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UK Film Review
- Jul 20, 2018
- 2 min
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again film review
★★ Directed by: Ol Parker Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Cher Film Review by: Hope Madden You may be asking yourself, is Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again just 90 minutes of second-rate, b-side Abba songs? All those weird songs that no sensible story about unplanned pregnancy could call for? Songs like Waterloo? Nope. It is nearly two full hours of it. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) wants to open her mother’s crumbling Greek hotel as an upscale island r

UK Film Review
- Jan 12, 2018
- 2 min
The Post
★★★★ Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford Film Review by Hope Madden It is Oscar season, people, and we have a big story to tell. Assemble the heavy hitters! Spielberg – check. Tom Hanks – check. Where do you go from there when you’re making the Big Important Film? The one with potential blockbuster legs? Correct: Meryl Streep. It is official: The Post has it all, beginning with the almost-to

UK Film Review
- May 24, 2016
- 2 min
Interview with Taso Mikroulis
In an interview with Taso Mikroulis, star of short film Prego, we explore the filmmaking experience, character acting, and...of course...what he would say if he was a dolphin... Interview by Chris Olson Tell us a little bit about yourself and your film career thus far. I’m originally from Chicago and lived a few years in Greece for college. I live in Manhattan and am a big fan of doing indie work and theatre. What can you tell us about your character (Mark) in the short film,

UK Film Review
- May 11, 2016
- 2 min
Florence Foster Jenkins
★★★ Directed by Stephen Frears Starring Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson Film Review by Colin Lomas Films about wealthy aristocratic ladies persuaded by sycophantic devotees that their cat-wailing squawks are the blessed tones of angels are like London buses at the moment; you wait patiently for thirty years then you get a Marguerite and a Florence Foster Jenkins both at once. Like Marguerite, Frears’ film is based on the story of forties New York so

UK Film Review
- Jan 26, 2016
- 5 min
Best of Emily Blunt
The Best of Emily Blunt British actress Emily Blunt has made a name for herself in Hollywood by consistently surprising audiences with her unpredictable choices- wildly talented, she’s able to make any role her own - whether it’s a sharp tongued fashionista, a fiercely determined Special Forces fighter, or anything in between. To celebrate the release of the thrilling, brilliant SICARIO (on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital platforms from February 1st, 2016, courtesy of Lionsgate Hom

UK Film Review
- Oct 12, 2015
- 6 min
Female Filmmakers
Filmmaker Feature by Kieran Freemantle The historical drama Suffragette is coming out this week, a drama about the campaign for women who fought to get the vote. It is a film with that has an all star film cast with the likes of Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep and has plenty of women working behind the camera, being directed by Sarah Gavron, written by Abi Morgan and produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward. Reviews so far have been mostly positive. Despite
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