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F1 The Movie - Review
During lockdown, Netflix’s Drive to Survive brought Formula 1 into the homes of millions of people who had never before engaged with the support. Relying on stories of plucky underdogs, feuding team principles and larger than life driver personalities, it made the sport feel human. It was no longer about men in helmets “driving in
28 Years Later – Review | .
28 Years Later marks a much anticipated return to the franchise, with Alex Garland and Danny Boyle once again at the helm. This third instalment not only continues the legacy of its predecessors but also sets the stage for a brand-new trilogy. The film disregards the ending of 28 Weeks Later, with the infected confined
Moviescramble podcast – Ep 77: Anora | .
John and Mary discuss Anora, one of the films in award contention at the moment. It also featured in a couple of our top ten of the year lists. Head to the website to check out our picks You can find the Spotify playlist accompanying the review at Moviescramble Ep 77: Anora Find us on
Moviescramble podcast – Deleted scenes Ep 76 | .
The more rubbishy bits of the podcast. We share what we've been watching, how to navigate airport security without losing it completely, and the beauty of a well-curated playlist. Enjoy? Hit the like button and subscribe at the pod source of choice. The Spotify playlist for this episode can be found at Moviescramble podcast playlist
Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral – Preview | .
Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral follows the story of six childhood outsiders from Merseyside as they transform into one of the most influential British guitar bands of the new millennium. Their high-energy blend of psychedelic rock 'n' roll revitalised the doldrums of the post-Britpop music scene. Narrated by the band, the film
Moviescramble podcast – Ep 78: Conclave | .
Mary and John convene to review Conclave starring Ralph Fiennes. We go on to share our top three priests on screen. You can find the Spotify playlist accompanying the review at Moviescramble Ep 78: Conclave Find us on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/moviescramble/id1466571460 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42wPn0tXvH3GQJ2E3NYDYp?si=TPUrCkecQb-zdEOAaD3cDA Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ed9b87c9-fb70-4307-96a7-d6223a202741/moviescramble Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsR--3Bae_QGM5xiM3fWohA and all podcast providers. Contact us on Facebook, Twitter, and
Moviescramble podcast – Deleted scenes Ep 78 | .
The offcuts from our review of Conclave. What we've been watching and other bits and pieces. Enjoy Enjoy Hit the like button and subscribe at the pod source of choice. The Spotify playlist for this episode can be found at Moviescramble podcast playlist Ep 78 deleted scenes Find us on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/moviescramble/id1466571460 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42wPn0tXvH3GQJ2E3NYDYp?si=TPUrCkecQb-zdEOAaD3cDA Amazon:
Our Happy Place – Preview | .
Raya, a lonely woman caring for her bedridden husband, is haunted by terrifying nightmares. She wakes up each morning in the forest, falling deeper into freshly dug graves beneath her. As supernatural forces torment her and the line between dream and reality collapses, she unearths a horrifying secret buried within the woods—and herself. The film
Moviescramble podcast – Deleted scenes Ep 79 | .
The offcuts from our review of Longlegs and other bits and pieces. Enjoy Hit the like button and subscribe at the pod source of choice. Find us on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/moviescramble/id1466571460 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42wPn0tXvH3GQJ2E3NYDYp?si=TPUrCkecQb-zdEOAaD3cDA Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ed9b87c9-fb70-4307-96a7-d6223a202741/moviescramble Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsR--3Bae_QGM5xiM3fWohA and all podcast providers. Contact us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Moviescramble https://youtu.be/_W2Czpeq7QU
Star People – Preview | .
Inspired by The Phoenix Lights, the largest mass UFO sighting in U.S. history, Star People is a sci-fi thriller that tells the story of a photographer who receives a tip that could finally shed light on her childhood UFO sighting, but a deadly heatwave and unexpected guests threaten to derail her obsessive search for answers.
Moviescramble podcast – Ep 79: Longlegs | .
Mary and John convene to review Longlegs, the recent horror film starring Nicolas Cage. We pick our top three performances by the man in question. You can find the Spotify playlist accompanying the review at Moviescramble Ep 79: Longlegs Find us on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/moviescramble/id1466571460 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42wPn0tXvH3GQJ2E3NYDYp?si=TPUrCkecQb-zdEOAaD3cDA Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ed9b87c9-fb70-4307-96a7-d6223a202741/moviescramble Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsR--3Bae_QGM5xiM3fWohA and all podcast providers. Contact us
Moviescramble podcast – Deleted scenes Ep 77 | .
