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PETER STEVENSON: THE FAIRYTALE OF WATER | INTERVIEW

September 17, 2021

Rhonda Lee Reali interviews the co-director of a new Welsh animated short, The Fairytale Of Water, showing on Sun 19 Sept as part of the Wales One World film festival’s EcoSinema programme.

Category: Environment, Film, Interviews Region: Mid Wales, South Wales

KIMBERLY WYATT | INTERVIEW

September 17, 2021

Of the many strings to Kimberly Wyatt’s bow, you may know her best as one-fifth of the Pussycat Dolls, but she gets up to all sorts. Right now, she’s got a new movie, Override, to promote, and wanted Carl Marsh to know exactly how brassic it was on set. That, like Kimberly herself, is showbiz.

Category: Film, Interviews

CADY COLEMAN | INTERVIEW

September 16, 2021

Having written her name in history by leaving earth and boarding the International Space Station in 1995 – her first of several space flights – Cady Coleman is one of the standout figures in new documentary film The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station. She recalled her experiences to Carl Marsh.

Category: Film, Interviews

KATE | FILM REVIEW

September 16, 2021

Mary Elisabeth Winstead proves an adept assassin in her own action movie which, although wearing its influences on its sleeve to the point of derivativeness, entertains crunchingly.

Category: Film, Reviews

THE DJINN | FILM REVIEW

September 15, 2021

A brisk horror that is often like a supernatural Home Alone, The Djinn is a diverting shocker with a strong central performance from child actor Ezra Dewey amidst the jump scares.

Category: Film, Reviews

DREAM HORSE | FILM REVIEW

September 14, 2021

A fantastic feelgood comedy drama based on a true story, Dream Horse races on to DVD delivering a homegrown, crowd-pleasing hit.

Category: Film, Reviews Region: South Wales

HERSELF | FILM REVIEW

September 13, 2021

Directed sensitively by Mama Mia’s Phyllida Lloyd, this is an often surprising drama, managing to combine gritty social realism with genuine, magical heartwarming moments

Category: Film, Reviews

SHANG CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS | FILM REVIEW

September 6, 2021

Marvel gets its first Asian superhero in Shang Chi, an enjoyable martial arts/CGI mysticism mashup with classy action, witty banter and plenty of subtext about claiming your identity.

Category: Film, Reviews

PLAN A DIRECTOR YOAV PAZ | INTERVIEW

September 3, 2021

Carl Marsh speaks to Israeli film director Yoav Paz, who with his brother Doron is the architect of Plan A: a new thriller, based on a true story, concerning a group of Holocaust survivors who hatch a plan to poison the German water supply and kill millions in the spirit of revenge.

Category: Film, Interviews

SHORTA | FILM REVIEW

September 1, 2021

Treading the often-precarious path between exploitative action movie and pointed social critique, this sinewy cop thriller from Danish directing duo Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid makes its intentions clear from the outset.

Category: Film, Reviews

THE LAST BUS | FILM REVIEW

August 25, 2021

A clumsy and laboured road movie, The Last Bus follows Timothy Spall’s widower Tom from John O’Groats to Land’s End, supposedly offering a snapshot of Scotland and England.

Category: Film, Reviews

NIGHT BOOK | INTERVIEW

August 25, 2021

Created by homegrown developers Wales Interactive, Night Book is a technologically ingenious game/movie hybrid. Buzz’s Billie Ingram Sofokleous spoke to its director Alex Lightman and lead actor Julie Dray.

Category: Film, Gaming, Interviews Region: South Wales

MOSQUITO STATE | FILM REVIEW

August 24, 2021

Mosquito State is a rather icky and uncomfortable body horror which draws heavily on David Cronenberg’s The Fly and Kafka’s Metamorphosis, with added political overtones.

Category: Film, Reviews

THE COLLINI CASE | FILM REVIEW

August 23, 2021

Adapted from the bestselling book by Frederick von Schirach that details a shocking moment in German legal history, The Collini Case is a slow courtroom thriller that fails to ignite.

