Steve Coogan stars in this tale of how a rescued penguin helped to transform the lives of students […]
Category Archive: Reviews
The early career of Bob Dylan is the subject of this impressive biopic, which departs from the traditional […]
A sports broadcasting unit sent to Munich to cover the 1972 Olympic Games must pivot to live news […]
Saturday Night takes us back to October 1975 and the 90 frenetic minutes leading up to the first […]
Jeff Nichols’ visceral crime drama benefits from some strong performances but takes us on an emotionally unsatisfying ride […]
An ambitious TV news booker attempts to secure an interview for BBC’s Newsnight show with Prince Andrew to […]
The real-life rivalry between two leading cereal-makers in the 1960s leads to a poptastic breakfast creation in this […]
In 1972, Brooklyn schoolteacher turned Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman to run for president in […]
A “cursed” family of well-known wrestlers is the subject of this biographical drama, which, while largely impressive, suffers […]
The life and marriage of renowned composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is the subject of this stylised “biopic”, […]
Mother Nature is the foe in this inspiring sports biopic, in which retired open water swimmer Diana Nyad […]
Overblown, gimmicky, stylised – and utterly mesmerising. Baz Luhrmann harnesses the visual power of cinema to take us […]
The troubled life of WWI soldier and acclaimed poet Siegfried Sassoon is the subject of Terence Davies’ affecting […]
An unlikely art heist carried out in the name of social justice in 1960s Britain is the subject […]
The troubled final years in the life of artist Vincent van Gogh are the subject of this intimate […]
A tenacious environmental lawyer comes up against the might of a multinational chemical firm when he investigates potential […]
Melissa Leo takes on the role of feisty Madelyn Murray O’Hair, founder of the controversial group American Atheists, […]
Meryl Streep leads a stellar cast in Steven Soderbergh’s quirky but uneven journey to the dark heart of […]
Henry Fonda is wrongly accused of armed robbery in this interesting fact-based entry in the filmography of the […]
Renée Zellweger turns in an Academy Award-winning performance as troubled entertainer Judy Garland, who arrived in London in […]
Following a severe head injury, a horse trainer and rodeo rider struggles to comes to terms with the […]
Clint Eastwood directs and takes the lead role in this tale of a fun-loving elderly man who falls […]
Is torture permissible when national security is at stake? This was the question facing the US in the […]
Martin Scorsese takes a different approach to familiar territory with this epic tale of Mob hitman Frank Sheeran, […]
The troubled life of controversial US comedian Lenny Bruce is unravelled in Bob Fosse’s stark biopic… Director: Bob […]
Robert Redford stars as an elderly gent who likes to rob banks in this low-key crime film based […]
The pantheon of boxing movies gets a (kind of) new entry with a look at the life of […]
Ryan Gosling takes one small step for man as he dons the spacesuit to star in a biopic […]
For his 33rd film behind the camera, the legendary Clint Eastwood focuses on the seemingly unlikely world of […]
Love & Mercy is a different kind of music biopic, which chronicles the struggles of Beach Boy, Brian […]
The Butler certainly feels like an important film. Based (loosely) on the life of Eugene Allen, the story […]
Celebrated comedy duo Laurel and Hardy get the biopic treatment in this interesting and affectionate look at their […]
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks fight for the freedom of the press in Steven Spielberg’s intelligent and classy telling […]
A real whale of a tale! Ron Howard directs and Chris Hemsworth stars in this true story that […]
This critical and commercial hit focusses on the lead-up to the 2005 financial crisis and the Wall Street […]
It’s 1957, the height of the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union. Each side is paranoid […]
With 22 November bringing the 55th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s assassination, we take a look at two […]
While Martin Scorsese’s historical epic is not strictly a fact-based film due to its original narrative, it’s a […]
To tie in with our two-part article on the historical fact-based film, we follow George Clooney and his […]