Personal Shopper, 2016.Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Nora Von Waltstatten, and Ty Olwin.SYNOPSIS:The personal assistant to an internationally famous model is also a medium, desperately trying to contact her recently-deceased twin brother on the other side. Her efforts meet with little success, until she starts receiving mysterious texts and has […]
Movie Review – I.T. (2016)
I.T., 2016Directed by John Moore Starring Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott and Michael Nyqvist.SYNOPSIS:A wealthy tycoon finds his life has been taken over by an IT consultant. He, his family and his home are under attack from all the technology that they take for granted.He’s the geek that you’d ignore most of […]
Iron Fist star Finn Jones wants Heroes for Hire spinoff
Finn Jones, the star of Netflix’s upcoming Marvel series Iron Fist, wants to see a Heroes for Hire spinoff. There can be no doubt that what Netflix has achieved with their Marvel television properties has been impressive indeed. Bringing a gritty sense of realism wherever possible and targeting their content for a more mature audience […]
Movie Review – It’s Only the End of the World (2016)
It’s Only the End of the World, 2016.Directed by Xavier Dolan. Starring Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard and Lea Seydoux.SYNOPSIS:After 12 years away from his family, a terminally ill writer returns home to break the news. But, as he struggles to re-connect with them, old wounds and frustrations rise to the surface, […]
Movie Review – Patriots Day (2016)
Patriots Day, 2016.Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Christopher O’Shea, Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Jimmy O. Yang, Jake Picking, and Melissa Benoist.SYNOPSIS:April 15th, 2013. As the Boston Marathon is in full swing, two brothers set off homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In […]
Why We Need Contrarians
Henry Bevan on why we need contrarians…Sometimes falling in love with a movie is like falling in love with a partner who isn’t right for you. At first, your love blinds you to the flaws. Then, when you break up, you say the meanest things. When things cool down you’ll find the truth: was it […]
Movie Review – Sweet Dreams (2016)
Sweet Dreams, 2016.Directed by Marco Bellochio Starring Valerio Mastandrea, Berenice Bejo, Nicolo Cabras, Dario Del Paro, Guido Caprino and Barbara Ronchi.SYNOPSIS:Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the sudden death of his mother. Refusing to accept what’s happened, he carries his grief throughout his adolescence and into adulthood, when he becomes a journalist. Working on La […]
Movie Review – Loving (2016)
Loving, 2016.Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Will Dalton and Sharon Blackwood.SYNOPSIS:In 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving were married in Washington DC. Interracial marriage in their home state of Virginia was illegal and, on their return home, they were arrested, imprisoned but also spared more jail time […]
Movie Review – iBoy (2017)
iBoy, 2017.Directed by Adam Randall. Starring Bill Millner, Maisie Williams, Miranda Richardson and Rory Kinnear.SYNOPSIS:When geeky Tom (Bill Milner) discovers his friend Lucy (Maisie Williams) being viciously attacked, the thugs turn their attention to him and he’s badly beaten up. As he recovers, he learns that fragments from his mobile phone are embedded in his […]
Movie Review – Denial (2016)
Denial, 2016.Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Harriet Walter and Mark Gatiss.SYNOPSIS:American academic Deborah Lipstadt is accused of libel by historian David Irving when she declares him a Holocaust denier. In a battle for historical truth, she and her legal team have to prove that the Holocaust actually […]
