise. Due to these factors now seems like a great time to revisit the B-Movie homage Doomsday. In 2008 Scotland suffers from an outbreak of the deadly Reaper Virus. To protect the […]
A Street Cat Named Bob was a big hit in the UK. It was a touching story about how a man saved a stray cat and that cat helped him overcome his drug addiction. The pair return for a Christmas themed sequel. Following the events of the first film James Bowen (Luke Treadaway) still busks […]
Wonder Woman 1984 is the last major blockbuster to be released in 2020. Considering how horrible a year 2020 has been the second Wonder Woman cinematic adventure is a nice well to close the year for film fans. In 1984 Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) works as an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institute and does superheroics […]
On the surface, Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse is a story about two lighthouse keepers driven to insanity. However, nothing is at seems in this film. Like Eggers’ first film The Witch, The Lighthouse is a period piece. Set in the late 1890s, the film’s two main characters, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Thomas Howard (Robert […]
Since the pandemic has struck the film distribution model has been disrupted. Many companies have tried and failed to make a profit from the Premium Video-on-Demand. Warner Brothers have made the radical decision to release all their 2021 scheduled films in cinemas and HBO Max at the same time. Reactions to Warner Brothers’ has been […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean discuss the past, present, and future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Wander Darkly is a conundrum of a film. A deep dive into the fracturing of a relationship, there’s a lot to like about it: strong leading performances from Sienna Miller and Diego Luna as the central couple along with interesting directorial choices from writer-director Tara Miele that lend the film a surrealist tinge that keeps […]