Film Reviews & Movie News
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Mark Searby joins Stewart Pink for Film Reviews and Movie News discussing the big movie news of the week and lifting the curtain on all the latest cinema, DVD and on-demand film releases.
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Film Reviews: Capone, The United States Vs Billie Holiday, Archenemy, Host, Mogul Mowgli
February 26, 2021 17:25 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBCapone - The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past. The United States Vs Billie Holiday - Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair. Archenemy - Max Fist claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, whe...
Film Reviews: To Olivia, I Care A Lot, The Secret Garden, The Climb
February 19, 2021 16:59 - 46 minutes - 43 MBTo Olivia – The story of the tumultuous marriage between actress Patricia Neal and renowned author Roald Dahl I Care A Lot – A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears. The Secret Garden – An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle’s estate. The Climb – A look at the friendship between two guys that spans over many years.
Film Reviews: News of the World, Willy’s Wonderland, Possessor, Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite
February 12, 2021 13:56 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBNews of the World – A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place either of them can call home. Willy’s Wonderland – A drifter is tricked into taking a janitors job in a disused amusement park. There he has to battle demonic animatronic puppets. Possessor – Tasya Vos is an agent who works for a secretive organisation that uses brain-implant technology ...
Film Reviews: Malcolm & Marie, Rams, Greenland, Saint Maud, Muscle
February 05, 2021 12:14 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBMalcolm & Marie - A film director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and await critics' reviews. Rams - Two sheep rearing brothers, who haven't spoken in years, suddenly have to come together in the face of tragedy. Greenland - A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. Saint Maud - Maud is a pious nurse who becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient. Muscle - Simon is ...
Film Reviews: The Dig, Synchronic, Bill & Ted Face The Music, 23 Walks
January 29, 2021 12:15 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBThe Dig - An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938. Synchronic - Two paramedics try to save the life of a woman who has become addicted to the designer drug Synchronic. Bill & Ted Face The Music - Bill & Ted must try to save the world by writing a song that will unite everyone or face complete annihilation. 23 Walks - Two individuals begin to grow fond of each other as they meet on their daily dog walks in the local park.
Film Reviews: The White Tiger, The Rental, The Broken Hearts Gallery, Relic
January 21, 2021 18:21 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week's reviews include; The White Tiger - A poor Indian driver must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top. The Rental - Two couples rent a house in an idyllic location. However, they holiday soon becomes a game of survival. The Broken Hearts Gallery - A recent dumped woman opens up a broken hearts gallery for people to leave trinkets from past relationships. Relic - Three generations of a family try to deal with the horrors caus...
Film Reviews: Blithe Spirit, One Night In Miami, David Byrne's American Utopia, Becky
January 14, 2021 18:22 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBThis week's reviews include; Blithe Spirit - A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer's block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife, which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years. One Night In Miami - One incredible night in Miami where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown gather to discuss their roles in the civil rights movement and the cultural upheaval of the time. Davi...
Film Reviews: Pieces of a Woman, Let It Snow, The New Mutants, Shirley
January 08, 2021 11:49 - 41 minutes - 38.9 MBPieces of a Woman - When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones. Let It Snow - Separated from her fiance after sneaking onto a restricted slope, Mia, a free riding snowboarder, must survive not only against nature, but the masked snowmobile rider in black who is out for her blood. The New Mutants - Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility ag...
Film Reviews: Sing Me A Song, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Alone, Yellow Rose, The Blackout: Invasion Earth
January 04, 2021 11:42 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MBFilm Reviews; Sing Me A Song - A documentarian captures the moments when the internet is first allowed in a remote Buddhist town. Bloody Nose Empty Pockets - A day in the life of a dive bar in Las Vegas shortly before it closes down. Alone - A recently widowed world traveller is kidnapped by a cold-blooded killer. She escapes into the wilderness and is pursued. Yellow Rose - A Filipina Teen from a small Texas town has hopes of being a Country Music star. But she has to decide between sta...
