Director: Mel Gibson Starring: Andrew Garfield, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey The Overview WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss (Garfield), who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing... Continue Reading →
Director: Pablo Larraín Starring: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Richard E. Grant The Overview Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy. (Source: IMDb) The Good Unlike a lot of... Continue Reading →
SPOILERS ahead for La La Land! Damien Chazelle's latest movie seems to be sweeping everybody off their feet, and for me, it has prompted more in-depth conversations than perhaps I had anticipated. On the surface level, La La Land is everything that people have been saying it is, a dazzling romance with amazing songs and... Continue Reading →
SPOILERS ahead if you haven't seen La La Land yet! Many, including myself, described La La Land in their reviews as a "love-letter to Old Hollywood", and indeed on the one hand it is. It is a glowing and heartfelt love-letter to Tinseltown; its stylised romantic whimsy, vibrant colour palette, and aesthetics deliberately reminiscent of... Continue Reading →
Train to Busan (2016) Director: Sang-ho Yeon Starring: Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jung Written by Thomas O'Connor Twitter | Facebook | Website After a brief resurgence a few years ago, zombie fiction in all its forms is starting to grow stale again, and some kind of new hook or angle is looking more and... Continue Reading →
Director: Kenneth Lonergan Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, C.J. Wilson The Overview An uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies. (Source: IMDb) The Good This is in no way a bad thing, but the trailers for Manchester by the Sea might have suggested that... Continue Reading →
With the truly terrible 2016 now behind us, it is time to start looking forward to the biggest and best releases of 2017! There's plenty of movies to look forward to in the upcoming year, so this was a tough list to whittle down to. There a couple of 2017 releases (La La Land, Lion, and Free... Continue Reading →
Director: David Frankel Starring: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Peña, Helen Mirren, Naomie Harris, Keira Knightley This review is spoiler free! The Overview Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how... Continue Reading →
Director: Justin Kurzel Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson The Overview When Callum Lynch (Fassbender) explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society. (Source: IMDb) The Good It is probably worth mentioning off the... Continue Reading →
Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Tadanobu Asano, Issei Ogata This review is spoiler free! The Overview In the seventeenth century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Catholicism. (Source: IMDb) The Good There'll always be a high amount of expectation... Continue Reading →
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