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Last year’s Oscar nominee Christian Bale returns with a perfectly charming and captivating performance that makes James Mangold’s latest film work so well. With little interest in motor racing, Ford v Ferrari (or Le Mans ‘66 in the UK) works remarkably well and is a terrific time for fans or non-fans of racing. Mangold isn’t…
Martin Scorsese is back and has returned with one of his best films ever. It's a sweet mix of Goodfellas and Silence, The Irishman balances violence, melancholy and dishonesty in a perfectly harmonious way that's so beautifully done - you may find yourself choking up a little. It stars the greatest cast you've ever heard…
Marielle Heller hot off the success of Can You Ever Forgive Me? returns with a new feature, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. It’s a sentimental and touching look at Mr Rodgers and his impact on American childhoods. Being English, naturally I had no idea who Mr Rodgers was, until last year’s documentary, Won’t You Be…
The closest example of such a film that is as big of a complete mess as this is that of last year’s Sorry to Bother You, that’s my closest comparison to the utterly incoherent mess that is this soulless and artificial Scorsese rip. Cashing in on a the New York setting, Uncut Gems takes the…
Continue reading ➞ Uncut Gems review – A Horrific Incoherent Mess | London Film Festival 2019
Robert Eggers debuted into the film industry with The Witch, a film that is now regarded as one of the best horror films of this century so far. A surely impressive start and now he has his second feature film making the rounds at film festivals. That being The Lighthouse, a psychological film detailing two…
Continue reading ➞ Robert Eggers Working On New ‘Mythological-Like’ Film
Like the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie, Rian Johnson’s Knives Out keeps you guessing, thinking and in suspense. It’s a fantastically entertaining web of a film, utilising the tricksiness of a murder plot to create spectator engagement in our pursuit of the truth. Johnson’s previous film was Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a terrifically great…
The beauty and elegance of Portrait of a Lady on Fire is indescribable, the sensation and contagiousness of the love story will no doubt go down in cinematic history. Like Call Me by Your Name, Portrait succeeds in capturing a delicate intimacy unlike nothing cinema has ever given, its chillingly perfect in its slow dance into…
It’s a great time to be a Stephen King fan. The past couple of years have been a sort of resurgence for the author and his place in pop culture, mostly thanks to 2017’s wildly successful It adaptation. Now it feels like a new King film, television series, book, or any of the three that’s noticeably…
Continue reading ➞ In the Tall Grass review – Lures You Into Its Maze and Doesn’t Let Go
Gemini Man surprised me. I really liked it. Ang Lee takes an odd turn to the more conventional style of filmmaking, however with innovations that impress. It stars Will Smith, Will Smith, Will Smith and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, there is a focus on the idea of duality and moral issues to do with the idea…
Continue reading ➞ Gemini Man review – Will Smith’s Duality Action Film is an Innovative Gem
In his follow-up to The Witch, Robert Eggers returns with a twist on the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a tale of two shackled-up Lighthouse keepers and their descent into madness. Almost Hitchcockian, Eggers' presentation in his creation of characters, framing and composition all scream of a director in complete and utter control of his…
