Volume 3, Number 28 of the UK Monthly Film Review is now available in PDF format. This issue includes UK film releases from 29 March to 25 April 2025. Films included in this issue are: The Accountant 2; The Amateur; Ape X Mecha Ape: New World Order; Cloud; Cold Road; Death of a Unicorn; Drop;…
Month: April 2025
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: THE WELL (2025)
DOCTOR WHO: THE WELL (TV) (2025, UK, 48m, PG) ****½ Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure dist. BBC One; pr co. Bad Wolf/BBC Wales; d. Amanda Brotchie; w. Russell T. Davies, Sharma Angel-Walfall; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Chris May; ph. Nick Dance (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold;…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: LUX (2025)
DOCTOR WHO: LUX (TV) (2025, UK, 44m, PG) *** Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure dist. BBC One; pr co. Bad Wolf/BBC Wales; d. Amanda Brotchie; w. Russell T. Davies; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Vicki Delow, Chris May; ph. Nick Dance (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold; ed….
Film Review – ZODIAC (2007)
ZODIAC (2007, USA, 157m, 15) **** Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures (USA), Warner Bros. (UK); pr co. Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. / Phoenix Pictures; d. David Fincher; w. James Vanderbilt (based on the book by Robert Graysmith); pr. Ceán Chaffin, Brad Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, James Vanderbilt; ph. Harris Savides (Technicolor…
Book Review – THE RUNNING GRAVE (20234) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
THE RUNNING GRAVE (2024) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) This paperback edition published by Sphere, 2024, 1,184pp ISBN: 978-1-4087-3097-3 Blurb: Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation…
Film Review – THE BOSTON STRANGLER (1968)
BOSTON STRANGLER, THE (1968, USA, 116m, 18) ***½ Crime, Drama, Mystery dist. Twentieth Century Fox; pr co. Twentieth Century Fox; d. Richard Fleischer; w. Edward Anhalt (based on the book by Gerold Frank); pr. Robert Fryer; ph. Richard H. Kline (Colour | 2.35:1); m. Lionel Newman; ed. Marion Rothman; ad. Richard Day, Jack Martin Smith….
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: THE ROBOT REVOLUTION (2025)
DOCTOR WHO: THE ROBOT REVOLUTION (TV) (2025, UK, 45m, PG) *** Sci-Fi, Adventure dist. BBC One; pr co. Bad Wolf/BBC Wales; d. Peter Hoar; w. Russell T. Davies; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Steven Moffat; pr. Vicki Delow; ph. Sam Care (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold;…
Film Review – EDIE (2017)
EDIE (2017, UK, 101m, 12) *** Adventure, Drama dist. Arrow Film Distributors (UK), Monterey Media (USA); pr co. Arrow Films; d. Simon Hunter; w. Elizabeth O’Halloran (based on a story by Edward Lynden-Bell and an idea by Simon Hunter); pr. Mark Stothert; ph. August Jakobsson (Colour | 2.35:1); m. Debbie Wiseman; ed. Olly Stothert; pd….
Film Review – COMA (1978)
COMA (1978, USA, 113m, 15) ***½ Drama, Mystery, Thriller dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); d. Michael Crichton; w. Michael Crichton (based on the novel by Robin Cook); pr. Martin Erlichman; ph. Victor J. Kemper (Colour | 1.85:1); m. Jerry Goldsmith; ed. David Bretherton; pd. Albert Brenner. cast:…
Film Review – NYAD (2023)
NYAD (2023, USA, 121m, 15) **** Biography, Drama, Sports dist. Netflix; pr co. Black Bear Pictures / Mad Chance; d. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi; w. Julia Cox (based on the book ‘Find a Way’ by Diana Nyad); pr. Andrew Lazar, Teddy Schwarzman; ph. Claudio Miranda (Colour | 2.39:1); m. Alexandre Desplat; ed. Christopher Tellefsen;…