Welcome

We offer film reviews and DVD reviews by respected UK film critics David Quinlan and Alan Frank.

Ask the Greybeards - send us your film question and we'll do our best to answer.

We provide free film quizzes of varying difficulty - ideal for parties, family gatherings or pub events.

Our latest reviews:

Outrun, The - Films about alcoholism have been thin on the ground of late, so this is a welcome look at its dangerous effects. Rona (Ronan), an alcoholic in her late twenties,...

>> more
Reawakening - Even as a critic, it's hard to stay impartial when a film is written and directed with such passion, and acted with such painful conviction as this one. However, more...

>> more
Third Man, The (reissue) - A chance for younger filmgoers to make acquaintance with Orson Welles's last great 1940s role, as Harry Lime, master criminal at large in a post-war Vienna of fairs and...

>> more
Lee - The story of American-born wartime photo-journalist Lee Miller (Winslet) gets sluggish treatment in this grim biopic which opens with a dying Lee being interviewed by a...

>> more
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Alas, poor Beetlejuice, I knew him well. For this attempt to breathe new death into the spectral exploits of the' bio-exorciser' only goes to prove that you can't teach...

>> more
Count of Monte-Cristo, The - Stylishly done, if vastly long, Dumas' tale of injustice, torment and revenge is here reclaimed by the French after several Hollywood tries. The story is much as...

>> more
Terminator, The (reissue) - A 4K restoration of the iconic 1980s classic, good for a laugh and a thrill, and pounded along in sensational style by director Cameron, who gets an 'A' for cinema craft...

>> more
Blink Twice - Sad to say, but actress Kravitz's directorial debut is a turkey. It could almost have been called Get Out 2 were comparisons with Jordan Peele's horror classic...

>> more