The Addams Family, 2019. Directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon. Featuring the voice talents of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Martin Short, and Catherine O’Hara. SYNOPSIS: Forced from their homeland by pitchforks and prejudice, The Addams Family take residence in cookie-cutter suburbia, […]
His Dark Materials Season 1 Episode 1 Review
Matt Rodgers reviews the first episode of the BBC and HBO’s His Dark Materials… The most frustrating aspect about the failure of 2007’s blockbuster adaptation of The Golden Compass, was how those who knew the source material had to accept the fact that one of the richest literary tapestries would remain a personal relationship between […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Luce
Luce, 2019. Directed by Julius Onah. Starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Octavia Spencer, Andrea Bang, Norbert Leo Butz, Astro, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Christopher Mann, and Noah Gaynor. SYNOPSIS: When a seemingly perfect married couple are forced to question the idealised version of their adopted son (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), cracks begin to appear […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Le Mans ’66 (a.k.a. Ford v Ferrari)
Le Mans ’66 (a.k.a. Ford v Ferrari), 2019. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracy Letts, Ray McKinnon, and JJ Feild. SYNOPSIS: When former Le Mans winner and American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) is tasked by Ford to make a revolutionary race […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blackbird
Blackbird, 2019. Directed by Roger Michell Starring Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Kate Winslett, Rainn Wilson, Mia Wasikowska, Lindsay Duncan, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: When a terminally ill mother (Susan Sarandon) brings her nearest-and-dearest together for one last time before she dies, it stirs up deep seated emotions within the fractured family. From the […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit, 2019. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Alfie Allen, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Archie Yates, and Taika Waititi. SYNOPSIS: Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) is an enthusiastic member of Hitler’s army, so-much-so that his imaginary best friend is a manifestation of the Nazi leader (Taika Waititi). […]
Movie Review – The King (2019)
The King, 2019. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Timothée Chalamet,Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, Sean Harris, Dean-Charles Chapman, Lily Rose-Depp, Andrew Havill, Edward Ashley, and Thomasin McKenzie. SYNOPSIS: Hal (Timothée Chalamet) is a reluctant prince, one who drinks and womanises his way around the Kingdom, as those in power look on with disdain, concerned […]
Movie Review – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019. Directed by Joe Talbot. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Mike Epps, Finn Wittrock, Danny Glover, Jamal Trulove, Willie Hen, and Jordan Gomes. SYNOPSIS: Against a backdrop of gentrification, poverty, and an environmental crisis, Jimmie (Jimmie Fails) fights to maintain his legacy, and find […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Just Mercy
Just Mercy, 2019. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rafe Spall, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Tim Blake Neslon, Rob Morgan, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Kirk Bovill SYNOPSIS: Charting the embryonic stages of civil defence attorney Brian Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) illustrious career, Just Mercy recalls the very first cases he […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Movie Review – The Report
The Report, 2019. Directed by Scott Z. Burns Starring Adam Driver, Annette Benning, Jon Hamm, Corey Stoll, Linda Powell, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Levine, Scott Shepherd, Matthew Rhys, Lucas Dixon, and Sarah Goldberg. SYNOPSIS: When dedicated, idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) is assigned the task […]
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