Reviewed by Linda Marric Michael Sucsy’s film about a teenage girl who falls in love with someone who transforms into someone else every day, is a charming, beautifully crafted and hugely engaging millennial love story with a twist. Based on David Levithan’s novel of the same name and from a screenplay by Jesse Andrews, Every Day offers a heart-warming tale of love, acceptance and teenage angst without ever falling into…
Read MoreTrailer: Hereditary
Check out the new trailer for the upcoming Horror sensation Hereditary. The film is release on June 15th and stars Toni Collette as a mother whose family begins to unravel when cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry are revealed. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited as it slowly destroys everything around them. Making his…
Read MoreGhost Stories: Interview with Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson
Ahead of the special screening of Ghost Stories at the Horror Channel Frightfest Glasgow 2018 event, writer / director team Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson discuss their special relationship, the film’s journey from stage to screen and no, they don’t believe in ghosts… Ghost Stories receives it’s Scottish Premiere at FrightFest Glasgow 2018. Excited? We are beyond excited! It is honestly a dream come true.
Read MoreBFI FLARE: Five Must See Films
With the 32nd Edition of the BFI LGBTQ Film Festival opening on the 21st March, what better time than to take a look at some of the most eagerly awaited films in this year’s programme, and shine a light on the films we are most looking forward to catch.
Read MoreTrailer: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
It’s finally here! Watch the brand new trailer of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true…
Read MoreOscars 2018: Live Blog
Follow our live blog and find who won what as the night progresses. You can have a look at all of the nominees we have reviewed, the Screenwords predictions, and all of our writers’ “best of 2017” thoughts meanwhile. And of course @screen_words and founding editor @linda_marric will be on Twitter into the small hours. Winners in bold. Best Picture: Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady…
Read MoreFilm Review: A Fantastic Woman
Reviewed by Linda Marric A few films have managed to garner the kind of good will directed at Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio’s brilliantly well observed feature A Fantastic Woman. Nominated for a foreign language Oscar at this weekend’s Academy Awards, the film offers a wonderfully complex, engaging and thoroughly affecting account of a young trans woman’s battle against preconceived ideas about gender and sexuality in a traditional latin society. Staring…
Read MoreBAFTA Predictions By Linda Marric
My BAFTA predictions: BEST PICTURE Will win: Three Billboards Should winl: CMBYN — Linda Marric 🇪🇺 (@Linda_Marric) February 18, 2018
Read MoreInterview: Megan Maczko On Her Role In Ninth Cloud
As The Ninth Cloud is released in the UK, lead actress Megan Maczko discusses her passion for voicing video games, working with Tom Hanks, the hazards of auditioning and the challenges of being an American living in England. Megan, you play Zena, the protagonist, In THE NINTH CLOUD. How would you describe her? Zena is a young woman living with an incredible amount of chaos in her heart, desperately seeking…
Read MoreFilm Releases: Weekly Round Up
A round up of this week’s new releases by our Editor Linda Marric The Maze Runner: The Death Cure The third and final instalment of this very popular dystopian trilogy sees it opening with a bang. An impressive action set piece which could rival any thriller worth its salt. The film is however sadly let down by a meandering screenplay which doesn’t seem to have got the memo that less…
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