New Films 5th May 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness (12A) Director Sam Raimi returns to… Read more »
Comedy as therapy, cocktails, chemistry, One Bum Cinema club and a beach party – Flatpack Festival
Tickets are now on sale for Flatpack Festival which promises audiences a menu of delights from well-respected artists, filmmakers and musicians over six days this May. The… Read more »
New Films 29th Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Downtown Abbey: A New Era (PG) It starts with a wedding and ends… Read more »
New Films 22nd Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (15) Actors playing fictionalised versions of themselves… Read more »
John Akomfrah The Unfinished Conversation, 2012
Since the early 1980s, John Akomfrah’s moving image works have offered some of the most rigorous and expansive reflections on the culture of the black diaspora, both… Read more »
New Films 15th Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Lost City (12A) Essentially a revamp of Romancing The Stone (which it… Read more »
New Films 8th Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A) Top of Form The third of… Read more »
New Films 31st March 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Morbius (15) A minor anti-hero on the Marvel universe – Spider-Man in particular… Read more »
Flatpack Festival programme is announced – Tues 17 May to Sun 22 May 2022
Comedy as therapy, cocktails and chemistry, the One Bum Cinema club and a beach party: Flatpack Festival’s programme dishes up a series of unexpected experiences Tickets are… Read more »
New Films 24th March 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Ambulance (15) Director Michael Bay’s first big screen outing in five years runs… Read more »
New Films 18th March 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Phantom Of The Open (15) Essentially a golf version of Eddie The… Read more »
0121 – LEGACY A major film exploring the underground history of Birmingham’s Rap music scene
Award-winning, Birmingham-based filmmaker, Daniel Alexander will premiere his latest full-length documentary this March at Everyman Cinema, Mailbox Birmingham. Birmingham is home to some of the most successful… Read more »
New Films 11th March 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Adam Project (12) “The future is coming sooner than you think”, harassed… Read more »
New Films 4th March 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Batman (15) The second reboot of the character following The Dark Night… Read more »
New Films 24th Feb 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Cyrano (12A) Written as a rhyming couplets play in 1897 by Edmond Rostand,… Read more »
New Films 17th Feb 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Uncharted (12A) Some fifteen years in development, this finally sees the hugely successful… Read more »
Flatpack Festival returns this May with premiere of new short by Joe Lycett
Based in Digbeth, Flatpack Festival is known for its eclectic and surprising programming of live performances alongside archive, shorts and feature films. This year they return with… Read more »
New Films 11th Feb 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Death on the Nile (12A) On the shelf for a couple of years… Read more »
New Films 3rd Feb 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Moonfall (12A) While repairing a space satellite and bantering about the lyrics to… Read more »
New Films 28th Jan 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Parallel Mothers (15) Returning to his frequent theme of mothers and children, Pedro… Read more »
New Films 20th Jan 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Belfast (12A) Shot in black and white save for opening and closing contemporary… Read more »
New Films 15th Jan 2022 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Scream (18) Making its debut back in 1996, directed… Read more »
New Films 6th Jan 2022 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Licorice Pizza (15) Loosely based on the life of… Read more »
New Films Christmas 2021 Part 2 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Matrix Resurrections (15) As comic book fans will know,… Read more »
Netflix animation Robin Robin starring Birmingham rising star, Amira Macey-Michael shortlisted for animated short film at the Oscars
Birmingham-based rising star, Amira Macey-Michael, has landed a prime role in the brand-new Netflix film, Robin Robin, shortlisted for animated short film at the Oscars. This is… Read more »
New Films Christmas 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Spider-Man: No Way Home (12A) Again directed by Jon… Read more »
New Films 5th Dec 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW House Of Gucci (15) In 1972, coming from humble… Read more »
New Films 25th Nov 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Ghostbusters: Afterlife (12A) Evicted from their home, Callie (Carrie… Read more »
New Films 17th Nov 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW King Richard (12A) Even before they were born, Compton… Read more »
New Films 12th Nov 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Spencer (12A) Following the liberties taken by The Crown… Read more »
New Films 6th Nov2021 by Mike Davies
NEW Eternals (12A) Those who know their Marvel, will know the Eternals as humanoid cosmic heroes from the planet Olympia assigned by the all-powerful Celestials to watch… Read more »
New Films 29th Oct 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Last Night In Soho (18) While familiar motifs like… Read more »
New Films 21st Oct 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Dune (12A) Originating in 1965, Frank Herbert’s impenetrable allegorical… Read more »
New Films 15th Oct 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Last Duel (18) The first script co-written by… Read more »
Casino Royale Is Still The Best Daniel Craig-Era James Bond Movie, But Why?
As celebrities gathered at the James Bond ‘No Time To Die’ premiere at the Royal Albert Hall on September 28, the average Joe sat at home reflecting… Read more »
New Films 7th Oct 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Addams Family 2 (PG) A follow-up to 2019’s… Read more »
New Films 01st Oct 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW No Time To Die (12A) Daniel Craig quite literally… Read more »
New Films 28th Sept 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Many Saints of Newark (15) Set in New… Read more »
New Films 17th Sept 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Copshop (15) As much influenced by 70s action thrillers… Read more »
New Films 10th Sept 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (12A)… Read more »
New Films 3rd Sept 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Candyman (15) Released in 1992, directed by Bernard Rose,… Read more »
New Films 27th August 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Our Ladies (15) It’s 1996 and, under the supervision… Read more »
New Films 20th August 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Nowhere Special (12A) A tattooed, thirty-something window cleaner in… Read more »
Amazon Studios’ Lord of the Rings production should be filmed in Birmingham UK, Tolkien’s spiritual home
Amazon Studios’ £336m production of Lord of the Rings should be filmed in Birmingham, UK owing to the city’s close association with Tolkien, a film expert at… Read more »
New Films 13th August 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Free Guy (12A) Every day, Guy (Ryan Reynolds) wakes… Read more »
The Migrant Festival 19 – 22 August 2021
Ikon presents the third annual Migrant Festival. A four day programme mixing visual art, music, film and performance, it celebrates the contribution made by refugees and migrants to… Read more »
New Films 7th August 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Stillwater (15) Directed by Tom McCarthy, written by Thomas… Read more »
New Films 31st July 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Suicide Squad (15) With its opening credits spelled… Read more »
New Films 23rd July 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Off The Rails (15) A kind of Mama Mia… Read more »
New Films 16th July 2021 by Mike Davies
With cinemas now open this column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Forever Purge (15) The fifth in the series,… Read more »