What’s Love Got to Do With It? Is a rom-com with a twist with its focus being on arranged marriages. Kazim “Kaz” Khan (Shazad Latif) and Zoe (Lily James) have been friends since childhood. Zoe is surprised when Kaz reveals he’s getting an arranged marriage. Zoe sees an opportunity to film Kaz’s search for a wife for her next […]
Tag: StudioCanal
Epic Tails Review
Epic Tails is a French animated film released by StudioCanal in the UK. It puts an animalistic spin on Greek mythology. The city of Yolcos is a paradise where everyone, including the animals, live in harmony because of the Golden Fleece. Pattie is small mouse but dreams big because she wants to go an adventure like […]
The Railway Children Return Review
Legacy sequels are all the rage. In recent years films like The Shining, Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, and Scream have earned legacy sequels. Spider-man: No Way Home acted as a legacy sequel to the Sam Raimi Spider-man and Amazing Spider-man movies. One of the most surprising films to get a legacy sequel is the wholesome family film The Railway Children. The year is 1944. The German launch […]
Britflix: The Railway Children
The 1970 adaptation of The Railway Children is considered a quintessential family film for British audiences. A sequel is set to be released, so now seems like a great time to check out this beloved film. The Waterbury family is an affluent family in Edwardian London. However, their fortunes take a turn for the worse when Charles […]
Britflix: The Awakening
The Awakening was an old-fashioned chiller. Released in 2011 it was an atmospheric horror flick. The First World War and Great Influenza Epidemic has caused millions of deaths. By 1921 people in England have started to believe in the supernatural. Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall) is a rational sceptic and sets out to disprove the existence of ghosts. Robert Mallory […]
Gunpowder Milkshake Review
Gunpowder Milkshake is a part of the tread of mid-budget action movies. It was a film that has been released by Netflix in the US and Sky Cinema in the UK. Sam (Karen Gillan) is an assassin for The Firm. She’s given a job to get back some money stolen from The Firm. She ends up […]
The Last Letter From Your Lover Review
Based on a number by Jojo Moyes, The Last Letter From Your Lover was a romance film in the vein of a Nicholas Sparks adaptation. Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) is a journalist who is assigned to write a story about the London Chronicle’s late women’s editor. Whilst researching the editor’s documents Ellie discovers a letter from the […]
Supernova Review
Supernova is a British drama about love and commitment in the face of life-altering circumstances. Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) are a couple who have been together for 20 years. Tusker has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and Sam is prepared to give up his life as a concert pianist to care for his […]
Basic Instinct Blu-ray Review
The iconic erotic thriller Basic Instinct is the latest film to be given a new home release by Studio Canal. Once again Studio Canal shows they put a lot of effort into their re-releases. Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is a homicide detective who is assigned a case involving the murder of a man who was […]
Saint Maud Review
Saint Maud is one of the most praised films of 2020. It was a film that played at film festivals like Toronto and London and earned recognition from Danny Boyle. Maud (Morfydd Clark) is a private hospice nurse and recent religious convert. Her most recent charge is Amanda (Jennifer Ehle), a former dancer with a […]