Category: Film


  • Union Films: What’s Coming Up This Week (18/02/13)

    It’s payback week at Union Films and our protagonists are mostly trying to get out of their sticky situations. We’re starting with Gambit on Tuesday where you can laugh at Colin Firth’s attempts to outdo his boss. Wednesday brings us Our Man in Havana in association with The Phoenix, where an unlikely candidate is recruited […]

  • Review: Song for Marion ★★★☆☆

    Though there isn’t that much to it, our Film Editor commends this comedy drama for its sweet and simple story.

  • Review: Beautiful Creatures ★☆☆☆☆

    There isn’t much magic in this tired teen romance, says Natasha Raymond

  • Review: A Good Day to Die Hard ★☆☆☆☆

    The new Die Hard movie is boring, soul-destroying and utterly devoid of feeling, writes Bex Beesley

  • First Review: Beautiful Creatures ★★★★☆

    This beautifully crafted teen fantasy is more than just Twlight-esque nonsense, writes Film Editor Barnaby Walter.

  • Film Comment: I do not like Ralph

    Is the hero of Wreck-It Ralph a jerk?

  • Review: Hitchcock ★★★☆☆

    This biopic about one of the most famous film directors of all time is a puzzling entity, says Barnaby Walter.

  • Valentine’s Day Comment: The Best Romance Films for Valentine’s Day

    What sort of romantic film is best, how does one judge which is a bulls eye and which is simply some robotically mass market clone that is about as romantic as Hostel Part II? Fear not men for reproduced herein are guidelines by which it should be easy to sort the Four Weddings and a […]

  • Valentine’s Day Comment: The Worst Screen Couple of All Time

    There’s nothing better than a lovely, charming silver screen romance to leave your heart all aflutter, a smile on your face and a tear in your eye. But if you fancy something that won’t do any of those things, apart from maybe inducing some tears of stinging agony, then I suggest you look no further than […]

  • Film Comment: Second Chances at the BAFTAs

    Making their way through the pouring rain, the brightest and biggest stars gathered at the Royal Opera House for the latest in the British Academy’s award ceremonies. While the American Academy never fails to give an air of cynicism over the politics of their award choices and the frankly laughable charade that is the Golden […]

  • Preview: Union Films – Pixar vs Dreamworks (16/02/13)

    On Saturday Union Films are providing you with the chance to answer one of film’s most pressing questions.

  • Union Films: What’s Coming Up This Week (11/02/2013)

    At Union Films this week it’s all about fast paced drama, ranging from The Master to Argo.

  • Interview with Catherine O’Hara

    Edge Film Editor Barnaby Walter chats to the Frankenweenie actor about voice work, 3D, and what it’s like to work with Tim Burton.

  • Blu-ray & DVD review: Anna Karenina ★★★★☆

    Joe Wright and Keira Knightley may be doing what they always do, but they do it damn well, says Hannah Mylrea