Category: Reviews
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Review
Even with all the celebrity cameos and Manson family members, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood never forgets that it’s a buddy picture. Read More >
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Hostiles Review (Toronto International Film Festival)
Scott Cooper (Black Mass) returns to dark, brooding territory with Christian Bale vehicle, Hostiles. A Western so harrowing and bleak that it will leave you stone faced exhausted, struggling to get through the very first act, where things begin with a sprinkling of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly then quickly turn sinister. Bale… Read More >
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The Beguiled Review
There’s so much potential in almost every aspect of the film that Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled feels so disappointing despite being perfectly okay. Read More >
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The Keeping Room – Review
It’s refreshing to watch a film set against the backdrop of war, and yet peer in through the perspective of female protagonists… Read More >
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Jane Got a Gun – Review
Jane Got a Gun is by no means a great film, but it’s far from the disaster it had once threatened to be. Read More >
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Forty Guns – Review
When you hear about a classic film, it’s difficult not to be drawn into the hype surrounding it; your opinions can’t help but be formed somewhat by those of others, heightening what should be your own clear, unbiased reaction. If you happen to like, or even love Forty Guns, Samuel Fuller’s 1957 Western, then more… Read More >
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The Misfits – Review
You can label almost any film as a ‘movie about movies.’ Eating up cinemas right now is Jurassic World, which constantly nods and winks to the ever-evolving stream of sequels and franchise-building that’s dominating popular film; only a few years ago, Chris Nolan assembled a team not unlike a film crew to bring dreams to the masses.… Read More >
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The Salvation – Review
“playing up to the conventionalities of the genre with an ingenious, European twist”… Read More >
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The Homesman review
“Though famed, primarily, for his work in front of the screen, Tommy Lee Jones has proven himself behind the camera too, as following on from his directorial endeavour The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada back in 2005, comes his long-awaited sophomore feature The Homesman, which sees the esteemed performer taking on the lead role, too”… Read More >
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