Tag Archives: Sheridan Smith

Film review | Quartet – Maggie Smith & Tom Courtenay access all arias in Hoffman’s cosy comedy-drama

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Jason Best

Dustin Hoffman makes his film-directing debut with heart-warming ensemble comedy-drama Quartet – and it’s no surprise that he should get the best from a classy line-up of veteran British stars led by Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay. Based on the … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Tower Block – High-rise horror for bunch of loners, losers, thugs and chavs

Posted on 17 February 2013 by Jason Best

An unseen sniper starts picking off the top-floor residents of a rundown London tower block in this lean low-budget thriller. The victims, the last in the block to be re-housed before it gets torn down for redevelopment, are a sketchily … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Are you ready for FrightFest the 13th?

Posted on 6 July 2012 by peter

From the Sam Raimi produced The Possession and the much anticipated horror anthology V/H/S to Paco Plaza’s [REC]3 Genesis and The Butcher Brother’s The Thompsons, the line-up for this year’s Film4 FrightFest at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square … Continue reading →

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