Red Dragon, 2002.Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Mary Louise Parker, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Harvey Keitel.SYNOPSIS:Gifted FBI profiler Will Graham is reluctantly brought out of retirement to help track down an elusive serial killer dubbed “The Tooth Fairy”. To gain an insight into his new prey, Graham […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Official Secrets
Official Secrets, 2019.Directed by Gavin Hood. Starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Conleth Hill, MyAnna Buring, Jack Farthing, Katherine Kelly, Adam Bakri, and Tamsin Greig.SYNOPSIS:The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council […]
Netflix Review – Marianne
Hasitha Fernando reviews the first season of the Netflix series Marianne…Marianne follows the tale of successful French horror writer Emma Larsimon (Victoire Du Bois), who is dragged back to her hometown, when the dark entity that has haunted her childhood memories return, fifteen-years later.To say that I was a huge fan of The Haunting of […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019.Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, and Wendy Makkena.SYNOPSIS:After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s most beloved neighbour.In […]
Movie Review – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, 2019.Written and directed by Vince Gilligan. Starring Aaron Paul, Charles Baker, Matt Jones, and Jonathan Banks.SYNOPSIS:After escaping Jack and his gang, Jesse Pinkman goes on the run from the police and tries to escape his own inner turmoil.When Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan first announced a follow-up movie to his […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Deerskin
Deerskin, 2019 .Directed by Quentin Dupieux. Starring Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy, Pierre Gommé and Marie Bunel.SYNOPSIS:A man’s obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.Sometimes a film comes along which is simply impossible to pigeon-hole. It refuses to nestle into genre’s well-rounded formula, and […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 12 – Candyman (1992)
Candyman, 1992.Directed by Bernard Rose. Starring Tony Todd, Virgina Madsen, Xander Berkley, Vanessa A. Williams and Kesi Lemmons.SYNOPSIS:A graduate student in Chicago is completing a thesis into urban legends when she stumbles onto the legend of the “Candyman”, a mysterious entity who is said to brutally murders those who summon him.In last year’s October Horrors […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hope Gap
Hope Gap, 2019. Directed by William Nicholson. Starring Bill Nighy, Annette Bening, Josh O’Connor, Aiysha Hart, Ryan McKen, Sally Rogers, Steven Pacey, Rose Keegan, and Derren Litten. SYNOPSIS: A couple’s visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother. Hope Gap is a study of […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bombay Rose
Bombay Rose, 2019.Directed by Gitanjali Rao. Starring Cyli Khare, Amit Deondi, Amardeep Jha, Makrand Deshpande, Gargi Shitole and Virendra Saxena.SYNOPSIS:Interlocking stories of people living in Mumbai, encompassing romance, grief and the world of crime.There has never been a better time to be a fan of animated cinema. The big guns of Pixar, DreamWorks and Illumination […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Scales
Scales, 2019.Directed by Shahad Ameen. Starring Baseema Hajjar, Yaqoub Alfarhan and Ashraf Barhom.SYNOPSIS:In an isolated island community, each family must sacrifice one daughter to the sea creatures who surround it. But one young girl has been spared that fate by her father, making her an outcast in the community.A few years ago at LFF, Ana […]
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