FILM OF THE MONTH: Disclosure Day starring Emily Blunt & Josh O’Connor (June 2026)

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: **** RUNTIME: 145 minutes

It’s almost half a century since director Steven Spielberg helmed Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and his 1st film since 2022’s The Fabelmans is his best since 2002’s Minority Report.

  • Read on for reasons including how this is a story that bears telling today amid the world’s many current wars
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FILM OF THE MONTH: The Devil Wears Prada 2 starring Meryl Streep (May 2026)

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly is 1 of Meryl Streep’s most iconic characters and it should perhaps be no surprise that this sequel is proving even more popular than its original.

  • Read on for reasons including how the success of this sequel means this may not be the last we see of this saga
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FILM REVIEW: Oppenheimer starring Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr & Emily Blunt

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ***** WHEN?: Monday 24 July 2023

Welcome to the best film of 2023 so far and certainly the 1 most worthy of receiving Oscar consideration early in 2024.

  • Read on for reasons including how Nolan gives us 3 intertwining narrative strands which ultimately pay off
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FILM REVIEW: Mary Poppins Returns starring Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Ben Whishaw & Julie Walters

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN?: Released in cinemas in the UK 21/12/18

We’re killing time between a Q&A and performance at Sloane Square’s Royal Court Theatre when we chance upon the 50 Smith Street home in Chelsea where Mary Poppins‘ author P.L.Travers lived and used as inspiration for the Cherry Tree Lane home of the Banks family in this.

  • Read on for reasons including why we shed a tear more than once during the film

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