Category: Reviews
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Irrational Man – Review
“Irrational Man may not be a great Wooden Allen picture, but it an entertaining little footnote in his illustrious career.” Read More >
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Southpaw – Review
“Southpaw gets behind the facade of a boxer and revels in intimacy. But any sense of realism is undermined persistently by the filmmaker’s inclination to be so melodramatic”… Read More >
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51 Degrees North – Review
As you read this, an asteroid is heading for Earth. Somewhere out there in the blackness of the cosmos, a miles-long slab of primordial rock is hurtling at thousands of miles an hour toward our tiny blue planet, threatening to destroy life as we know it in a few moments after impact. This sounds terrifying… Read More >
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Ruth & Alex – Review
Richard Loncraine’s understated drama thrives in its simplistic narrative. Read More >
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The Legend of Barney Thomson – Review
“At its core, The Legend of Barney Thomson is a deeply sad, poignant film, with an empathetic protagonist.” Read More >
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Magic Mike XXL – Review
“Here’s a film that lives up to its title, and then some.” Read More >
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A Letter to Three Wives – Review
A brief browse on the internet through Hollywood films released in the ‘40s and ‘50s will reveal no small number of ensemble-driven, narrative-fractured pictures. But only a number of those fully grabbed the potential of such devices, and made it feel indispensable to that particular story; one such movie is 1949’s A Letter to Three Wives, a domestic parable… 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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Love & Mercy – Review
“Of course with any biopic – especially of somebody so idiosyncratic and renowned – a suspension of disbelief is required. But Pohlad is asking too much of the viewer in this instance, by casting two such distinctive actors to play the same role.” Read More >
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The Choir – Review
While abiding by the tropes of the genre, with conventional, formulaic tendencies, this heartwarming feature thrives in such traditionalism and predictability in an affectionate manner Read More >
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