Top Movies of 2020
January 04, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBThis week we share our top movies of 2020 in a year that wasn't quite like any other.
Film Reviews: The Midnight Sky, Soul, Jui Jitsu, Sister of the Groom
December 23, 2020 13:11 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBThe Midnight Sky - Augustine is a lonely scientist stranded in the Arctic. He races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning to Earth during a global catastrophe. Soul - Joe, a failed musician, is transported out of his body and must find his way back thanks to an infant soul learning about herself. Jui Jitsu - Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, th...
Film Reviews: Wonder Woman 1984, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Farewell Amour, Tenet, Pinocchio
December 19, 2020 12:11 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBWonder Woman 1984 - A mysterious wish giving rock may hold the power for oil barren Max Lord to take over the world. Diana Prince/Wonder Woman is looking to stop him but first she has to deal with a new enemy - The Cheetah. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Chicago. 1927. A Recording Session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues" Farewell Amour - Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigra...
Film Reviews: Dreamland, The Mole Agent, American Pickle, Trial By Fire, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
December 11, 2020 14:56 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MBDreamland - A teenager's adventures as a bounty hunter take an unexpected twist. The Mole Agent - A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse. The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone - Director Francis Ford Coppola revisits his film from thirty years ago to create a new version of The Godfather Part III. American Pickle - An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally p...
Film Reviews: Mank, County Lines, Godmothered, Train To Busan: Peninsula, Les Miserables
December 04, 2020 16:00 - 49 minutes - 46 MBMank - The true story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz's tumultuous development of Orson Welles' iconic masterpiece Citizen Kane. County Lines - Tyler is a 14-year-old boy who falls in with a local drug dealer that grooms him into a county lines criminal network. Godmothered - A young and unskilled fairy godmother ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. Train To Busan: Peninsula - A soldier and his team battle hordes...
The Christmas Chronicles 2, Uncle Frank, Hillbilly Elegy, Unhinged, Proxima, Belushi
November 26, 2020 18:53 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThe Christmas Chronicles 2 – Kate Pierce, now a cynical teenager, is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Claus when a mysterious troublemaker threatens to cancel Christmas. Uncle Frank – In 1973, Frank Bledsoe and his niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to South Caroline for the family patriarch’s funeral. They are unexpectedly joined by Frank’s lover Walid. Hillbilly Elegy – A Yale law student drawn back to his hometown grapples with family history, Appalachian values and the American...
Film Reviews: Billie, The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special, Leap Of Faith, Tremors: Shrieker Island, Lovers Rock
November 20, 2020 12:26 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBBillie – A documentary about the life and career of Billie Holiday told through recorded tapes of a murdered journalist. The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special – Rey leaves her friends to prepare for Life Day as she sets out on an adventure to gain a deeper knowledge of the force. At a mysterious temple, she is hurled into a cross-timeline adventure. Leap Of Faith – A lyrical and spiritual essay about The Exorcist as told by its director William Friedkin. Tremors: Shrieker Island – Graboids a...
Film Reviews: Saint Frances, Lucky Grandma, White Snake, Mulan, Mangrove
November 13, 2020 09:18 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBSaint Frances - After an accidental pregnancy, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with a six-year-old she's charged with protecting. Lucky Grandma - An ornery, chain-smoking Chinese Grandma goes all in at a New York casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck - and in the middle of a gang war. White Snake - A love story between a snake spirit and a snake hunter. Mulan - A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in-order to save her father's fate. Mangrov...
Film Reviews: SpongeBob Squarepants: Spong On The Run, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, Black Water: Abyss, The Nights Before Christmas
November 06, 2020 08:46 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBThis week's reviews: SpongeBob Squarepants: Spong On The Run - After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project - For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day. Black Water: Abyss - Five friends exploring a remote cave system in Northern Australia find themselves threatened by a hungry cr...
