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 […]
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 […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Waves
Waves, 2019. Directed by Trey Edward Shults Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Lucas Hedges SYNOPSIS: Chronicling the trials of life for an affluent African-American family, headed by a domineering father (Sterling K. Brown), the son (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) he both pushes and puts on a […]
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 […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Little Monsters
Little Monsters, 2019. Directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Alexander England, Kat Stewart, Stephen Peacocke, Henry Nixon, Felix Williamson, Nadia Townsend, and Marshall Napier. SYNOPSIS: When perennial man-child and failed musician Dave (Alexander England) decides to use his nephew’s petting-zoo field-trip as a way of getting close to his teacher (Lupita Nyong’o), […]
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 […]
Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Aurora
Aurora, 2019. Directed by Miia Tervo Starring Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Chike Ohanwe, Ria Kataja, Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman SYNOPSIS: Aurora (Mimosa Willamo) is a free-spirit-cum-alcoholic, who dreams of a life away from her job at a Lapland nail bar, or as the carer for her similarly sozzled father. Her path crosses with Darian (Amir […]
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