Creation Stories (2021) Review – GFF

Creation Stories (2021) Review – GFF

Directed by Nick Moran, Creation Stories – about music studio founder Alan McGee – is a mildly offensive, egotistical mess, and we can only hope Liam and Noel Gallagher never see this film. Leoni Horton reviews.

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Jumbo (2021) Review – GFF

Jumbo (2021) Review – GFF

Starring Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s Noémie Merlant, ‘Jumbo’ is a surefooted yet strangely erotic adrenaline ride through the wildest depths of sexual fantasy. Leoni Horton reviews.

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‘Trainspotting’ at 25 – Review

‘Trainspotting’ at 25 – Review

‘Trainspotting’ (1996) at 25 – Mark Carnochan’s review of Danny Boyle’s “small film from the small country that became one of the most famous films of all time”, starring Ewan McGregor.

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Penguin Bloom (2021) Review

Penguin Bloom (2021) Review

Naomi Watts shines in Netflix’s latest biopic about tragedy, family, and the unique relationship between a woman and an injured magpie, in ‘Penguin Bloom’ from Glendyn Ivin. Sophie Cook reviews.

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Minari (2021) Review – GFF

Minari (2021) Review – GFF

Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical Sundance home run manages to be “both quietly poignant and thunderously profound”. Leoni Horton reviews from Glasgow Film Festival.

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Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) Review

Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) Review

Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is adapted via stop-motion animation for the screen by Wes Anderson, in this ensemble film led by George Clooney and Meryl Streep. Christopher Connor reviews.

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Alive (2020) Short Film Review

Alive (2020) Short Film Review

Jimmy Olsson writes and directs ‘Alive’ (2020), a short film about disability, friendship and dating, starring Eva Johansson, Madeleine Martin and Joel Ödmann. Review by Christopher Connor.

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King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) Review

King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) Review

The original battle of legendary kaiju King Kong and Godzilla was in 1962 Japanese film ‘King Kong vs Godzilla’, from Ishirō Honda. Scott Z Walkinshaw reviews.

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‘Hannibal’ at 20 – Review

‘Hannibal’ at 20 – Review

Lacking two of the three magic ingredients of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, Ridley Scott’s ‘Hannibal’ (2001), starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman offers only surface-level thrills. Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.

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Muppet Treasure Island (1996) – 25th Anniversary Review

Muppet Treasure Island (1996) – 25th Anniversary Review

25 years on from its release, ‘Muppet Treasure Island’, starring Tim Curry, remains a high bar to which all subsequent Muppets movies have aimed to reach. Katie Doyle reviews.

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