Author: John Service
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We Live in Time review
It’s the start of a new year, and I’m incredibly excited about the coming year. Awards season for the film industry is in full swing. January alone sees UK audiences treated to major cinematic releases including Nosferatu, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and finally Adrian Brody’s near four-hour epic The Brutalist. However, before…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 10 – 1
Previous Articles in This Series The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50 – 41 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 40 – 31 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 30 – 21 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 20 – 11 10 –…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 20-11
Previous Articles In the Series The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50 – 41 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 40 – 31 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 30 – 21 20 – The Bikeriders One of the big surprises of last summer for me…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 30-21
Previous Articles in the Series 30 – American Fiction We’re resuming our rundown of the 50 best films of 2024 in the UK with American Fiction. Released in February of this year, American Fiction is a satirical comedy from first-time director Cord Jefferson. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including both Best Picture and Best…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 40-31
Previous Articles in the Series The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50-41 40 – Paul & Paulette Take a Bath We’re resuming our rundown of the 50 best films of 2024 in the UK with Paul & Paulette Take a Bath. Paul & Paulette Take a Bath is the debut film by…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50-41
50 – A Different Man Kicking off our rundown of the 50 best films of 2024 in the UK is A Different Man. Starring Marvel veteran Sebastian Stan, A Different Man is a black comedy. Sebastian Stan plays Edward Lemuel; an aspiring actor who suffers from neurofibromatosis that manifests itself via facial disfigurement. Edward befriends…
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Waxahatchee at The Empire Music, Belfast
The past few years have been a rollercoaster for the American band Waxahatchee. The group (fronted by founder and lead singer Katie Crutchfield) released their fifth album St. Cloud on March 27, 2020, just as the world entered lockdown. St. Cloud was a radical departure in sound for Waxahatchee. They dropped the lo-fi indie rock…
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Challengers review – Zendaya aces it in tennis dramedy
It’s the start of May, and we’re now officially entering the start of summer blockbuster season. Over the coming months, the major film studios will be releasing several high profile movies in theatres including A24’s Love Lies Bleeding, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to the award winning Poor Things – Kinds of Kindness. Before all of…
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Drive-Away Dolls review
It’s been six years since the Coen Brothers (Joel and Ethan Coen) released The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018. Since the release of the three-times Oscar nominated Netflix original, the duo have remained busy. The duo continue to be credited as executive producers for FX’s Fargo antholohy series. And in 2021, Joel Coen made…
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Dune: Part Two review
It’s been a few weeks since the global theatrical release of Dune: Part Two. Director Denis Villeneuve’s second entry in the Dune franchise arrives almost two and a half years after Part One. Dune: Part Two was originally due to be released on October 20, 2023. The SAG-AFTRA strike that ran through the summer of…