Early Man

A tribe of cavemen challenge a Bronze Age civilisation to a game of Football -or Soccer- to prevent their valley from being turned into a mine in Nick Park’s Early Man. In many ways Early Man feels like as much of a relic of a bygone age as the characters who inhabit the film. The…

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – Season 1 Episode 3

“The Commuter” ‘The Commuter’ adapts Philip K Dick’s short story of the same name by adding some moral purpose to the plot. Now, personally, I’m always up for a little of this but I recognise that it might not be what everyone’s looking for, particularly if you were interested in seeing a greater investigation of…

Denial

Mick Jackson’s Denial tells the true life story of the acclaimed writer/historian Deborah E. Lipstadt and the trial that questioned whether the Holocaust really happened after a denier sues her for Libel. In the 21st century the idea that anyone would deny the Holocaust really happened might seem completely ridiculous but shockingly this actually happened…

On the Silver Screen – Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner chronicles the last 25 years of famous 19th century artist J.M.W. Turner as he works to retain his reputation as an artist as well as maintain the relationships in his life. Getting this out of the way first but this film is long and at 150 minutes it is sometimes too long. There…