One of the real delights of viewing so many (mainly good) movies is that once in a while you find an unexpected real gem that blows you (cinematic) socks off. This is one such rare occasion, and spreading the word about a delicious treat that may never come onto your radar is one the main … Continue reading
Kate & Bill are contemplating taking one last family holiday together to save their empty and emotionless marriage. That night they talk on the phone to Sam their 18 year old son who’s away at College and he seems quiet and more distant than usual, but they just put it down to him trying to … Continue reading
It’s World War 2 (again) and when the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia , Emil a local journalist agrees to read out German Propaganda on Prague Radio to protect Hana his Jewish wife. You think she’d be grateful for this but she’s rather a cold fish who shows little emotion to Emil, and has an affair and … Continue reading
A beautiful young girl dying of cancer falls in love with a young man who she coaxes back to the world of the living after both his parents die, sounds like a tear-jerker sappy story that I would run from BUT add filmmaker extraordinaire Gus Van Sant into the mix, and you know this will … Continue reading
Werner Boote’s revealing documentary is one of those movies that you know you must watch, and then are so depressed afterwards that you wished you hadn’t. There’s probably no startling new facts that he has gathered as he traipsed around the world trying to find out the real truth about plastic, but all lumped together … Continue reading