Vivarium, 2019. Directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Starring Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg and Jonathan Aris. SYNOPSIS: After an encounter with a strange estate agent, a young couple looking for the perfect home become trapped in a mysterious neighbourhood in which all the houses look identical. Terror finds a home in the home in Vivarium, Irish filmmaker […]
Movie Review – Dark Waters (2019)
Dark Waters, 2019. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, Louisa Krause, Brian Gallagher, Bruce Cromer, and Bill Pullman. SYNOPSIS: A Cincinnati attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a large chemical company to expose a decades-long cover-up. The waters get muddied […]
Movie Review – True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
True History of the Kelly Gang, 2019. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Orlando Schwerdt, Thomasin McKenzie, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: A retelling of the life story of infamous Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly, from a troubled childhood to his eventual demise at the hands of the […]
What makes a great Oscar acceptance speech?
On the eve of the 92nd Academy Awards begins, a mixture of trepidation and excitement is rife among avid Oscar-watchers over what is quite possibly the ceremony’s most consistent source of entertainment: the acceptance speeches. Here, George Nash muses over what makes a great one… The shocks. The snubs. The nauseating self-importance. With so much […]
Flatulence in Film: Why cinema’s most maligned trope deserves more love
Coinciding with the UK release of Robert Eggers’ second feature film, The Lighthouse, George Nash lets rip on why cinema’s most dismissed trope, the fart gag, deserves more love… On a small, remote island, two gruff-looking figures, as if frozen in time, stand hauntingly at the door of a rickety wooden shack staring out silently […]
Celebrating the Most Memorable On-Screen Friendships in 2019 Movies
As we each begin to take stock of 2019 and count our blessings over the festive period, George Nash takes time to celebrate the great movie friendships that have graced our cinema screens over the past twelve months… With the festivities sweeping us up on a wave of shameless consumer indulgence, seasonal knitwear and figuring […]
The Green Mile: 20 years on, Frank Darabont’s haunting tale of reflection still hits hard
With it celebrating a landmark anniversary this month, George Nash takes a look at how The Green Mile’s tale of reflection and guilt still packs a punch, two decades on… The year 1999 marked the end of the world. At least, that’s what people would have you believe as the clocks ticked ominously down towards […]
Gremlins at 35: The timely return of Joe Dante’s controversial creatures
With Gremlins returning to UK cinemas this week, George Nash takes a look at how its satire remains timely, over three decades on… Thirty-five years on from its initial release, few films have come to epitomise the notion of not judging a book by its cover quite like Joe Dante’s iconic ’80s cult creature comedy, […]
Movie Review – Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life (2018)
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, 2018. Directed by Tomer Heymann. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker captures the highs and lows of a world-renowned gay porn star. Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, the latest documentary feature from Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann, starts and ends with its titular subject on a stage. Illuminated by sharp, colourful lighting, his every […]
Movie Review – Blue Story (2019)
Blue Story, 2019. Written and directed by Andrew Onwubolu (as Rapman). Starring Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Karla-Simone Spence, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Khali Best, Kadeem Ramsay, Junior Afolabi Salokun, Rohan Nedd. SYNOPSIS: Two school friends from different boroughs become bitter rivals in a brutal London gangland war. It’s been over a decade since the release of Kidulthood: […]
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