Tag: Edinburgh film news
Film Preview: June 2019
Coming to a cinema near you this month are a multitude of major studio tentpoles.
‘Dark Phoenix’ rises onto screens on 5 June 2019 as the twelfth instalment of the X-Men film series with an...
Film Review: ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ ★★★
Very well executed. No pun intended.
Direction (Josie Rourke), Screenplay (Beau Willimon), Cast (Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Martin Compston, Adrian Lester, Joe Alwyn), Length (125 minutes), Rating (R)
Chronicling...
Film Review: Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok
Direction: Taika Waititi
Screenplay: Eric Pearson
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo
Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Cumberbatch
Length: 130 minutes
Rating: PG 13
Thor: Ragnarok is the third film in the Thor franchise...
Grace Jones – watch the premiere live
Tomorrow 25 October 2017, the British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank and Trafalgar Releasing will host the UK premiere of the documentary film ‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’.
As part of the BFI regular film and...
Film Review Blade Runner 2049****
The original Blade Runner was released in 1982 but its dystopian future is set in the year 2019, a mere 37 years later.
Blade Runner 2049 released in 2017 is set in 2049, a mere...
Film Review: ‘Wind River’
Wind River
Direction: Taylor Sheridan
Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen
Length: 111 minutes
Rating: R
Inspired by actual events, we follow US Fish and Wildlife Service tracker Cory Lambert (Renner) who must deal with the wild animals...
Film Review: ‘A Ghost Story’
A Ghost Story
Direction: David Lowery
Screenplay: David Lowery
Cast: Casey Affeck, Rooney Mara
Length: 92 minutes
Rating: 12A
‘A Ghost Story’ examines the universal themes of love and loss, its effects on the human desire for connection over time...
Film Review: ‘Churchill’
Churchill
Directon: Jonathan Teplitzky
Screenplay: Alex von Tunzelmann
Cast: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, James Purefoy, John Slattery, Julian Wadham
Length: 98 minutes
Rating: PG
In the 21st century, we appear to be in a new...
Film Review: ‘Their Finest’
Their Finest
Directon: Lone Scherfig
Screenplay: Gaby Chiappe
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston
Length: 117 minutes
Rating: 12A
During the Second World War, continuous short information and propaganda films were produced...
Filming begins in Edinburgh on crowdfunded movie
Filming has begun in Edinburgh, Scotland for new psychic thriller First and Only.
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Peter Flannery, and directed by award-winning director Magnus Wake, the film...
Big Screen Events at Vue Entertainment
Film Events: April 2017 – Classic theatre on the big screen
VUE Entertainment will bring live arts to its Omni Centre and Ocean Terminal cinema outlets in Edinburgh with opera, ballet and theatre productions for...
Film Review: ‘The Lost City of Z’****
The Lost City of Z
Direction: James Gray
Screenplay: James Gray
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland
Length: 140 minutes
Rating: 15
Adapted from ‘The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon’,...
Film Review: ‘Free Fire’ ***
Free Fire
Direction: Ben Wheatley
Screenplay: Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley
Cast: Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley
Length: 90 minutes
Rating: 15
Unfolding over real time, this film is an action-packed...
Film Review: Beauty and the Beast****
Beauty and the Beast
Direction: Bill Condon
Screenplay: Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos
Cast: Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, Kevin Kline, Luke Evans, Josh Gad,
Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald,
Stanley Tucci
Length:...
Film Review: Kong: Skull Island***
Kong: Skull Island
Direction: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Screenplay: Dan Gilroy, Derek Connolly, Max Borenstein
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, John Goodman
Length: 118 minutes
Rating: 12A
Opening in dramatic fashion, two fighter jets crash...
Film Review: ‘Viceroy’s House’ ***.5
Viceroy’s House
Direction: Gurinder Chadha
Screenplay: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi,
Michael Gambon
Length: 106 minutes
Rating: 12A
With Indian independence from the British...
Film Review: Logan
Logan
Direction: James Mangold
Screenplay: James Mangold, Scott Frank, Michael Green
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook,
Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen
Length: 137 minutes
Rating: 15
Since its launch in 2000,...
Film – Preview screening of Free Fire with Q&A – 28 February only
The Cameo, Edinburgh will host a Q&A preview screening of ‘Free Fire’, courtesy of the film distributors StudioCanal UK, at 8.30pm tomorrow 28 February 2017.
Ben Wheatley, director and co-writer of the film will attend the event...
Film review Hacksaw Ridge
Director: Mel Gibson
Screenplay: Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving, Vince Vaughn
This biographical drama details the real-life story of Desmond T. Doss (Garfield), from his early years in the Blue...
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