Film Friday

Back in 1981 Chariots of Fire brought us the true tale of Olympic athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell. The dramatic and stirring Wings of Eagles brings us a partly …

What’s wrong with this picture? This is not in fact a scene from The Great Escape. It’s from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. And yet it is also from The …

Military Wives With their husbands away serving in Afghanistan, chalk and cheese organisers, Kate and Lisa, form a choir to help lift the spirits of the wives left on the …

A tale of two leaders, Benedict and Francis. When conservative Pope Benedict invites the radical soon-to-be-Pope-but-doesn’t-yet-know-it Francis to the Vatican the two find they have more in common than they …

Mr Rogers is an entertainer like no other. He cares for people, children in particular, and he demonstrates this in his most popular children’s show. Generations have grown up learning …

Emma sees herself as a matchmaker, a smart and witty young woman who is determined to marry off her best friend Harriet to the best man possible. Just one problem, …

The creature-conversant doctor falls into despair and becomes a scruffy recluse following the loss of his beloved wife. It’s the need of a small animal which brings him out of …

When David Copperfield begins to tell his story on stage he comments ‘Whether I turn out to be the hero of my story or that station will be held by …

First up we have to recognise this is a satirical fable. A story about a little boy in the Hitler Youth in Germany towards the end of World War 2, …

This is an extraordinary film, following two first world war soldiers through the chaotic trenches, across a corpse-strewn no man’s land and into bombed and burning villages, on a mission …

I’ll admit from the outset. I’m not a fan of cats. The animals I mean, those purry furry things that leave little filthy foul pies of splodge on your lawn. …

Joker is a bleak, strange, violent film, and one that (if nothing else) reminds us that the world can be a dark and difficult place. Arthur Fleck struggles to connect …

So the epic 9 part saga comes to an end. I was 14 when I went along to see the 1st part (or the 4th part depending on how you …

Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale of family, sisterhood, love and creativity hits the big screen once more. For the fifth time since 1918. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March crash …

High flying businessman Jack Campbell meets an unusual stranger on Christmas Eve and tells him he has everything he could possibly need in his life. So the stranger promises to …

Kate works as a professional elf in a Christmas shop, with her boss who loves the festive season so much she has nicknamed herself Santa. Kate however is totally self-absorbed, …

When mystery writer Harlan Thrombey is found dead in his study there is a houseful of family members all ready to claim they had a perfectly wonderful relationship with him, …

Isabel is managing an orphanage in India when she hears of a generous benefactor, Theresa, who would like to support her work. So she travels to New York only to …

I see that an unofficial teaser trailer for the new James Bond movie has appeared, No Time to Die. 57 years on and the superspy is still grabbing our attention, …

When Ricky finally gets a job, after a long stretch out of work, he thinks he has landed on his feet. Driving for PDF deliveries he is self-employed, his own …

Roy McBride is an astronaut, like his father before him. And one day, whilst working on a sky-scraping antenna, a global power surge suddenly throws catastrophe his way. When he …

Maleficent, the evil God Mother who once put sleeping beauty Aurora into a deep sleep, has now reformed. She is a changed woman, and she and Aurora get on just …

In the last six months of her life Judy Garland, desperate for money and work, leaves the US and comes to London to sing at The Talk of the Town. …

When 13-year-old Theo and his mother visit a New York art gallery they are caught in a terrorist attack, a bomb blast which buries Theo in a carpet of ash, …

Laurie Lowry lives with his ageing mother. He has always lived with her. And she is very much a controlling force in his life. He paints of course, late at …

My wife and I saw this film again this week, the true story about the miraculous landing of commercial flight 1549 on the Hudson river, after the plane was hit …

There is big news at Downton – the King is coming to tea! Great excitement and trepidation fill the corridors of the stately home. But Barrow the butler seems a …

This documentary film tells the life story of world famous tenor Pavarotti, his formative years singing with his father, his marriage and family, and his incredible rise to global stardom. …

Spiderman has a problem. He knows he has the ability to help people and rescue them, but he just wants to be your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman, he doesn’t want to …

Back in 1972 Aretha Franklin returned to the church of her upbringing and recorded a gospel album – Amazing Grace. It went on to be her biggest selling album. On …

In the film Yesterday Jack Malek is a failing singer-songwriter on the verge of giving up, then something strange and extraordinary happens. One night Jack has a road accident and …

Javed Kahn has kept journals and written poetry all his life, he longs to be a writer but is not sure he is up to the job. Encouraged by his …

When street thief and bumbling smooth guy Aladdin gets hold of a magic lamp containing a wise-cracking, three-wish-granting genie, he has little problem working out what he wants. He wants …

If there is one thought that both films Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman have in common, it’s surely this – that fame and money and popularity cannot provide a deep sense …

When German prisoner of war Bert Trautman turns out to be a rather handy goalkeeper he is invited to help out the local team, St Helens Town. However this does …

When young John Ronald Tolkien needs a scholarship to continue his Oxford studies he goes to Professor Wright to try and convince him that he loves languages… Tolkien has already …

60 Minutes on a Stage is not Real Life. When Rose-Lynn Harlan comes out of prison, after a year-long sentence, she has her heart set on getting to Nashville and …

Rudolph Nureyev is a brilliant ballet dancer in the making. He acquires the nickname the White Crowe, which means someone who stands out from the crowd. Oddly he is not …