21st Aug2025

‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ Video Review

by Kevin Haldon

Jurassic World: Rebirth is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp. It takes place three years after Jurassic World Dominion (2022), and is the fourth Jurassic World film as well as the seventh instalment overall in the Jurassic Park franchise. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala […]

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02nd Jul2025

‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ed Skrein, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain | Written by David Koepp | Directed by Gareth Edwards Jurassic World: Rebirth turns out to be an appropriate title for this seventh instalment in the dino-franchise, because it feels like a […]

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31st Jan2025

‘Companion’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend | Written and Directed by Drew Hancock Written and directed by Drew Hancock, this deliciously dark horror is produced by the team behind Barbarian, which should tell you something about the number of twists to expect. In fact, on that note, if […]

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02nd Aug2024

‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz, Rupert Friend, Nicole Byer | Written and Directed by Kobi Libii The debut feature from writer-director Kobi Libii, this blackly comic fantasy comedy has a solid central idea, but never quite gets to grips with its own satirical intent. […]

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01st May2024

‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz, Rupert Friend, Nicole Byer | Written and Directed by Kobi Libii The debut feature from writer-director Kobi Libii, this blackly comic fantasy comedy has a solid central idea, but never quite gets to grips with its own satirical intent. […]

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27th Jun2022

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi: Season 1’ Review

by Guest

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Rupert Friend, Sung Kang, Moses Ingram, Vivien Lyra Blair, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, O’Shea Jackson Jr. | Written by Stuart Beattie, Hossein Amini, Joby Harold, Hannah Friedman, Andrew Stanton | Directed by Deborah Chow Isn’t it kind of fascinating how we live in a world where it seems as though […]

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12th Dec2018

‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny, Amira Casar, Vincent Perez, Lolita Chammah | Written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Louise Kugelberg | Directed by Julian Schnabel Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world […]

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22nd Sep2018

‘A SImple Favor’ Review – Second Opinion

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho, Rupert Friend | Written by Jessica Sharzer | Directed by Paul Feig Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor is understandably an interesting direction for the director to take after a string of highly successful and critically acclaimed comedies. Deviating from the more traditional Feig style […]

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21st Sep2018

‘A Simple Favour’ Review

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho, Rupert Friend | Written by Jessica Sharzer | Directed by Paul Feig With its gleeful, primary-coloured, ‘60s-style opening titles, complete with jaunty French pop, you might think you’re watching a breezy rom-com. Then we see vlogger Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) breaking down in tears live on […]

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08th Sep2017

New character posters for Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Death of Stalin’

by Phil Wheat

The Death of Stalin is the latest feature film from one of Britain’s finest comedic talents, Armando Iannucci, the Oscar nominee and Emmy winner behind In the Loop, The Thick of It and Veep. Based on the The Death of Stalin graphic novel by by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin; and packed with Iannucci’s trademark […]

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11th Aug2017

‘The Death of Stalin’ gets a poster and trailer

by Phil Wheat

The Death of Stalin is the latest feature film from one of Britain’s finest comedic talents, Armando Iannucci, the Oscar nominee and Emmy winner behind In the Loop, The Thick of It and Veep. Based on the The Death of Stalin graphic novel by by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin; and packed with Iannucci’s trademark […]

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08th Oct2014

‘Starred Up’ Review

by Dan Clark

Stars: Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Gilly Gilchrist, Frederick Schmidt, Edna Caskey, Darren Hart, Raphael Sowole, Duncan Airlie James, Anthony Welsh, David Ajala, Jerome Bailey | Written by Jonathan Asser | Directed by David Mackenzie There are movies that make you think. There are movies that make you question. There are movies that engage […]

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