Film Friday

Legend tells the violent story of the Kray twins, the gangster brothers, who ruled the East End with their gang the Firm in the 1950s and 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQXz5aA9JLQ If ever …

Casey Newton is an optimistic person. She sees potential and hope where others see gloom and doom. When her father’s job at NASA is about to be axed she breaks …

James Bond returns in his 24th (official) adventure – taking on global snooping, an arch baddie with a cat and the evil empire wishing to use information for world domination. The …

Suffragette is about the struggle to win the vote for women and is a compelling, if harrowing film. One that I found disturbing and challenging. It made me realise how easily …

Before Peter Pan became the forever young hero, he was an orphan in London. Then one dark night the evil Blackbeard kidnapped him and spirited him away to Neverland, to …

When Marty McFly and Doc Brown fly into the future in a DeLorean, they land in 2015, a time when cars can fly, skateboards can hover, and Jaws 19 is …

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When Geoff Mercer receives a letter one Monday morning, it brings the past back into his life. He and Kate are about to celebrate 45 years of being married. Now …

This week we ran the classic satirical war movie, where world war one is set in a Brighton fairground. It uses song and dance, satire and poignancy, to revisit the …

In 1996 three expeditions venture up Everest at the same time, with the obvious intention of reaching the summit. Rob Hall, the leader of one of the groups, is an …

When Rusty Griswold wants to give his troubled family a life-enhancing boost he decides to take them off on a road trip to Walley World, with the intention of riding …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmzTGbPuyEU When Bobby Walker loses his well-paid job he is sure he’ll find more work, he’s young and capable and used to earning mega-bucks. Powerless to hang on to a job …

When CIA agent Napoleon Solo is teamed up with KGB Operative Illya Kuryakin sparks fly. The two are united against a common enemy, but they are keenly aware that they …

Five emotions live in Riley’s mind, also known as her Headquarters. They govern her responses to the world as she grows up – Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anxiety and Anger. We …

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Not having had much chance to watch anything new this week I thought I’d revisit a classic moment from that aquatic, toothfilled epic, Jaws. Whilst on a mission to catch …

Before watching this movie a friend said to me, ‘I’m afraid they won’t be able to show you San Andreas – there’s a fault.’ 🙂 From the opening scene of …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx1sSmLhng0 As you may or may not be able to tell from this fastmoving trailer, this is a madcap movie, with plenty of slapstick moments. Isabella is a prostitute who wants …

An ageing Sherlock visits Japan and, during a meal in a family home, he is recognized by the mother. But her expectations are a little wrong. YouTube video If you …

This week’s film is a very short one indeed, a two minute advert currently showing in cinemas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKRLvX-19GI Three uncool guys outdo their much cooler work colleagues by wearing the …