Film Friday

Queen Anne is a troubled woman. Having lost 17 children she is emotionally damaged. But she is a strong woman in many ways too, a queen steering her nation through … Read on →

Years after Ms Poppins first visited the Bank’s family, the inimitable nanny returns, just as they need help once more. Michael and Jane have now grown up, and Michael has … Read on →

Young Kevin falls out with his family on the evening before they fly off for the Christmas holiday. The next day everyone oversleeps and young Kevin is left home alone … Read on →

When George’s life falls apart he stumbles to a bridge near his town and there, in a terrible state, he considers throwing himself off. However someone else falls in first … Read on →

It is Christmas Eve. Clara is given an egg-shaped box by her father, a present from her late mother, but she finds that the key is missing and she cannot … Read on →

In this tale of Freddie Mercury and Queen, there comes a moment where the band recognise that their fans want to join in, they love singing the songs back to … Read on →

It is 1819. In Manchester the working people long for change, they are poor, hungry and diminished by unjust laws. They plan an open air public meeting to call for … Read on →

When the Russians seem to be winning the race into space and Nasa steps up its attempts to be the first to the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong is chosen as … Read on →

Farrokh Bulsara is a baggage handler at Heathrow, pitching up at Smile concerts, hoping to get a look in with Brian May’s band. This happens big time when their lead … Read on →

When some nastardly, dastardly so-and-so decides to hack into British intelligence and reveal the identities of every single British agent there is only one thing for it. Bring back the … Read on →

‘Trust me. I’m going to sing it anyway all you have to do is join in.’ When rock star Jackson meets Ally after one of his concerts he ends up … Read on →

Local gangster Sonny rules the streets and wants to keep everyone on his pay list. He offers Lorenzo a job, but the law-abiding father unexpectedly turns it down. Lorenzo drives … Read on →

When Neil Baldwin loses his job as a circus clown he goes looking for other work. First he takes it on himself to be a one man welcoming body at … Read on →

Fiona is a brilliant judge so caught up with her work that she cannot see how much her marriage is on the rocks. When her husband Jack tells her he … Read on →

‘Your life is happening now, right in front of you,’ Christopher’s wife Evelyn tells him. But the grown up and married Christopher Robin is distracted doing what all the rest … Read on →

Henry is a tough lawyer and a high achiever, that is, until the day the day he is seriously injured in a hold up in a store. Henry winds up … Read on →

Eric is having a mid-life crisis, his days are grey, his work unfulfilling, his family life a struggle. What to do… what to do? The swimming pool is often his … Read on →

To be honest here, I was not looking forward to watching Tom Cruise’s latest wham-bam actioner. After all, in this age of Marvel and Star Wars and who-knows-how-many-more action franchises, … Read on →

Following an alien invasion Lee and Evelyn have to do everything they can to protect their family from the deadly alien predators. They have one huge problem, the aliens cannot … Read on →

It is 1959, and Florence Green decides she would like to open a bookshop in a small village. Even if no one else likes the idea. She is determined and … Read on →

This week at Scargill House I saw, for the first time, the film The Shack. I found it deeply moving in places and insightful in others. It has left me … Read on →

So the cast of the first movie reassemble for another bash on that fabulous Greek island. And this time they’re bringing the past with them. We flash between the 1970s, … Read on →

For Diane Vivian Sharon and Carol, life has not gone as they planned. They had high hopes for love and have all found themselves ambushed in one way or another. … Read on →

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 →