The offcuts from our Anora review. What we've been watching and other cinema related stuff. Enjoy Hit the like button and subscribe at the pod source of choice. The Spotify playlist for this episode can be found at Moviescramble podcast playlist Ep 77 deleted scenes Find us on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/moviescramble/id1466571460 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42wPn0tXvH3GQJ2E3NYDYp?si=TPUrCkecQb-zdEOAaD3cDA Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ed9b87c9-fb70-4307-96a7-d6223a202741/moviescramble Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsR--3Bae_QGM5xiM3fWohA
The Roses – Preview | .
From Jay Roach, the director/producer of comedy hits like Austin Powers, Borat, and Meet the Parents, comes the trailer for his new film, The Roses. The film will be released in UK and Irish cinemas from the first of September. Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers,
Sinners - Review
It’s 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, just three years after the crash. Prohibition prevents escapism found in the bottom of a bottle (but the bottles are there, if you know who to tip). The Klan still don their hoods and lynch young men. African Americans work on plantations in exchange for tokens, not dollars. Poverty
Glasgow Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition with over 33,000 attendances
Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) wrapped the 21st edition of Scotland’s flagship film festival after an epic 12 days, featuring 114 feature films from 39 countries at Glasgow Film Theatre and nine other venues across the city, attracting over 33,000 attendances. For the first time in its history, the festival opened and closed with Scottish world
The Return - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
There aren’t any gods or mythical creatures in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return. Perhaps, if there were, the former would be looking down at the island of Ithaca with shame and pity. The Italian director - and the man behind the likes of Still Life and Nowhere Special - gives a decidedly visceral human experience instead.
Homegrown - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Michael Premo’s documentary, Homegrown, opens with Chris building nursery furniture for the birth of his son. He’s wearing a t-shirt with 1776 in a circle of stars. A reference to the Declaration of Independence or Trump’s 1776 report, perhaps. He’s pumped up, as he talks to the camera. “If you think DC was bad …
Nocturnal - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
They say that life imitates art. And that is certainly the premise for writer / director Jin-hwang Kim’s second feature length film, Nocturnal, where a murder plot seems to have been lifted directly from a best-selling book. It’s a confident offering from the Korean director; a gritty neo-noir that isn’t afraid to plunge you into
Homegrown - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Michael Premo’s documentary, Homegrown, opens with Chris building nursery furniture for the birth of his son. He’s wearing a t-shirt with 1776 in a circle of stars. A reference to the Declaration of Independence or Trump’s 1776 report, perhaps. He’s pumped up, as he talks to the camera. “If you think DC was bad …
The Players - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
“You can’t just quit a show because a director made you feel weird. You’ll never get hired again,” fifteen year old Emily is warned by a fellow actor. It’s dubious and harmful advice, to say the least. But it’s typical of the kind of nonchalance that all of the adults in Emily’s life display. She
The Ballad of Wallis Island - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Music has a way of tying us to a time or place. An unforgettable gig, shared with a friend. A first dance at a wedding. A loved one’s personal favourite. School days, holidays and special occasions all have their own soundtrack; a piece of music that brings a smile to your lips or makes your
From Hilde, With Love - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
German cinema has long been coming to terms with the nation’s past. Films like Downfall, Sophie Scholl: The Last Days, The Tin Drum and Das Boot, all offer a unique perspective on life in Germany during World War Two. It’s a confronting position, as a viewer, that often makes you wonder if you could ever
The New Year That Never Came - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
In December 1989, whilst the Western World was gearing up for Christmas celebrations, things looked markedly different in Communist Romania. Ruled with an iron fist by Nicolae Ceaușescu, the country was on the brink of revolution. Overthrowing the much maligned leader resulted in violent bloodshed across a number of towns and cities, with protests in
Two to One - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
With the reunification of Germany, residents of the former GDR (or DDR, as it’s known in its mother tongue) were given less than a week to trade in their currency at a truly unfavourable rate of ‘two to one’. For an economy that was already shattered, with all state industries on the brink of extinction,
The Luckiest Man in America - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Most television viewers in the UK have heard of the Charles Ingram scandal. It is alleged that he and his wife, Diana, conspired to cheat on the quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? through a series of well-timed coughs. But long before that ever happened, American quiz show, Press Your Luck, had a
The End - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
There are certain things that Hollywood simply does not include in its renderings of a post-apocalyptic world. There’s no bright colours; no priceless works of art on the walls; no cosy clothing; no rich food; and certainly no grand pianos. And yet, in Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End, it’s all there. Oh, and it’s a musical.
