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Varied programme at The Brunton
Brett Morgan’s cinematic experience follows the unseen footage and marvellous musical journey of David Bowie in Moonage Daydream (15) and it is one of the...
Film Preview: February 2022
Coming soon here is a selection of awards season favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMMLRnXPPJk
Debuting on 4 February 2022 is the biographical drama ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’...
Film Preview: January 2022
Coming to a cinema near you soon there is a collection of awards season players. Here is what we will be watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDr_tbL-es
Released on 1...
Film Preview – December 2021
Going to the cinema during the winter holidays there are some are anticipated tentpoles arriving on the big screen, including a musical remake, a...
Film Preview: November 2021
More awards season contenders will take to the big screen this month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WllZh9aekDg
Released on 5 November 2021, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays Diana, Princess of Wales...
Film Review: ‘The Last Duel’ ★★★★
Audacious use of the Rashomon effect elevates this epic tale of blood, sweat and tears.
Direction:Ridley ScottScreenplay:Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Nicole HolofcenerCast:Matt Damon, Adam Driver,...
Film Preview: October 2021
Coming soon to a cinema near you is a blockbuster drama, arthouse comedy and Broadway musical all featuring impressive ensemble casts of household Hollywood...
Film Review: Respect ★★★
Handpicked to play Aretha Franklin in the film of her life by The Queen of Soul herself, Jennifer Hudson delivers with amazing grace.
Direction:Leisl TommyScreenplay:Tracey...
Film Review: ‘Our Ladies’ ★★★★
Hilarious and heart-breaking, five girls from Fort William take Edinburgh by storm and return more in tune with themselves than the singing competition they...
Film Preview: September 2021
Coming to a cinema near you (with much fanfare) there are three major franchises from Marvel Studios, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giWIr7U1deA
On 3 September 2021,...
Film Review: ‘Candyman’ ★★★★
Disclaimer: Not based on the song of the same name by Christina Aguilera. Not sweet. Not sugar. A very different Candyman with a much...
Film Preview: August 2021
Films for all tastes are coming to a cinema near you this month with a psychological thriller, supernatural slasher and historical spy among the...
Films for July 2021
There is a bundle of box office blockbusters coming soon to a cinema near you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9pNPdNwjI
After a delay of 14 months (the same length...
Film Review: In the Heights ★★★★★
A summer musical of this calibre, much like the cinema-going experience itself, is both a spectacular return to a bygone era and a ground-breaking...
Film Review: ‘The Father’ ★★★★★
Awarded with two golden statues, the Oscars gets it right.
Direction:Florian ZellerScreenplay:Florian Zeller, Christopher HamptonCast:Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams, Mark GatissLength:97 minutesRating:PG-13
Anthony...
Films to see in June
Coming soon to a cinema near you (for the first time in 14 months) here are three film suggestions for you.
These include subtle...
Film Review: ‘Tenet’ ★★★★
Cinema officially returns with an almighty arthouse blockbuster.
Direction:Christopher NolanScreenplay:Christopher NolanCast:John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Himesh Patel, Clémency Poésy,...
Film Review – ‘Greed’ ★★★
Satire sowing the rise and fall of a high street fashion gladiator. Remind you of anyone?
DirectionMichael WinterbottomScreenplayMichael WinterbottomCastSteve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Shirley...
Film Preview: December 2019
Coming soon to a cinema near you this month are many high quality productions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLEPhfEN2M
Tom
Hanks (Big) portrays American television personality Fred Rogers in ‘A
Beautiful Day...
Film Review: ‘Le Mans ’66’ ★★★★
A two and a half hours wonder of filmmaking tour de force.
Direction:James MangoldScreenplay:Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason KellerCast:Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Caitriona Balfe, Noah...
Films to see this month – November 2019
This month there is a plethora of awards season contenders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm4VnwCtQO8
Opening on 6 November 2019, the biographical adventure ‘The Aeronauts’ stars Eddie Redmayne (The...
Film Review: Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie ★★★★
Not
just for children. It’s adult friendly
too.
Direction:Will Becher, Richard PhelanScreenplay:Mark Burton, Jon BrownCast:Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Amalia VitaleLength:87 minutesRating:U
As
the eighth film release to be produced...
Film preview : September 2019
This month there are high profile returns from both film and television.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhJ5P7Up3jA
Two years ago, ‘It’ (based on the novel by Stephen King) became...
Film Preview: February 2019
Coming to a cinema near you this February is a selection of awards season favourites.
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) and Richard E Grant (Gosford Park) have...
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...
Film fund generates £17m
A fund to incentivise film production in Scotland has generated £17.5m for the economy returning £10 for every pound spent, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop...
Film Fest in the City 2017 was a shining success
The organisers of Film Fest in the City, Essential Edinburgh along with the Edinburgh International Film Festival have claimed that the 2017 outdoor film...
EIFF Announces ‘Cars 3’ Premiere
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) 2017 has announced that it will showcase the UK premiere of Disney.Pixar’s ‘Cars 3’ on Sunday, 25th June...
Five scary films you must see this week
In the next few days we will be celebrating Halloween and you will have the chance to experience a bit of a scary atmosphere around the streets and cinemas...
Mark Cousins unearths Antonia Bird’s Safe (1993)
Starring the wonderful Kate Hardie and Robert Carlyle, Safe, was shown at The Filmhouse on Tuesday as part of a season, with a post screening...
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