Film Reviews: Wolfwalkers, Relic, The Witches, The Other Lamb, Batman: A Death In The Family
October 30, 2020 01:22 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBWolfwalkers - A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. Everything changes when she meets a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe. Relic - A Daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home. The Witches - A seven-year-old boy is turned into a mouse when he discovers a secret cauldron of witches are hiding out in a hotel. The Other Lamb - A girl born into an all-female c...
Film Reviews: Borat – Subsequent MovieFilm, Rebecca, Lynn + Lucy, The Man In The Hat, Gretel & Hansel
October 23, 2020 07:58 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBBorat – Subsequent MovieFilm – Borat is sent to America to offer up his daughter as a wife to Vice President Mike Pence Rebecca – A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on. Lynn + Lucy – Lynn and Lucy are best friends. They have grown up together and live on the same street. One day tragedy befalls Lucy and their relationship is tested in extreme circumstances. The Man In The Hat...
Film Reviews: The Trial of the Chicago 7, Carmilla, Finding The Way Back, You Should Have Left, Little Monsters
October 15, 2020 22:55 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBThe Trial of the Chicago 7 - The story of seven people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Carmilla - Miss Fontaine is governess to 15-year-old Laura who lives in total isolation in her family home. Struggling to find an outlet for her burgeoning sexuality, Laura is enchanted by the mysterious Carmilla and the pair strike up a passionate relationship. Finding The Way Back - Jack Cunningham was a hig...
Film Reviews: Kajillionaire, I Am Woman, My Zoe, Brothers In Arms: The Making of Platoon
October 09, 2020 09:29 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBKajillionaire – A woman’s life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they’re planning. I Am Woman – A biopic of musician and activist Helen Reddy. My Zoe – A divorced mother looks to protect her daughter after an unexpected tragedy. Brothers In Arms: The Making of Platoon – A documentary that looks at the incredible experience the actors had in making Platoon, one of the greatest war films ever.
Film Reviews: Eternal Beauty, Repression, Scoob!, Weathering With You
October 02, 2020 08:28 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBEternal Beauty - After Jane falls into a state of despair over her schizophrenia, she encounters new sources of love and life with surprising results. Repression - Marianne Winter is a Therapist who moves from New York to remote Scotland for her job. She begins to lose her grip on reality when one of her patients, a ten-year-old boy, claims he can control the future. Scoob! - Scooby Doo and the gang must try to stop a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to s...
Miss Juneteenth, Schemers, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Tesla
September 26, 2020 11:28 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBMiss Juneteenth – A former beauty queen & single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant. Schemers – His football career over, Davie starts promoting gigs in Dundee with his two friends, leading to a hugely ambitious Iron Maiden show. Out of his depth and in debt to gangster Fergie, Davie needs to pull off the biggest scheme of his life. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote – Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantas...
Bill & Ted Face The Music, The Devil All The Time, The King of Staten Island, Bulletproof
September 18, 2020 08:02 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBBill & Ted Face The Music - Once told they'd save the universe during a time travelling adventure, two would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfil their destiny. The Devil All The Time - Sinister character converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a post-war backwoods town teaming with corruption and brutality. The King of Staten Island - Scott has been a case of arrested developme...
Waiting For Barbarians, Koko-Di Koko-Da, Misbehaviour, Love Sarah
September 11, 2020 08:33 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBWaiting For The Barbarians - A Magistrate working in a distant outpost begins to question his loyalty to the empire Koko-Di Koko-Da - As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into the maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick. Misbehaviour - A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London. Love Sarah - A y...
Mulan, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, The High Note, The Immortal
September 04, 2020 11:43 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBMulan - A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father's fate. I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and herself. The High Note - A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers. The Immorta...
Tenet, Hope Gap, Hunter's Moon, Marriage Story
August 28, 2020 09:02 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBTenet - Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a protagonist journeys through the twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Hope Gap - A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother. Hunter's Moon - A sheriff makes a strange discovery when he gets called to an orchard where three teenage sisters have been attacked by a band o...