Tag: Netflix

A new Martin Scorsese movie has been a hot ticket of anticipation for decades. This autumn sees the release of Scorsese’s The Irishman on the…

Amy Poehler’s directorial debut is the heartfelt and hilarious Wine Country. Available on Netflix worldwide from 10th May, Poehler reunites SNL favourites including: Maya Rudolph,…

Following her Best Actress Oscar win for Room, Brie Larson took the ambitious step behind the camera to make her directorial debut. Unicorn Store drifted…

We are introduced to a book which opens to a story, and as the film progresses, the pages turn to a new story, then another,…

Orson Welles returns with a new film. Yes you heard correctly, and how nice it is to actually write that sentence in a review. Yes,…

Distributors may have a stranglehold on some festivals, but art is like water – it finds the path of least resistance and eventually makes its way through, under and around the barriers to reach the thirsty. If filmmakers can reach audiences without bowing to the pressure of having to be “the best” or winning an award, so much the better.

You fuck my wife? What’s a mook? Are you talkin’ to me? Where’s my fuckin’ money? Aren’t we a fine pair of misfits? Where are the…

These easy-as-sweet-cherry-pie-mama-baby promoting of some of the finest filmmakers around almost seems arbitrary. Unless you’re too busy greedily scrimmaging for oil or attaching notes into…

Evolution isn’t easy – just ask the dodo – but streaming productions are here to stay. They will grow in popularity. People will watch them and identify with the stories they tell. If AMPAS will not reach out and include them, I suggest they re-qualify the title of the big prize to be “Best Picture Made by a White Man Shown in a Public Building that Sells Popcorn”.

Something about the awards run of Mudbound has been rather suspicious. The film has picked up major nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association: Supporting Actress for Mary…

The most recent batch of Spielberg films (not including the newly released The Post) deliver heavy, but audience-friendly political journeys (including The Post), a film…

A huge return to an unforgettable adventure franchise, a sci-fi drama once meant for a certain Stanley Kubrick, a Tom Cruise double bill, a Tom Hank…

In the 1990s Spielberg would conquer both box office and Academy Awards in the very same year. All his films from then decade are easily…