Category: Reviews
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The Colony – Review
While undoubtedly a remarkable set of events, they simply haven’t been presented in the best possible manner. Read More >
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The Girl King – Review
Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King is a film devoid of true focus. Read More >
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Embrace of the Serpent – Review
Guerra manages to create a trancelike, enchanting cinematic endeavour, and yet never compromises on the colonialist themes that ground the picture, which add a dark, bitter edge that compliments the more bewitching elements. Read More >
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Loving – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Jeff Nichols’ Loving is an emotional, political and handsomely crafted period drama. Read More >
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Spotlight – Review
Child molestation in the Catholic Church has been one of the most significant and controversial topics of the past decade and a half. The Roman Catholic clergy isn’t the main focus in Spotlight, however. Rather, director Tom McCarthy’s extraordinary film shines its spotlight on the investigative journalists that revealed these ongoing acts of carnal abuse. Read More >
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The Finest Hours – Review
If you’re in the right mindset for a disaster/rescue picture, The Finest Hours will efficiently get the job done. Read More >
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The 33 – Review
Riggen’s production falls short for being so overtly cinematic and melodramatic in its execution. Read More >
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Son of Saul – Review
Son of Saul, this year’s Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film, doesn’t shy away from the horrors prisoners faced at concentration camps. That’s not the focus of the movie, though. The real focus centers on our resolute protagonist, who refuses to give up his cause despite the evils that surround him. Read More >
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A Tale of Three Cities – Review
When you next watch a Jackie Chan film, just remember that his parents – Charles and Lee-Lee Chan – went through hell so the groundbreaking movie star could exist in the first place. A Tale of Three Cities, directed by Mabel Cheung, is a romantic epic set in China’s not-too-distant past; a turbulent time beset… Read More >
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Bridge of Spies – Review
We’ve seen movies about the Cold War before. What’s so absorbing about Bridge of Spies, though, is how screenwriters Matt Charman and the Coen brothers observe matters from a middle-of-the-road perspective. Read More >
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