Drama – Screen & Gone

The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) / The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

November 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Those who like their films heavily laden with nostalgia are in for a treat with two Dickensian gems released by Studiocanal on DVD. English director Thomas Bentley’s [...]

Before the Fall (2004)

July 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Some films simply demand to be see. Though difficult at times to watch, Before The Fall is a sympathetic and poignant telling of one teenager’s traumatic experiences [...]

Black Butler (2014)

June 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Occasionally a film comes along which throws caution to the wind – going straight out there to enjoy itself. Black Butler, the live action film of the bestselling Manga [...]

MATCHING JACK (2010)

June 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

You feel bad disparaging a film like Matching Jack, the drama by award winning director Nadia Tass, and starring such an impressive cast of luminaries as James Nesbit (The [...]

To Walk with Lions (1999)

May 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

To Walk with Lions is one of those films which leaves you feeling bad if you’re not enthusiastic about it. Directed by Carl Schultz and starring Richard Harris, [...]

The Ones Below (2015)

April 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore) and Kate (Clémence Poésy) live a seemingly idyllic lifestyle. With a beautiful London flat, rewarding, high powered jobs and a baby [...]

A Royal Affair (2012)

March 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have, during the long and varied history of their annual award ceremony, shown favour towards three things – [...]

The Imitation Game (2014)

March 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Good film can move you. Great film can move you to tears. Norwegian director Morten Tyldum’s biographical thriller The Imitation Game is unlikely to leave a dry [...]

FEATURE – THE GAME’S AFOOT, HOLMES

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

In 2009 the ex Mr Maddonna (otherwise known as Guy Richie), used the unlikely pairing of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law to bring back to the screen two of crime [...]

K-Shop (2016)

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Salah (Ziad Abaza) puts his academic studies on-hold in order to help his father run the family kebab shop, in a seaside town on England’s South Coast. After [...]

Drive (2011)

March 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Drive, one of cinema’s smash hits from 2011, is like a bad car crash – you know you shouldn’t really stop to watch, but you just can’t help yourself. The [...]

Army of Shadows (1969)

November 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Director Jean-Pierre Melville’s controversial World War II drama Army of Shadows (1969), stars Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier the head of a small French [...]