Director: Craig Gillespie Starring: Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Paul Walter Hauser The Overview Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding (Robbie) rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband (Stan) intervenes. (Source: IMDb) The Review Margot Robbie's career has seemingly gone from... Continue Reading →
A surprising and challenging examination of masculinity and repressed sexuality that is closer to home than it first lets on. It is an exciting time in LGBTQ+ cinema, and with more mainstream offerings such as Call Me By Your Name and Moonlight making waves at the big awards, there are also a plethora of under... Continue Reading →
Director: Ryan Coogler Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis The Overview T'Challa (Boseman), after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take... Continue Reading →
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps The Overview Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. (Source: IMDb) The Review Paul Thomas Anderson films are unmistakably an event, and one which... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was Oscar nominations day, so of course the first step in the lead-up to the big show is to figuratively flip the tables and take to the internet to have a good rant about the films overlooked. There's a couple of categories I'm not knowledgeable enough to dive into, and some categories where I... Continue Reading →
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons The Overview A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and... Continue Reading →
Director: Joe Wright Starring: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane The Overview During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.... Continue Reading →
Director: Lee Unkrich Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach The Overview Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. (Source: IMDb) The Review After their last original story, Inside Out, was met with such acclaim,... Continue Reading →
Director: Colm McCarthy Starring: Douglas Hodge, Letitia Wright, Daniel Lapaine, Aldis Hodge, Alexandra Roach, Babs Olusanmokun The Overview A woman enters the Black Museum, where the proprietor tells his stories relating to the artefacts. (Source: IMDb) The Review After maintaining for years now that it doesn't matter what order you watch Black Mirror episodes in because... Continue Reading →
Director: David Slade Starring: Maxine Peake, Jake Davies, Clint Dyer The Overview In the post-apocalyptic landscape of the Scottish Moors, a woman attempts the survive the land full of "dogs". The Review Inevitably, in every season of Black Mirror there is the risk of a dud episode; season 3 had Men Against Fire, and now season 4 has Metalhead. Of... Continue Reading →
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