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Wolf Man (MA) - 103 minutes
What should and does one do if one’s loving husband/father turns into a wild animal – I mean literally a wild animal?  In a nutshell,...
Alex First
Jan 163 min read


Emilia Perez (MA) – 132 minutes
A striking musical drama, written and directed by Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez constantly shocks and surprises. Â Rita (Zoe Saldana) is...
Alex First
Jan 162 min read


Conclave (PG) - 120 minutes
Subterfuge and tension abound in the compelling papal thriller Conclave. Â The Pope has died and cardinals have been summoned to the...
Alex First
Jan 92 min read


We Live in Time (M) - 108 minutes
We Live in Time may well be renamed The Cruel Price of Love, for this is a bittersweet romance, featuring striking performances. Â Set in...
Alex First
Jan 92 min read


Nosferatu (MA) - 133 minutes
Atmospheric, Nosferatu puts the bite on an impressionable youngster, who carries her commitment to Dracula into her marriage, with...
Alex First
Jan 1, 20252 min read


Paddington in Peru (PG) - 106 minutes
Paddington (the voice of Ben Whishaw) gets back to his roots in a rollicking adventure with the Brown family in Paddington in Peru. Â The...
Alex First
Dec 30, 20242 min read


Blitz - 120 minutes
Between September 7th, 1940 and May 11th, 1941 , the Nazis carried out an intense bombing campaign in London and other strategic cities...
Alex First
Dec 28, 20242 min read


Top Ten Films of 2024
1         The Zone of Interest – a deeply distressing watch, at the root of which is pure evil … and denial.  2         Anatomy of a...
Alex First
Dec 26, 20241 min read


Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (PG) – 110 minutes
Colour, movement and hijinks are back in the latest instalment of the video game spin off Sonic The Hedgehog 3. Â Sonic (Ben Schwartz)...
Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read


Better Man (MA) – 135 minutes
Let’s clear up the most obvious question about Better Man, so I can get on with talking about the film.  Yes, Robbie Williams’ biopic...
Alex First
Dec 25, 20243 min read


The Room Next Door (M) – 107 minutes
Euthanasia is the subject of famed auteur Pedro Almodovar’s latest film, The Room Next Door – his first in English.  Successful author...
Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read


Parthenope (MA) – 137 minutes
Beauty, love and life are on show in Parthenope, the name of a very attractive woman. Â Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta) was born in the...
Alex First
Dec 25, 20243 min read


All We Imagine as Light (M) – 118 minutes
Set in Mumbai and in an Indian seaside village, All We Imagine as Light is an empathetic, slice of life film that focuses on the fate of...
Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read


Anora (MA) - 139 minutes
A Russian/American stripper and escort meets the young, irresponsible son of a Russian oligarch and they set off into the sunset...
Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read


Black Dog (M) - 110 minutes
Redemption is at the heart of the Chinese drama Black Dog, set on the edge of the Gobi Desert just before the 2008 Olympic Games in...
Alex First
Dec 25, 20242 min read


Heretic (MA) - 112 minutes
A taut, compelling psychological thriller cum horror, Heretic concerns a couple of Church of Latter-Day Saints’ missionaries who knock on...
Alex First
Dec 1, 20242 min read


Moana 2 (PG) - 100 minutes
Picking up three years after Moana (2016), this sequel reunites Moana (voice of Auli‘i Cravalho) with demi-god Maui (voice of Dwayne...
Alex First
Nov 28, 20242 min read


Goodrich (M) - 111 minutes
Goodrich is a coming-of-age story about a man whose life has been consumed by work. Â Andy Goodrich (Michael Keaton) has owned a boutique...
Alex First
Nov 28, 20243 min read


Your Monster (M) - 102 minutes
Beauty and the Beast never looked so good. Â My Monster is one wild, romantic, vengeful ride. Â It is about an aspiring actress who gets...
Alex First
Nov 28, 20242 min read


Wicked Part I (PG) - 160 minutes
Wicked, the extended musical, of which this 160-minute epic is only part I of 2, is a grand spectacle. Â It looks magnificent on the big...
Alex First
Nov 21, 20242 min read
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