Restless - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Warning - This review contains minor spoilers Sleep deprivation is a recognised form of torture. It can cause brain fog, mood swings and even psychosis. It’s important that we get our eight hours. But, at some point in our lives, we’ve probably lived underneath or next door to someone who wears bricks for shoes and
Crickets, It's Your Turn - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Content warning - This review refers to scenes depicting sexual assault Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge and Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Women both made audiences sit up and take note. These rape-revenge films - such a grossly titled sub-genre - repositioned the way victims were seen. They had agency. They had anger. They had an arsenal. Writer
Four Mothers - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
There’s a stereotype about Irish mammies. Domineering. Nobody is good enough for their boys. And, oh their boys! They stay exactly that: boys. Writer / director Darren Thornton plays up to this trope for his second feature length film, Four Mothers, whilst using it as a conduit to exploring deeper topics such as loneliness, self-esteem
I Do Not Come To You By Chance - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
In the early days of the internet, it was something of a right of passage to say that you’d received one of those “Nigerian prince” scam emails. Of course, in the early days of the internet, they did actually work and some poor victims found themselves out of thousands of pounds. Ishaya Bako’s I Do
Spilt Milk - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
The Telly Savalas detective show, Kojak, ran for 117 episodes across 5 series. His ever present lollipop and stylish fedora made him one of the more charming television sleuths. For Bobby O’Brien (Cillian Sullivan), he is a hero. His poster adorns the young boy’s room and he’d much rather be cracking his own cases than
Long Day's Journey Into Night - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer-prize winning four act play, was first published posthumously in 1956. It has since been adapted five times for television and screen, with Broadway and West End adaptations of the play scooping multiple awards at the end of their run. Director Jonathan Kent’s version was actually filmed in
Peacock - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
In a world where everything seems perfectly curated and “just so”, how easy is it to be yourself? In fact, can anyone truly say they are absolutely always being their genuine, authentic self? What happens if you don’t know who you are, underneath it all? These are just some of the questions that writer /
The Surfer - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer opens with golden sands, crystal clear waters and a tinkly, dreamy percussive score. The heavy colour saturation tinges bathes everything in a hallucinatory yellow glow. This strip of Australian coastline should be heaven. For Nicolas Cage’s titular character, it’s wrapped up with memories good and bad. And it’s about to become
Hill - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Damon Hill became a Formula 1 driver at a time where a luxurious moustache or bushy brows seemed to be a prerequisite. The cars looked like matchboxes on wheels and the danger levels were inordinately higher than they are today. He won the Formula 1 Drivers Championship, with Williams, in 1996 after spending his previous
Tornado - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
It feels unusual for an opening gala of a film festival to be a subdued affair. But writer / director John Maclean’s Tornado definitely errs on the side of quiet … until it doesn’t. It’s a fascinatingly unusual blend of genres (namely the revenge thriller, the Western and the Samurai action film) that revels in
Mexico 86 - Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Reflecting on Guatemalan director Cesar Diaz’s career to date, a strong pattern emerges. In addition to recounting the horrors of the decades long Guatemalan civil war, Diaz wants to tell personal stories. Particularly stories about mothers and sons. This can be seen in 2019’s Our Mothers and 2014’s Territorio liberado. Indeed, his most recent offering,
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 Full Programme Announced
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (GFF25) has announced the full programme for its 21st edition. Across 12 packed days, Scotland’s largest annual celebration of cinema will showcase 92 World, UK and Scottish premieres from 39 countries. GFF25 will open on Wednesday 26 February with the Gala World premiere of tour-de-force survival thriller Tornado, the hotly anticipated