DVD | JUNE RELEASES
PRIDE & PREJUDICE & ZOMBIES** 15 (Lions Gate) Despite a good cast and being an interesting genre mashup, P&P&Z never seems to find its footing, loosely dangling in the realms of …
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X-MEN: APOCALYPSE | FILM REVIEW
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Dir: Bryan Singer (12A, 130 mins) Bryan Singer builds on the epic Days of Future Past with the largest X-Men film to date, both in scale and destruction. Set in …
SING STREET | FILM REVIEW
SING STREET Dir: John Carney (12A, 105 mins) A heartwarming, 80s set, band gets together feel good confection, this latest film from Once and Begin Again writer/director John Carney is another …
MONEY MONSTER | FILM REVIEW
MONEY MONSTER Dir: Jodie Foster (12A, 111 mins) A timely thriller set in real time, this return to the director’s chair for Jodie Foster boasts a stellar cast, with a …
I SAW THE LIGHT | FILM REVIEW
I SAW THE LIGHT Dir: Marc Abraham (15, 123 mins) Tom Hiddleston goes full country in this biopic of the short and turbulent life of Hank Williams, a musical genius …
GREEN ROOM | FILM REVIEW
GREEN ROOM Dir: Jeremy Saulnier (18, 94 mins) An unsettling, visceral horror riff, Green Room is a gory cut above most of its similar gutfellows. A tightly wound, effective shocker where …
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS | FILM REVIEW
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Dir: Stephen Frears (PG, 110 mins) Florence Foster Jenkins was a tuneless New York heiress, a socialite who nevertheless became a household name because of her singing. …
BAFTA CYMRU | FILM FEATURE
As Sherlock and The Collection film in South Wales, we will be looking forward to celebrating some other new projects that have been shot in Wales as part of our May programme …
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! | FILM REVIEW
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! Dir: Richard Linklater (15, 116 mins) The director of Boyhood returns with a spiritual sequel to one of his first films Dazed and Confused, and it’s another charming, …
BAD NEIGHBOURS 2 | FILM REVIEW
BAD NEIGHBOURS 2 Dir: Nicolas Stoller (15, 100 mins) More Bad Neighbours? More of the same middling cuss laden comedy with Seth Rogen and buff Zac Efron? Apparently someone wanted …
DAVE EVANS | INTERVIEW
Dave Evans, the Artistic Director of the Wales International Documentary Festival, speaks with Luke Owain Boult about the new festival and the Welsh documentary scene. How would you describe the …
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS | FILM REVIEW
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Dir: James Bobin (PG, 99 mins) Alice in Wonderland made over a billion dollars at the box office, despite it being a confused mishmash of abundant …
A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING | FILM REVIEW
A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING Dir: Tom Twyker (15, 97 mins) Tom Hanks stars in the film version of Dave Eggers’ acclaimed novel reuniting with Cloud Atlas director Tom Twyker. Essentially …
DVD | MAY RELEASES
THE HATEFUL EIGHT 18 (Entertainment in Video) The 8th film by Quentin Tarantino. This claustrophobic epic tells the story of bounty hunters taking shelter from a blizzard in Minnie’s Haberdashery. …
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR | FILM REVIEW
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Dir: Joe and Anthony Russo (12A, 130 mins) With the roster of superhero stars growing ever larger, it takes a brave director to try and marshal …
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT | FILM REVIEW
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Dir: Glenn Ficara / John Requa (15, 112 mins) A wavering tone stops this ‘WTF’ from satisfying on a comedic or a dramatic level despite the best …
BASTILLE DAY | FILM REVIEW
BASTILLE DAY Dir: James Watkins (15, 92 mins) Idris Elba does CIA agent action, (Bond anyone?) teaming up with Game of Thrones’ Richard Madden in this Euro pudding thriller. Unfortunately …
THE JUNGLE BOOK | FILM REVIEW
THE JUNGLE BOOK Dir: Jon Favreau (PG, 99 mins) Disney continues to lazily plunder its back catalogue with another retread of an animated classic, this time with photo real …
THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR | FILM REVIEW
THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Dir: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (12A, 121 mins) Snow White and The Huntsman hardly felt like it needed a sequel, so this prequel/follow up is somewhat of a surprise. …
DVD | APRIL RELEASES
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS 12 (Lucasfilm) At times the latest addition to the Star Wars saga feels like someone has taken a stencil of A New Hope and just used different …
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL | FILM REVIEW
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Dir: Jeff Nichols (12A, 111 mins) Jeff Nichols is the writer/director behind such classy art house fares as Take Shelter and Mud, films that helped reinvigorate careers in the …
HARDCORE HENRY | FILM REVIEW
HARDCORE HENRY Dir: Ilya Naishuller (15, 90 mins) A first person shooter video game as a whole film? There’s no denying some of the ingenuity on show in Hardcore Henry, …
SIÂN PHILLIPS | INTERVIEW
The acting queen of Wales Siân Phillips speaks with Chris Williams about the Welsh language, Rufus Wainwright and damehood. “No, in a word” laughs Dame Siân Phillips when asked if …
EYE IN THE SKY | FILM REVIEW
EYE IN THE SKY Dir: Gavin Hood (15, 102 mins) A claustrophobic thriller that grips as it delves into the murky morality of drone warfare over the course of …