Jesse Eisenberg is such an accomplished writer, director and actor that he makes creating a laugh-out loud comedy that is also heartbreaking and profound seem effortless. His tight 90 minute dramedy A REAL PAIN is one of the stand -out films of this year’s festival. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on …

Bina reviews this accomplished new documentary from directors Peter Ettedgui (MCQUEEN) and Ian Bonhote. It tells us the story of man who played Superman and was then tragically paralysed when he was thrown from a horse. We come to know his amazing family as they support each other through this catastrophic accident. [MP3] Download or play this epis…

EMILIA PEREZ is a deeply odd and sporadically successful film from French auteur Jacques Audiard (A PROPHET, DHEEPAN). It comes to London having won the coveted Cannes Jury Prize and Best Actress for its female cast featuring Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana. It features a story and characters rarely centred on screen. Some of the musical numbers are s…

THE WILD ROBOT is an utterly delightful film – visually stunning, occasionally funny, and deeply moving. I haven’t felt this invested in an animated film – or this awed by the visuals – in quite some time. Kudos to director Chris Sanders (LILO & STITCH): may this film earn him his well-deserved Oscar. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [A…

Bina reviews the documentary Endurance about Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to Antartica. It is directed by the team that brought you Free Solo and Nyad and intercuts the original expedition with a 2022 attempt to discover the shipwreck. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The…

Bina reviews Mati Diop’s Berlin Golden Bear winning documentary about the restoration of artefacts looted by French colonists to Benin. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina reviews Edward Berger’s stunning papal procedural starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina reviews Alfonso Cuaron’s new TV show based on a best-selling thriller by Renee Knight. It stars Cate Blanchett as a successful middle-aged woman whose perfect life is shattered when a grieving father (Kevin Kline) exposes her affair with his son twenty years prior. The show is out on Apple TV today. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly…

Bina reviews Steve McQueen’s Blitz which had its world premiere at the London Film Festival. It stars Saoirse Ronan as a working class Londoner who has had to evacuate her young mixed-race son George. It also has cameos from Stephen Graham, Kathy Burke and Paul Weller. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page …

Bina sees flashes of brilliance in Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel, but it overstays its running time and has zero narrative propulsion. Spoiler-free until 8m12s. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina gives a spoiler-filled review of HBO’s Industry Season 3 by discussing the different character arcs of Yasmin; Harper (7m13s); Eric and Pierpoint (8m17s); Rishi (10m49s) and Sweetpea (13m04s). [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] Mor…

Bina is pleasantly surprised by Blake Lively’s performance in It Ends With Us, directed by Justin Baldoni. At 5m45s Bina discusses Nathan Silver’s unique and whimsical relationship drama Between The Temples starring Jason Schwartzman and the iconic Carol Kane! At 8m54s Bina discusses the deeply human, insightful and courageous documentary Will & Ha…

French writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE is a body horror film that also works as social satire. It is visually and aurally stunning and features a career-defining and award-worthy performance from Demi Moore that veers between MOMMIE DEAREST and heartbreak. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s pa…

Bina007 reviews director Ellen Kuras’ Lee starring Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard (25s), documentarian Peter Middleton’s immersive Apollo 13: Survival now on Netflix (8m8s), Firebrand starring Jude Law as late period Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr (11m28s) and Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton, Winona…

Bina007 reviews director David Leitch’s action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt before moving onto the sexy sports film Challengers starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist and directed by Luca Guadagnino. Both are on global release now. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org…

Bina007 reviews Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s stunning and lavish costume drama Heeramandi, showing on Netflix. It stars Manisha Koirala as the madam Mallikajaan, running an ultra-luxurious house of courtesans in Lahore’s diamond bazaar in 1920’s British ruled India. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s…

Bina007 reviews writer-director Alex Garland’s near-future political dystopian drama, Civil War. It stars Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura as journalists travelling by car from New York to Washington DC to interview a fascist president of the USA. Meanwhile, the Western Forces of Texas and California are readying to invade DC and retake the Capitol. …

Bina007 reviews director Sam Taylor-Wood’s biopic of Amy Winehouse, based on a script by Matt Greenhalgh. The film features a stunningly good performance from Marisa Abela as Amy and an equally compelling Jack O’Connell as her vilified husband Blake Fielder-Civil. This film firmly anchors Amy’s story in her love of jazz and her family’s musical her…

Bina007 reviews the latest iteration of Patricia Highsmith’s stunning crime procedural The Talented Mr Ripley. It is written and directed by Steve Zaillian and stars Andrew Scott as Tom, Johnny Flynn as Dickie and Dakota Fanning as Marge. The eight-part miniseries is out on Netflix today. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View …

Bina007 reviews the brave, hilarious, and deeply moving new film Silver Haze, directed by Sacha Polak and starring Vicky Knight. Out in the UK on March 29th. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina007 reviews the new Netflix miniseries from Guy Ritchie. It stars Theo James of White Lotus fame as Eddie Horniman, an aristocratic ex-soldier who inherits his family estate only to discover its housing one of the biggest ganga farms in the UK. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina0…

