Category: Review
Review: Nerve
The concept with the film of the same name, Nerve, is an online phenomenon described as Truth of Dare without the truth. Okay. Participants choose…
Review: Mia Madre
Nanni Moretti’s family drama Mia Madre (My Mother) was talked about with high praise when it seen at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. And…
Review: The BFG
This first paragraph was spoken by a four year-old when asked about The BFG: The big giant, he was a big friendly giant. And there…
Review: Suicide Squad
By The Greek Colourful, vibrant, flamboyant and… bad. I mean… Transformers bad. No, not even, since this had potential to boot. Jared Leto’s grinning face…
Review: Kubo and the Two Strings
There’s a split-second moment early in Kubo and the Two Strings, the young protagonist is scooping up pages from the ground – one takes a couple…
Review: The Light Between Oceans
By The Greek Fassbender lacking his usual, hypnotic tension. Vikander completely devoid of the oomph that I so adore in her performances. The theme is…
Review: Guillermo del Toro Exhibition (LACMA)
Slowly and in awe, I pilger with many others through the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) exhibition that gives us a glimpse into…
Write out of L.A. – YouTube Channel
For some time now in the midst of the great blogging wilderness, where I can hardly see the wood for the trees, I have been…
Review: Moonlight is Magnificent
“At some point you’ve got to decide for yourself who you gonna be. And let nobody make that decision.” Moonlight brings the internal…
On The Screen Reviews: The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation is a great made for TV movie. There. I said it. Nation is being billed as an important movie —…
Beyond the Art: The Birth of a Nation
Nearly everyone has heard of The Birth of a Nation. Not D.W. Griffith’s groundbreaking, disturbing 1916 silent featuring the Ku Klux Klan, with a narrative…
A Personal Journey Through Cinema History With Thomas Pollock
A Personal Journey Through Cinema History with Thomas Pollock does pretty much what it says on the tin – and you do, overall, get a…
Quentin Tarantino: The Not So Hateful Rant
Listen up. Let me tell you a story. I say ‘story’, well, this is more likely going to be something not resembling a story at…
Guest Review: The Hateful Eight
Before I publish my R rated rant on Tarantino’s eagerly-awaited new movie, here is Henny McClymont with her PG-13 review of The Hateful Eight. Some…
