FILM REVIEW

FILM OF THE MONTH/Q&A: Rose Of Nevada starring George MacKay and Callum Turner with Mark Jenkin (April 2026)

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN?: Thursday 23 April, at BFI Southbank, opens 24 April 2026 FILM RUNTIME: 114 minutes

How would you feel if you went back in time 30 years and your partner and your child were no longer there but a couple who thought you were their lost son were pleased at your return?

  • Read on for reasons including how this mystery of fishermen seemingly lost in time could be just the film to catch
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FILM REVIEW: Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley & Paul Mescal

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN? Friday 9 January 2026 on its UK release date RUNTIME: 126 minutes

Jessie Buckley deserves all the Best Actress Oscar attention she is attracting for this showstopping role as Agnes Hathaway, a woman renowned as a ‘forest witch’ who marries budding author William Shakespeare.

  • Read on for reasons including how Hamnet offers explosive Oscar-worthy performances
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FILM REVIEW: Materialists starring Pedro Pascal, Dakota Johnson & Chris Evans

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ***

Dakota Johnson plays failed actress turned successful matchmaker Lucy who meets the perfect man, a financier played by Pedro Pascal, at the wedding of a client where her ex is working as a waiter.

  • Read on for reasons including how Materialists undoes a lot of the good work that marked out Song after Past Lives
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GIG REVIEW: The Devout (Depeche Mode tribute) at Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea

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By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum

WHEN? Saturday 21 June 2025

What a way to celebrate the Summer Solstice: a day bookended by a 4.55am dip in the sea and a Devout gig!

  • Read on for reasons including how The Devout aim to recreate as far as possible the magic of a true DM concert
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FILM REVIEW: The Ballad Of Wallis Island starring Tim Key, Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ***** RUNTIME: 100 minutes

Key and Basden wrote the screenplay for this charming film which is essentially an unlikely bromance meditating on loss, nostalgia, music, its ability to bring together and the relationship between fan and star.

  • Read on for reasons including how this is the best film of the year so far
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