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Oppenheimer – Review

21st July 202323rd July 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Christopher Nolan – FEATURING: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Jason Clarke, Josh Hartnett, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Alden Ehrenreich, Benny Safdie, Casey Affleck, Dane DeHaan, David Krumholtz, Dylan Arnold, Florence Pugh, Gary Oldman, James D’Arcy, James Remar, James Urbaniak, Kenneth Branagh, Macon Blair, Matthew Modine, Rami Malek, Tom Conti, Tony Goldwyn [click for more...]

Will Smith’s first Oscar win will be remembered for all the wrong reasons

28th March 202230th March 2022Jason Korsner

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tried to ring the changes to attract bigger audiences to watch the Oscar ceremony, [click for more...]

Two married couples celebrate Oscar nominations as Power of The Dog, Dune and Belfast lead the pack

8th February 202210th February 2022Jason Korsner

The brooding western The Power of the Dog has dominated the Oscar nominations in a year when the film industry is trying to [click for more...]

Belfast – Review

21st January 20224th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Branagh – FEATURING: Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, Judi Dench, Lewis McAskie, Turlough Convery [click for more...]

The Power of the Dog and West Side Story dominate an “exclusive” Golden Globes

10th January 202223rd January 2022Jason Korsner

At what the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association itself said could be described as “the most exclusive event in the industry” – with [click for more...]

Maria Duarte tells us What’s Worth Seeing from the 2021 London Film Festival

18th October 202114th August 2022Maria Duarte

It was largely back to business as usual for this year’s BFI London Film Festival despite the ongoing pandemic. Our reviewer Maria Duarte [click for more...]

LFF Director tells us What’s Worth Seeing at this year’s Festival

6th October 20216th October 2021Jason Korsner

A year on from a London Film Festival that was unrecognisable because of the Covid pandemic, the BFI has taken many of the [click for more...]

BFI brings Cannes and Venice hits to London

7th September 20218th September 2021Jason Korsner

The organisers of the London Film Festival have announced the full programme of nearly 160 films. Jeymes Samuels’ opener The Harder They Fall [click for more...]

Tenet – Review

26th August 20209th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Christopher Nolan – FEATURING: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Dimple Kapadia, Elizabeth Debicki, Himesh Patel, Kenneth Branagh, Martin Donovan, Michael Caine [click for more...]

Dunkirk – Review

21st July 201725th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Christopher Nolan – FEATURING: Fionn Whitehead, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Bill Milner, Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles, Jack Lowden, James D’Arcy, Tom Glynn-Carney [click for more...]

Mindhorn – Review

5th May 201726th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Sean Foley – FEATURING: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Andrea Riseborough, David Schofield, Essie Davis, Harriet Walter, Jessica Barden, Kenneth Branagh, Nicholas Farrell, Richard McCabe, Robin Morrissey, Russell Tovey, Simon Callow, Steve Coogan [click for more...]

Harry Potter sets new record at the Oliviers

9th April 201724th April 2017Jason Korsner

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picks up the story of the boy wizard, as an adult. The Harry Potter stage spin-off has [click for more...]

Harry Potter casts his spell on Evening Standard Theatre Awards

13th November 201624th April 2017Jason Korsner

The stage sequel to the Harry Potter books and films has been named the best play at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Harry Potter [click for more...]

The Painkiller – Review

5th March 201611th April 2023Tom Sandars

CAST: Kenneth Branagh, Rob Brydon, Alex MacQueen, Claudie Blakley, Marcus Fraser, Mark Hadfield – DIRECTED BY: Sean Foley – WRITTEN BY: Francis Veber, Sean Foley [click for more...]

London critics honour Mad Max and 45 Years

17th January 20161st February 2016Jason Korsner

One of the biggest and one of the smallest films of the year have shared the bulk of the awards, handed out by [click for more...]

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Review

24th January 20141st September 2015Jason Korsner

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Tyrannosaur is the King of the BIFAs

5th December 20117th March 2017Jason Korsner

Peter Mullan in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur With three of the top awards at the 14th British Independent Film Awards, the dark drama Tyrannosaur [click for more...]

My Week With Marilyn – Review

25th November 201124th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Simon Curtis – FEATURING: Eddie Redmayne, Michelle Williams, Derek Jacobi, Des McAleer, Dominic Cooper, Dougray Scott, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Kitchen, Pip Torrens, Simon Russell Beale, Toby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker [click for more...]

Thor – Review

27th April 201113th July 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Branagh – FEATURING: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Clark Gregg, Colm Feore, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Tom Hiddleston [click for more...]

Valkyrie – Review

23rd January 200921st June 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Brian Singer – FEATURING: Tom Cruise, Andy Gatjen, Bill Nighy, Carice Van Houten, Christian Berkel, David Bamber, David Schofield, Eddie Izzard, Jamie Parker, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin McNally, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Tom Hollander, Tom Wilkinson [click for more...]