Film Reviews

Total 13 Posts

Bullitt - Steve McQueen in The Luminary Film of the Week

Bullitt Starring Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset is The Luminary Film of the Week and a cool sixties thriller celebrated for its forensic realism and the greatest car chase of all time.

Review - The Amazing Mr Bates VS The Post Office in The Age of Corporate Gangsters

The Luminaries Review - The Amazing Mr Bates VS The Post Office is the visceral, real-life TV drama of the year writes arts and entertainment journalist Alison Jane Reid.

Luminaries Review - Greta Gerwig's Heroic Charm, Sanditon 3, Marley, Courageous Discourse and Funny Face

The Luminaries Arts and Entertainment Review - From the unselfconscious charm of Greta Gerwig to Bob Marley's quest for a kinder world, Sanditon 3 and Dr Peter McCullough MD and Courageous Discourse

The Magic Review: The Genius of DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley, Harry and Meghan, Lady Hale's Grand Day Out, The Spider Brooch and The English

The Luminaries Christmas Review is out for a long-form review of Lady Chatterley's social and sexual revolution; the first look at Harry and Meghan's brave, intelligent >adh documentary on what really happened; The English and Lady Hale roams Lakes and Dales enticingly!

Steve McQueen, The King of Cool, His Films & The Malibu Hideaway Beside the Sea

A snapshot of Steve McQueen, the king of cool and his best films, and an intimate glimpse inside his Malibu hideaway which he shared with Ali MacGraw, which is up for sale after it was sold in 2020 by his son Chad McQueen.

The Magic Review: The Crown Series 5, Enola Holmes, My Policeman, and Radio Memories of Horror, Honour, and Bravery from World War Two

The Luminaries Magic Film, Drama and Radio Review. This week, editor Alison Jane Reid reviews The Crown Series 5, Enola Holmes 2, My Policeman, and film and radio highlights not to be missed.

The Blonde Review

Blonde is a violent, miserable ordeal of a film that trashes Marilyn Monroe's classic film legacy to focus on the tragic side of her life writes arts journalist Alison Jane Reid. Someone, please come up with a better script!
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