Film Friday

Why do we value the life of another?Why do we believe people are precious?Why do believe in freedom and peace?Why do we hope for better things?Why do we long for …

In the film Downsizing Paul discovers a groundbreaking way to improve his life – to go smaller! If he undertakes a process to become one of the little people – …

Having recently seen the seventh Mission Impossible movie, Dead Reckoning, in which Ethan Hunt and his buddies motorcycle off cliff edges, battle their way through tumbling railway carriages, and peel …

When Tom Michell arrives in his new post as teacher in an Argentinian school, he is unhappy in his work and he struggles to engage with the boys and keep …

When CIA decoder Heller sets out on a mission to avenge the death of his wife he soon finds himself out of his depth. He is brilliant technician and gadget …

Bernie is not your typical hero – he’s the kind of guy who will pinch anything not nailed down. If they were giving out medals for wheeling and dealing, pinching …

Shelly is a showgirl, who has been dancing in an old-fashioned glamorous Vegas show for 30 years. But that show is now due to close down and this sends her …

Ruth and Megan run their own vintage shop, but they source their stock from an unusual place. Or rather places. They have acquired a car which can time travel. Not …

In the new life-action film Snow White we see the wicked step-mother regularly talking to her mirror, presenting herself and asking who is the fairest in the land. Of course …

This is a film about Philip Burton, the man who helped Richard Burton become the greatest actor Wales has ever produced. Back then, before being helped and mentored by Philip …

There is a new animated film out at the moment, based on the life of Jesus, it’s called The King of Kings. I haven’t yet seen it but thought I …

In the French comedy Oh My Goodness, a group of nuns decide to enter a local cycle race to raise money for their run-down hospice – there is just one …

Bridget Jones is back with her diary. In the film Mad About the Boy we find Bridget and her children Mable and Billy struggling with the loss of her husband Mark …

I have been at Scargill House in Yorkshire this week, speaking on God in our ordinary lives. And during the week I had the chance to watch the film Belfast …

In this classic film there is a moment when Eric Liddell tells his sister that God made him fast and when he runs he feels God’s pleasure. The quote is …

The swashbuckling film William Tell begins with the legendary moment when William is attempting to shoot an apple of his son’s head. Then it jumps back in time and we …

This film is about the terror and tragedy at the Munich Olympics in 1972, when eleven Israeli hostages and were held captive and then murdered in the Olympic village. We …

In the film Here, we watch a single spot through the ages, from the dinosaurs up to the house built on the land in the present day. Much of the …

There is a scene in this biopic about Bob Dylan’s early days, when Bob plays the Newport festival and the crowd boo him. He had been adored by the new …

In the biographical film Better Man, the singer Robbie Willams is played by a CGI monkey, which may sound strange at first, but one of the themes of the movie …