Film Friday

There is a defining moment in the film Edie when Edie is in her local café eating a quiet chip supper. She asks her friend behind the counter if it’s … Read on →

When Debbie Ocean is released from prison she promises not to contact any of her crooked friends. Yes. And pigs might fly. Whilst doing porridge she has been plotting her … Read on →

‘I want to compare faith to running in a race…’ so says the character of Eric Liddell in the film Chariots of Fire. My dad died recently and at his … Read on →

When Edward and Florence first meet, at a CND meeting (not the most romantic of places!) it is love at first sight. They fall deeply for each other, embark on … Read on →

Young Han Solo is desperate to buy his own spaceship, and he’ll do all he can to get enough cash. He teams up with a ragged disparate rabble – Becket, … Read on →

The conversation at the start of the above clip reminds me of seeing the first Jurassic Park, back in 1993 (I was about 5 I think 😉) I was blown … Read on →

Ralph is not well and not happy. His relationship with his son Michael has always been strained. When he invites Michael for a meal so he can talk about his … Read on →

When Will drops around to his parents’ house to take his mum to a hospital appointment he discovers the place is empty, and their Recreational Vehicle, The Leisure Seeker, is … Read on →

What’s the difference between Walt Disney and Bing Crosby? Bing sings and Walt ‘disney’. (Best said with a Scottish accent.) Not hilarious but never a bad thing to kick off … Read on →

When author Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a pig farmer in Guernsey it gives her an idea for a new book. He is a member of the Literary and … Read on →

When Donald Crowhurst hears of the Sunday Times challenge to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly he decides to take up the challenge, even though he has little experience of this kind … Read on →

When Carolina walks back into Jenny’s and Humpty’s lives there is trouble at t’mill. Or rather, at the fairground, at the carousel and the Wonder Wheel. Carolina had previously married … Read on →

When Jesus visits Magdala a young woman there, Mary, hears him teaching and is drawn to follow him. So she gets baptised and becomes one of his disciples. Jesus was … Read on →

When old Mr McGregor pops his clogs chasing Peter and his sisters (Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail), young Mr McGregor comes out from the city to take up residence. He’s not … Read on →

David Irving is a renowned historian and writer who denies the holocaust. He decides to sue author and historian Deborah Lipstadt for libel, for comments she has made about him … Read on →

Reynolds Woodcock is a brilliant dressmaker, and a deeply insecure man. He cannot work properly if anything disrupts his neatly ordered world, and his female friend, housemate and PA Cyril … Read on →

When Mae joins The Circle, a giant, global social media company, she is drawn into an experiment, where she will wear a camera all through the day and be totally … Read on →

When the police have still made no arrests, 7 months after her daughter is raped and murdered,  Mildred Hayes spots three old empty billboards near her house and decides to … Read on →

When snobby Sandra discovers that her husband is having an affair, she promptly moves out and goes to live with her down-to-earth sister, Bif. The life change is a bit … Read on →

When milkshake machine salesman Ray comes across a small take away called McDonalds in 1950s St Bernardino, he can’t believe how quick, efficient and tasty the burger meal is… Ray … Read on →

When a bunch of cavemen meet the forward-thinking chaps from the bronze age there’s a whole lot of shaking going on. It begins one strange day, when something unexpected comes … Read on →

When Daniel Ellsberg returns from reporting on the ground in the Vietnam War he is shocked and disillusioned. The truth is clearly out there and not being told. So he … Read on →

It is the early 1960s in Poland, and novice nun Anna is about to take her vows, but before she does so the Mother Superior tells her she must visit … Read on →

It is May 1940. As the fascists make their ruthless dash across mainland Europe Britain is in turmoil. Many of its leaders long for peace, the terrible memories of World … Read on →

The son of a local gangster and his mates break in to John Wick’s house, steal his car and kill his dog. So Mr John Wick is understandably rather displeased. … Read on →

Rey tracks down a reluctant Luke Skywalker, in his cliff side home. He is hiding out there having cut himself off from The Force. But Rey knows he is the … Read on →

When Otto and Anna’s only son is killed fighting in the German army Otto begins writing postcards against Hitler and leaving them in public places around Berlin. It is a … Read on →

If ever there was a film to demonstrate the power of a good story this is surely it. The tale of Charles Dickens attempting to write A Christmas Carol, in … Read on →

‘Everyone’s got an act.’ P.T. Barnum recruits so called ‘misfits and outcasts’ to create the first circus. He creates false personas and back stories for them to attract and hoodwink … Read on →

When Paddington goes looking for a present for his aunt Lucy’s birthday he comes across a pop book of London. He would dearly love his aunt in Peru to see … Read on →

When four very different teenagers end up in detention, removing staples from magazines, they quickly get distracted by an old computer game. Before they know it they have selected character … Read on →

Ben and Alex are a couple of strangers whose flights are cancelled due to an impending storm, so they join forces to hire a small aircraft to get home. However, … Read on →

There is an age-old saying – power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Well, if ever there was a film about absolute power and corruption, this is it. Comrade Stalin rules … Read on →

When the famous Hercules Poirot boards the famous Orient Express he has no idea what the future holds. He is intending to take a break from his sleuthing life, on … Read on →

When separated mum-of-two Alice hits her 40th birthday she decides to go out on the town to celebrate with her two friends. However she soon encounters a problem, in the … Read on →

In the days before James Bond this action-thrills-and-spills epic exploded off the screen like a punch to the solar-plexus. Scenes of Cary Grant fleeing a low-flying, crop-spraying plane and then … Read on →

Without doubt my favourite film of this year is the best-picture-Oscar-winner-for-two-minutes – La La Land, and I have spent many a conversation attempting to explain why. I’m very aware that … Read on →

Writer AA Milne returns from the first world war a shattered man, fearful of loud noises and the sudden shock of dazzling lights. So he decides to leave London with … Read on →

When a malfunction occurs, commercial pilot Whip Whittaker has to use every ounce of his strength and ingenuity to crash-land the plane. In doing so he saves all but six … Read on →

We go back to the future again and, once more, it looks just a tad on the bleak side – an epically dark and dysfunctional mixture of the shining and … Read on →

When the story begin Queen Victoria, Empress of India, is alive but not really living. She struggles out of bed, shuffles through her days, and shovels down her food. Then … Read on →

Elizabeth Cree is on trial, accused of poisoning her husband John, who is himself suspected of a series of savage, grisly murders in London’s Limehouse. The court finds her guilty … Read on →