This week at Union Films you can see blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy, a free showing of 2009’s Up, plus some films that are part of Southampton Film Week.
“Sadly, this drags the entire picture into near-incomprehensible territory, a great shame for leads Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple who both provide well-rounded performances with great emotional depth” Ben Robins looks at one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, Horns.
This week sees the return of Nolan’s filmmaking on the big screen, with the release of Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.
“The film is less about the titular boogeyman and more about startling fears that hit a little closer to home.” Harrison explores one of the surprise horror hits of the year.
“Fury is a polished and visually impressive addition to the WW2 genre.” Harrison looks at Brad Pitt’s latest film outing.
“There are drawbacks, but I’m willing to overlook the slightly awkward comedy and respect Dobkin for giving us a work of art that he obviously cared for dearly.” Matt McConnell looks at The Judge where Downing Jr. steps out of this comfort zone.
“Very much a love-letter to both the sports dramas and coming-of-age comedies of the 1980s, Tully’s Ping Pong Summer stands as a joyous slice of summer fun” Ben looks at Ping Pong Summer, directed by Michael Tully.
“To a degree the film might have been more successful had it focused less on the bland human characters and more on the turtles themselves.” Harrison reviews the adaptation of one of the biggest children’s franchises.
“In fact the viewer is so traumatised by the tumultuous roller coaster that it is hard to do more than shake in unfathomable frustration.” Sam Claflin and Lily Collins star in Love Rosie.
“Unfortunately, the talents of Cooper and Lawrence can’t even save this disaster from the depths of futile filmmaking.” Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence team up again for Serena.
“Instead of embracing his and the film’s national identity further, first-time filmmaker Zee Ntuli has made just another vapid Hollywood clone.” In more of our London Film Festival coverage, Ben Robins takes a look at Hard to Get.
So, mankind has been overrun with apes and machines in Transformers: Age of Extinction and both Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. We’ve also shown Inception as part of our Throwback Thursdays, and our classic Phoenix film of Ilo Ilo. I think it’s time now for us…
This week sees the release of Horns, Nightcrawler and the winner of Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival, CITIZENFOUR.
” Although true to his source material and glazed with his own unique brand of contentious comedy, Stewart’s debut is a largely mismatched attempt at something really quite different.” Ben Robbins looks at John Stewart’s first feature film.