Bina007 reviews the new Sky/Starz historical drama Mary & George. It stars Julianne Moore as Mary Villiers, who groomed her son George (Nicholas Galitzine) to seduce King James I of England. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from …

Bina007 reviews the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s reboot of the iconic Frank Herbert religio-sci-fi epic. The film excels in spectacle and sound but falls down on performance and narrative choice. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] …

Bina007 reviews British writer-director Sean Durkin’s deeply affecting wrestling drama The Iron Claw. It tells the real life story of the Von Erich family and deals with toxic masculinity and sibling love. This is an award-worthy movie featuring an astonishing performance from Zac Efron. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View t…

Bina007 reviews Daniel Kaluuya’s London-set dystopian drama The Kitchen starring Kano. Then she reviews the urgent documentary The Disappearance of Shere Hite at 5m30s. Note the latter is not appropriate listening for children. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 …

Bina007 reviews Spanish director J A Bayona’s new recreation of the famous 1972 Andes air crash disaster, now showing on Netflix. In doing so, Bina discusses the crash and its aftermath in detail that could be a spoiler, and that some listeners might find disturbing. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on…

Bina007 reviews writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos blistering dark comedy Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly A[Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina007 reviews writer-director Jonathan Glazer’s stunning adaptation of Martin Amis’ novel set in Auschwitz. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave저자 Bina007

Bina007 reviews the sequel to the beloved family comedy adventure, Chicken Run. In this stop-motion animation sequel, this time the chickens need to break IN to a nugget factory. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vass…

Bina007 reviews the Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper as the conductor, and Carey Mulligan as his long-suffering wife. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina007 reviews Ridley Scott’s Napoleon starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic military leader and Vanessa Kirby as Empress Josephine. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina007 reviews Todd Haynes’ May December starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave저자 Bina007

Bina007 reviews David Fincher’s stylish thriller The Killer starring Michael Fassbender. At 3m30s in she reviews Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting In Venice, starring Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Kelly Reilly. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The ful…

Bina007 reviews Sofia Coppola’s biopic of Priscilla Presley starring Jacob Elordi as Elvis. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave저자 Bina007

Bina007 reviews Alexander Payne’s glorious slow-burn dramedy The Holdovers starring Paul Giamatti before (5m15s) reviewing Christos Nikou’s near-future social satire Fingernails starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie revie…

Bina007 reviews Garth Davis’ sci-fi dystopian relationship drama, Foe, starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, and at 4m40s, Errol Morris’ documentary interview with Cold War spy novelist John Le Carre. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK…

Bina007 reviews Martin Scorsese’s epic true crime drama about a space of racially motivated murders in Osage County in the 1920s and 30s, starring Leonardo di Caprio, Robert de Niro and Lily Gladstone. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK]…

Bina007 reviews the underdog sports documentary NYAD, starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster and (5m25s) the Palme D’Or winning crime-courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Fall starring Sandra Hueller. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More f…

Bina007 reviews Michael Mann’s (HEAT, THE INSIDER) forthcoming biopic FERRARI starring Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari, Penelope Cruz as his wife Laura and Shailene Woodley as his mistress Lina Lardi. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More…

Bina007 reviews Richard Linklater (SCHOOL OF ROCK)’s forthcoming super sexy hilariously funny HIT MAN starring Glen Powell (TOP GUN: MAVERICK) as an undercover cop who falls for his mark. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bin…

Bina007 reviews Jeff Nichols’ stunning film about a motorcycle gang in late 60s and early 70s Chicago starring Elvis’ Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals O…

Bina007 reviews Emerald Fennell’s darkly comic social satire Saltburn, starring Richard E Grant, Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina007 reviews Gareth Edwards new sci-fi action film pitting man against AI. Spoilers after 8m. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave저자 Bina007

Bina007 reviews Golda – a surprisingly good film about the 1973 Yom Kippur war from the perspective of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. At 8m55s Bina reviews Michael Winterbottom’s excellent new historical thriller Shoshana, set in 1930s Tel Aviv, about two idealistic lovers compromised by politics. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [A…

Bina007 reviews the new action thriller with a social conscience from Tamil cinema wunderkind Atlee, starring Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan and cameos from Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More fr…

Bina007 reviews the stylish revenge thriller starring Nic Cage, Sympathy for the Devil; the meh live action – animated comedy Strays (3m20s); and the sadly fan-servicey Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (5m35s). [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review…

Bina007 reviews the sadly dull Jason Statham action film Meg 2: The Trench and (at 4 minutes in) the surprisingly brilliant Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kin…

Bina007 reviews the surprisingly good third and final instalment in Antoine Fuqua’s action franchise, starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…

Bina007 reviews the stunningly good debut feature Past Lives; and the dull “comedy” Afire (6m). [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave저자 Bina007

Bina007 reviews the uplifting Bollywood sports movie Ghoomer; the Indian political documentary While We Watched (5m); and the French drama Lie With Me (9m14s). [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave…