​By Adam Ray Palmer
 
Diary entry day number five of the 54th Karlovy Vary Film Festival… It’s 3:38pm and I am currently sitting in the Prague International Airport collating my thoughts on a wonderful festival.
 
I have spent the best part of a week in Karlovy Vary and I have nothing but praise for the town that’s situated just ninety minutes from Prague.

Wrapping up the Berlinale this year, and with just a week to go until the Academy Awards, we thought we’d bring you a slice of Christian Bale.
 
His latest performance as Dick Cheney in Vice has been recognised all over the award season, including the Oscars. So, we asked him five questions before the big day next Sunday…

​By Adam Ray Palmer
 
Following on from my review of Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin from earlier this week, I got a chance to sit down with the writer and director herself to talk all things film.
 
We talk the Berlinale, her inspirations, her next projects and what are Jennifer’s favourite three films…

In our opinion, here are the eight best films to be released worldwide this month for you to binge on…
 
First up we have Sorry to Bother you, then we have The Old Man & the Gun, Aquaman and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Following these we have Mary Poppins Returns, Holmes & Watson and Bumblebee.
 
Rounding out the month will be the long-awaited Tulip Fever…

Taken from the Syston Town News monthly column – by Adam Ray Palmer
 
Jeez, we’re into single digit weeks until Christmas now – where has 2018 gone? We’ve had many-a-top films this annum, but now we are in the ‘luxury end’ of the year as I like to call it. This is when all the Oscar-baiting movies drop, and the chat shows are crammed full of film talent campaigning for those golden statuettes.

​This month though, I don’t have too many hotly-tipped Academy Award potentials so… erm… what an awkward segue… we’ll wait until next month I guess!

​By Lorna Baker
 
Following on from our review of the fascinatingly dark and suspenseful indie ‘Prowler’, we sat down with the trio behind the great Tractorni Productions’ debut feature film: Producer David Stock, Writer/Director Ignacio Maiso and Director of Photography Tim Jolly.

Let’s kick things off with an easy question… right?

Let’s have a look at the best five DVDs, or downloads, released this week.
 
First up we have Adrift, then we have First Reformed, followed by Uncle Drew and then fourthly; Tag.
 
Our DVD of the week is the dino-sequel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom…

In our opinion, here are the eight best films to be released worldwide this month for you to binge on…
 
First up we have Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, then we have Ralph Breaks the Internet, Widows and Creed 2. Following these we have Suspiria, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: and The Girl in the Spider's Web.
 
Rounding out the month will be the reboot of Robin Hood…

We are back for another week with ten minutes of the best five trailers from the past seven days.
 
First up we have The Front Runner, then we have Cold Pursuit, followed by Destroyer and then fourthly; The Kid Who Would Be King.
 
Rounding out the week will be the Venezia75 picture, Vox Lux…

Let’s have a look at the best five DVDs, or downloads, released this week.
 
First up we have The First Purge, then we have Future World, followed by Mandy and then fourthly; The More You Ignore Me.
 
Our DVD of the week is the tense Sicario sequel, Sicario 2: Soldado…