New Films 29th Sept 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Creator (15) While this may tap into current concerns about artificial intelligence,… Read more »
Square Eyes TV Festival returns to Birmingham for its third year
The line-up will take place at Midlands Arts Centre and Mockingbird Cinema from Fri 3 – Sun 12 November 2023 Square Eyes TV Festival has been commissioned… Read more »
How Real-World Instruments Enhance Sound Effects in Film and TV
Music is a vital though often underestimated part of film and TV series. Filmmakers recognized the importance of music and other sound effects long before these became… Read more »
New Films 21st Sept 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Dumb Money (15) If you think shorting has something to with an electrical… Read more »
MAC announces three-year supported project with Film Hub Midlands to make cinema more accessible
Expanding the Frame will open doors and break down barriers for disabled audiences. Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) have announced a three-year project supported by Film Hub Midlands… Read more »
New Films 15th Sept 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW A Haunting In Venice (12A) Very loosely based on Hallowe’en Party, a lesser… Read more »
New Films 8th Sept 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Past Lives (12A) Unfolding over 24 years, in two 12-year intervals, played out… Read more »
New Films 31st Aug 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Equalizer 3 (15) Billed as the final in the series about former… Read more »
New Films 24th Aug 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Blackening (15) Taking its cue from both the self-aware send ups of… Read more »
Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema @ Ryemarket
Independent Stourbridge pop-up Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema is taking over a shop at the Ryemarket Shopping Centre for BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND ONLY. Screening a varied programme of family… Read more »
New Films 18th Aug 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. Blue Beetle (12A) Although the character first appeared in 1939 and went through various… Read more »
New Films 10th Aug 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Gran Turismo: Based On A True Story (12A) Masterminded by Kazunori Yamauchi, launched… Read more »
New Films 4th Aug 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Joy Ride (15) Making her directorial debut, working from a script by Cherry… Read more »
Grease Secret Cinema review by Caroline Ward
On Thursday night my friend and I were transported back to 1959 courtesy of Secret Cinema. Grease the Live Experience at the NEC provided a nostalgic, infectious… Read more »
Secret Cinema’s ‘Grease The Live Experience’
Last night, Secret Cinema welcomed VIPs and talent such as Jamelia, Joey Essex, AJ andCurtis Pritchard, Liberty Poole and Tink Reading, who joined thousands of fans at Birmingham’s NEC as Rydell High was brought to life with… Read more »
New Films 27th July 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles – Mutant Mayhem (PG) Created as a comic book… Read more »
New Films 22th July 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Oppenheimer (12A) Adapted from the 2005 biography American Prometheus, writer-director Christopher Nolan delivers… Read more »
New Films 11th July 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (12A) Tom Cruise saved last year’s… Read more »
New Films 7th July 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Elemental (PG) While undeniably visually dazzling, the latest from Pixar Fire recycles some… Read more »
Trio of BAFTA winners join Birmingham Film Festival grand jury
A trio of high calibre BAFTA winners will be joining the grand jury for this year’s prestigious Birmingham Film Festival – and there’s still time for the… Read more »
New Films 1st July 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (12A) He may be 80, but,… Read more »
Oppenheimer in 35mm at Electric Cinema Birmingham from 21st July
The Electric cinema is the only cinema in Birmingham to offer 35mm screenings and regularly screens classic films in the format, so to be able to screen Christopher Nolan’s… Read more »
Secret Cinema are heading to Birmingham for their very first time outside London
The live music experience is extending their £45 ticket offer to celebrate Grease’s 45th Anniversary Secret Cinema, the global pioneer of immersive storytelling, are heading to Birmingham… Read more »
New Films 23rd June 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Asteroid City (12A) Shot in widescreen washed out pastel colours, drenched in retro… Read more »
Where to Watch the Most Popular Movies in 2023
As we enter the second half of 2023, movie watching habits have dramatically shifted from the traditional cinema experience to digital platforms. This shift has been fueled… Read more »
What’s on at Stirchley Open Cinema in June?
2 fantastic film nights are coming right to your doorstep Stirchley Open Cinema (SOC) is a not-for-profit community cinema run by a small team of film-loving volunteers…. Read more »
New Films 16th June 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Flash (12A) Yet another delve into the multiverse, talked up as the… Read more »
New Films 9th June 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (12A) Although the Hasbro toys date back to… Read more »
New Films 2nd June 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (PG) Five years ago, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse introduced… Read more »
New Films 26th May 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Little Mermaid (PG) The 1989 original having revitalised Disney’s animation, directed by… Read more »
New Films 19th May 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Fast X (12A) Opening with a flashback to 2011’s Fast Five and the… Read more »
New Films 12th May 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Love Again (12A) Mira (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) is a children’s book illustrator about… Read more »
Medusa Deluxe Screening at The Electric Cinema as part of the Flatpack Festival followed by Q&A with director Thomas Hardiman
MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company, is pleased to announce that Writer/Director Thomas Hardiman’s debut feature, the bold, camp and unique murder mystery Medusa Deluxe, will open theatrically… Read more »
New Films 4th May 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 (12A) While the two mid-credit scenes suggest… Read more »
New Films 28th April 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Polite Society (12A) The feature debut by British writer-director Nida Manzoor, creator of… Read more »
New Films 21st April 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. The Three Musketeers Pt 1: D’Artagnan (15) Written in 1844 by Alexandre Dumas, there’s… Read more »
New Films 14th April 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Renfield (15) Renfield, as any self-respecting Bram Stoker devotee knows, was Dracula’s bug-eating… Read more »
New Films7th April 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Air (15) An underdog sports movie with a difference in that here the… Read more »
New Films 31st March 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A) It’s been 23 years since the… Read more »
Flatpack Fes 2023 inc live Ukrainian musicians at Moseley Road Baths
Festival dates: Tues 16 May to Sun 21 May 2023 Tickets on sale: Tuesday 28 March Flatpack Festival announces 2023 programme with special events including Soviet/Ukrainian film ‘In… Read more »
New Films 24th March 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW John Wick : Chapter 4 (15) Spin-offs and prequel appearances notwithstanding, the emotional… Read more »
New Films 17th March 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (12A) Making the familiar mistake of assuming sequels… Read more »
Birmingham Film & TV Market 2023
Submissions are now open for the third edition of the Birmingham Film & TV Market! A one day pitch and market event, the BFTM links emerging producers… Read more »
New Films 10th March 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Scream VI (15) Having survived last year’s carnage, Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera), the… Read more »
New Films 4th March 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Creed III (15) As well as reprising the title character, Michael B. Jordan… Read more »
New Films 24th Feb 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW What’s Love Got To Do With It? (12A) That it shares its title… Read more »
New Films 17th Feb 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (12A) Calling to mind thoughts of Fantastic Voyage… Read more »
New Films 10th Feb 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Magic Mike’s Last Dance (15) Having given up life as a stripper and… Read more »
New Films 4th Feb 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Whale (15) Misguidedly criticised for supposedly portraying obesity as disgusting and monstrous,… Read more »
New Films 27th Jan 2023 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Fabelmans (12A) Paradoxically earning Oscar nominations for Best Film and Best Director… Read more »