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The Taste of Things
Quite obviously, film is an awesome workout for our sight and sound. What we don’t often see is the cinema give us a test of our...
The Iron Claw
Whilst the ‘sports film’ genre as a whole is rather scattershot in terms of hits and misses, the world of combat sports is usually very...
The Holdovers
Of all of the delayed UK releases, The Holdovers may be the most affected in terms of box office take, down to the fact that it is...
The Color Purple (2024)
The new musical moment continues with another 'theatrical version of the stage show musical version of the original non-musical...
Mean Girls (2024)
I think it was when espousing the values of In The Heights a few years back that I commented on the relative lack of theatrically...
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
How much you enjoy Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom might come down to how appealing you find the idea of Jason Momoa punching an oversized...
Poor Things
It’s now customary to kick off the first review of a new year by mentioning the fact that January is the time for all of the previous...
The Brighton Film Club's Films of the Year 2023
To say it’s been an interesting year for film just doesn’t cut it. There’s no way I can fit all of 2023’s talking points into this blurb...
Priscilla
There are always two ways to tell a story and Priscilla deserves praise for being a truly brave and autonomous movie, especially when Baz...
The Brighton Film Club's Albums of the Year 2023
Well those twelve months sure went quick! That’s how I started the Albums of the Year rundown back in December 2022 and it doesn’t feel...
Ferrari
Adam Driver plays an important Italian figure of history in a stylish biopic called [checks notes] not House of Gucci but, instead,...
Wonka
‘Tis the season for a sweet treat and, whilst not anything to do with Christmas, Wonka hits quite a lot of the festive buttons: fun,...
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