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This is a special one. Starring our very own London Chicks, Karen Bryson, who plays Helen Crowthorne. Safe is one hell of a mystery crime drama by American writer Harlan Coben (The Five, Just One Look). Set in England, a gated community, and a missing child. Michael C. Hall (widely known for…
Present day. Politics. The Party written and directed by Sally Potter (Orlando, Ginger and Rosa) is set in the London, suburban home of Bill (Timothy Spall) and Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas). In honour of Janet’s achievement of acquiring the position of Shadow Health Secretary, reading between the lines, my guess would be…
By Chantelle Dusette In the year that we had Deadpool, Batman vs Superman,Suicide Squad, LA LA Land, Bourneand many more big movies, 2016 was a great year for film eh? Hologram For The Kingdidn’t get as much attention as I feel it perhaps deserved…..disclaimer, I’m a huge Tom Hanks fan,…
Chicks Netflix Pick• The Meyerowitz Stories Reviewed by Chantelle Dusette Written beautifully by Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha and The Fantastic Mr Fox) The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) tells the story of The Meyerowitz, a dysfunctional Jewish, New York family, with Harold (Dustin Hoffman), a would be prominent sculptor, if…
Netflix Review • Icarus Documentary Reviewed by Chantelle Dusette This is no ordinary documentary. Think ‘Super Size Me’ but in the form of…
GLOW Reviewed by Chantelle Dussette It’s the 1980s. Spandex is in. Hair is bouncy and Steve Guttenberg is a household name (when you watch the show you’ll understand the reference). Ruth (Alison Brie) is a struggling actress, rebelling against the male dominated industry that is Hollywood. In a casting, she…
Chicks Netflix Pick • Review • ANOMALISA (2015) Puppets. Where Matt Stone and Trey Parker were genius at making us laugh at the absurdity of a particular mindset in dealing with counter terrorism and terrorism itself ‘EMERRRIKA (FILL IN THE BLACK) YEAH!’ Charlie Kaufman has become the architect at making us…
Netflix Review• Black Mirror Chicks Netflix Picks for Christmas viewing! Charlie Brooker declared that the works of Black Mirror were a work of fiction and not satire after an unfortunate story surfaced regarding an ex Prime Minister and the lead in Animal Farm. If you’re unsure of that which I…
Cartel Land Mexico. Drugs. You might think you’ve got it sussed but this is no ordinary documentary. Oscar nominated and award-winning “Cartel Land” is one of the most finest and most impacting documentary films I have seen for some time. Matthew Heineman examines the ongoing problem between the US and…
Netflix Review • Meet the Patels Dubbed a ‘romantic comedy’ this docu-film can only bring out the best in you. Filmmaker Geeta V Patel with camera in hand (and be prepared for watching some dodgy shots) trails her brother, the actor Ravi V Patel (Transformers, The Michael J Fox Show)…
Chicks Netflix Review of LOVE season 1 A Netflix original series by Judd Apatow (40 year old virgin, Knocked Up, This is 40, The Pineapple Express) a boy meets girl story based in LA. I don’t know why but something about the trailer made me cautious, I wasn’t sure and I…
Review: Piece of Silk at The Hope Theatre Review by Chantelle Dusette “A woman is like silk, drop her in the mud and she gets dirty” This new play by Jennie Buckman tackles the difficult subject of domestic abuse with a formidable cast. And so to the London home of Mrs…
Netflix Review •Team Foxcatcher By Chantelle Dusette And so to Pensylvania, the year 1996, and the bizarre world of Jon du Pont, or John Eleuthere duPont, Co. heir to the duPont estate, owner and resident of the 800 acre Lister Hall Farm (so very, very BIG) and a recording between…
Cancel the Sunshine A play Chantelle Dusette Writer Chantelle Dusette’s bold play Cancel the Sunshine is an auto biographical piece about a woman’s struggle with her mental health. Chantelle found that writing was a great coping mechanism for her own anxiety and depression. This is why, undoubtedly the play and…
Last Vegas! When the movie came out in 2013 it ticked four boxes for me; namely; Freeman, Kline, Douglas and DeNiro. I thought ‘this is going to be epic!’ My excitement at the prospect of these acting heavyweights together in one film was palpable, but no sooner the feeling surfaced,…
A Very Murray Christmas When the King of Cool rings, you take the call. And so to ‘A Very Murray Christmas’ starring none other than (that’s right, you guessed it) Bill Murray, a musical comedy, starring many Hollywood faces, written by Bill Murray, Mitch Glazer and Sofia Coppola. Sophia Coppola…
Fargo – TV Series Where do I start with this? Ok, so, I didn’t love the Coen Brothers film Fargo (cue sharp intake of breath) I hasten to add, once you’ve picked yourself up off the floor that, that also doesn’t mean that I didn’t like it. I did….
Better Call Saul Netflix have done it again by securing the much anticipated, eagerly awaited prequel to Breaking Bad ‘Better Call Saul’ from AMC and for those die hard Breaking Bad fans (much like myself) who were desperate for more ‘on the edge of your seat’ type drama that only…