Volume 2, Number 24 of the UK Monthly Film Review is now available in PDF format. The bulletin includes all movies that went into general theatrical release for the first time in the UK from 30 November to 27 December 2024. Link to PDF: UK Monthly Film Review Dec 2024 Vol. 2 No. 24
Month: December 2024
Film Review – WALLACE & GROMMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL (2024)
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL (2024, UK/France, 79m, U) **** Adventure, Animation, Comedy dist. Netflix; pr co. Aardman Animations / StudioCanal; d. Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham; w. Mark Burton (based on a story by Nick Park & Mark Burton); pr. Richard Beek, Claire Jennings; ph. Dave Alex Riddett (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Lorne Balfe;…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: JOY TO THE WORLD (2024)
DOCTOR WHO: JOY TO THE WORLD (TV) (2024, UK, 55m, PG) ***½ Sci-Fi, Adventure dist. BBC One; pr co. Bad Wolf/BBC Wales; d. Alex Pillai; w. Steven Moffat; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Steven Moffat; pr. Vicki Delow, Alison Sterling; ph. Mika Orasmaa (Colour | 2.00:1); m….
Film Review – LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
LOVE ACTUALLY (2003, UK/USA/France, 135m, 15) *** Comedy, Drama, Romance dist. United International Pictures (UIP); pr co. Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Working Title Films / DNA Films; d. Richard Curtis; w. Richard Curtis; pr. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Duncan Kenworthy; ph. Michael Coulter (DeLuxe | 2.35:1); m. Craig Armstrong; ed. Nick Moore; pd. Jim…
TV Review – STRIKE: THE INK BLACK HEART (2024)
STRIKE: THE INK BLACK HEART (2024, UK, 4 x 57m) ***½ dist. BBC; pr. co. Bronte Film and TV; d. Susan Tully; w. Tom Edge (based on the novel by J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith)); pr. Alex Rendell; exec pr. Neil Blair, Tom Edge, Ruth Kenley-Letts, J.K. Rowling; ph. (colour | 2.00:1); m. Adrian Johnston;…
Book Review – LAND OF WOLVES (2019) by Craig Johnson
LAND OF WOLVES (2019) ***½ by Craig Johnson This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2019, 320pp © Craig Johnson, 2019 ISBN: 978-0-525-52252-2 Blurb: Recovering from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, Sheriff Walt Longmire returns to Absaroka County, Wyoming, to lick his wounds and try once again to maintain justice in a place with grudges that go back…
UK Monthly Film Review November 2024 (Vol 2 No. 23) issue now available
Volume 2 Number 23 of UK Monthly Film Review is now available in PDF format. The bulletin includes all movies that went into general theatrical release for the first time in the UK during the period 26 October to 29 November 2024 or debuted on a streaming platform having been released theatrically in other territories….