Category: Film, Reviews

FREE GUY | FILM REVIEW

August 20, 2021

A mashup of The Truman Show, Groundhog Day and Grand Theft Auto, Free Guy is an entertaining if self-satisfied action comedy with Ryan Reynolds’ trademark snark tempered but occasionally rising to the surface.

Category: Film, Reviews

NIGHT BOOK | GAME REVIEW

August 19, 2021

Billie Ingram Sofokleous tackles Night Book: a linear interactive movie with branching narratives, 15 endings, 220 scenes and a multitude of possibilities.

Category: Film, Gaming, Reviews Region: South Wales

JAKOB’S WIFE | FILM REVIEW

August 17, 2021

A so-so vampire comedy thriller that riffs on bloodsucking motifs, benefitting from the presence of scream queen and Re-Animator veteran Barbara Crampton – and OTT gore.

Category: Film, Reviews

WENDY | FILM REVIEW

August 16, 2021

Wendy, a reimagining of Peter Pan through the lens of Beasts Of The Southern Wild writer/director Benh Zeitlein, is an immersive, dreamlike experiential hymn to youth, and full of wondrous chaos.

Category: Film, Reviews

NEW ORDER | FILM REVIEW

August 12, 2021

New Order is a brutally dystopian vision which feels frighteningly close, this alarmist, gruelling thriller pulls no punches in its bleak examination of the gap between rich and poor. Set …

Category: Film, Reviews

DOMINIC COOKE | INTERVIEW

August 12, 2021

One of this generation’s most esteemed English theatre directors has recently dipped a toe or two into cinematic waters, with his latest project a Benedict Cumberbatch spy flick, The Courier. Carl Marsh spoke to Dominic Cooke about it.

Category: Film, Interviews

THE COURIER | FILM REVIEW

August 11, 2021

A solid true-life espionage tale set at the height of the Cold War, with Benedict Cumberbatch playing amateur spy Greville Wynne.

Category: Film, Reviews

RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND | FILM REVIEW

August 10, 2021

Running Against the Wind is a worthy if occasionally stodgy Ethiopian drama that follows two friends as they take very separate paths. Brought up in a remote rural town, Solomon …

Category: Film, Reviews

BLOOD RED SKY | FILM REVIEW

August 9, 2021

A blisteringly good vampire movie that plays and subverts the genre, whilst delivering a full-on action movie brimming with character and heart.

Category: Film, Reviews

SHADOW IN THE CLOUD | FILM REVIEW

August 5, 2021

A completely ludicrous and thoroughly entertaining action film that borrows heavily from Twilight Zone and Amazing Stories episodes.

Category: Film, Reviews

PETER STEVENSON: THE FAIRYTALE OF WATER | INTERVIEW

KIMBERLY WYATT | INTERVIEW

CADY COLEMAN | INTERVIEW

KATE | FILM REVIEW

THE DJINN | FILM REVIEW

DREAM HORSE | FILM REVIEW

HERSELF | FILM REVIEW

SHANG CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS | FILM REVIEW

PLAN A DIRECTOR YOAV PAZ | INTERVIEW

SHORTA | FILM REVIEW

THE LAST BUS | FILM REVIEW

NIGHT BOOK | INTERVIEW

MOSQUITO STATE | FILM REVIEW

THE COLLINI CASE | FILM REVIEW

FREE GUY | FILM REVIEW

NIGHT BOOK | GAME REVIEW

JAKOB’S WIFE | FILM REVIEW

WENDY | FILM REVIEW

NEW ORDER | FILM REVIEW

DOMINIC COOKE | INTERVIEW

THE COURIER | FILM REVIEW

RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND | FILM REVIEW

BLOOD RED SKY | FILM REVIEW

SHADOW IN THE CLOUD | FILM REVIEW

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