WORTH A LOOK?: ****
RUNTIME: 101 minutes
OUT?: 12/4/19
Lady Gaga won our Best TV/Film Actress monsta for A Star Is Born last year and her performance has been much compared with Jessie Buckley’s in this story of an aspiring country singer from Glasgow.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
RUN TIME: 132 minutes
WHEN?: Released in the UK 25/1/19
Christian Bale reportedly gained 40 pounds rendering him almost unrecognisable to play former US Vice President Dick Cheney and for us this transformation and quiet, authoritative performance makes him the main rival to Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) for this year’s Best Actor Oscar.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
RUN TIME?: 111 minutes
WHEN?: Released in the UK 9/1/19
Colette might not be a name familiar to you but Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was described shortly before her death in 1954 as ‘the greatest living French writer of fiction’.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHEN?: Released UK-wide 01/02/19
The 76th Golden Globes are awarded at the Beverley Hilton, Beverley Hills in California on Sunday (6 January 2019) and this film is shortlisted for 5 (Best Film (Musical or Comedy), Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay).
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Released UK-wide 01/01/19
It’s been an extraordinary year for Oscar-worthy Best Actress performances with Lady Gaga and Glenn Close leading the field – now joined by Olivia Colman who plays Queen Anne here.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
RUN TIME: 1 hour 40 minutes
WHEN?: released 28/9/18 (UK)
It’s very early days to be talking about the 2019 Oscars but the bookmakers have Glenn Close in the runner-up slot for this film behind Lady Gaga in the stellar A Star Is Born.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
RUN TIME: 2 hours and 16 minutes
WHEN?: UK release 3/10/18
We’re big fans of Lady Gaga and listened to the soundtrack of this before seeing the film which convinced us that we just had to make a trip to the cinema for it.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
UK RELEASE: 7/9/18
What distinguishes British writer/director Bart Layton’s docu-film of a real life library heist is that it’s told from multiple points of view and we’re never really sure who is telling the truth.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 29/5/18 (preview screening), UK release 15/6/18
RUN TIME: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Theatregoers will remember Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde from his marvellous Olivier Award-nominated turn in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss which transferred from Hampstead Theatre to the West End in 2013.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: BFI Southbank
WHEN: 27/5, UK release 1/6/18
RUN TIME: 1 hour 36 minutes
‘I wouldn’t be here if he was a prick,’ remarks Martin Freeman of Sir Ian McKellen who celebrated his 79th birthday this weekend with a star-studded launch of his autobiographical new film McKellen: Playing The Part.
