Tag: Reviews
Film Review: 1917
From the very start of the year, Sam Mendes’s 1917 has loomed over 2019, waiting until the last minute to drop and make its impact…
They Sort-Of Stuck the Landing – Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
All chapters have a beginning, middle and end. How you stick the landing for that concluding arc matters. We remember The Return of the King…
Film Review: Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker
There has never been a review that has caused more nerves while preparing to write it than this one. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker…
How Dare Real Life Intrude Into My Fantasy! Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
You’re George Lucas: you’ve just created what other filmmakers only dream of doing and so rarely accomplish – creating a cultural phenomenon. Audiences loved it,…
The One That Started It All: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
Greetings, you stuck-up, scruffy-looking nerf herders! As the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga hits theaters with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, my Master,…
Documentary Review: American Factory
Here in the UK there’s a view from some floating in the wind about, say, the Polish coming over to England and taking our jobs….
Film Review: The King
Since his breakout role as the sexually confused teenager Elio in Call Me By Your Name, a large portion of Film Twitter (including myself) have…
Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman – now on Netflix
Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated mob saga The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro as the late mob assassin Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (1920-2003) is a dream…
Film Review: Just Mercy
Every year with the awards season there are a few films that get pushed back to have their wide release in early January – simply…
Film Review: Little Joe
This reviewer is a particular fan of Lourdes, possibly the Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner’s finest work in a steadily prospering career. Her English language debut…
The Weird Experience of Watching ‘Last Christmas’
The trailer for Paul Feig’s Last Christmas has been shown before every almost every non-action movie over the last few months. Along with a poster…
Animation Review: Christmas comes to Netflix with ‘Klaus’
With the holiday season being dangerously close, an increase in holiday-inspired family movies can be expected. Netflix has become a major player in this time…
Film Review: Knives Out
After the absolute war that surrounded Rian Johnson’s name after The Last Jedi, it seemed destined that whatever the director touched next would be annoyingly…
Film Review: Earthquake Bird
Japan is a place full of traditions, culinary highlights but sadly also earthquakes. The earthquake might be a terrifying event but something wonderful happens every…