Utøya – July 22, 2018. Directed by Erik Poppe. Starring Andrea Berntzen. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl struggles to survive and to find her younger sister during the July 2011 terrorist mass murder at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya. Though it premieres at the LFF mere days after Paul Greengrass’ own dramatisation […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up
The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up, 2018. Directed by Steve Sprung. SYNOPSIS : A visual essay/documentary film about a 1970’s arms company going bust where threatened workers came up with dynamic new products, including heat pumps, wind turbines and an energy saving house. The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up is an […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Dogman
Dogman, 2018. Directed by Matteo Garrone. Starring Marcello Fonte and Edoardo Pesce. SYNOPSIS: Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorises the entire neighbourhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance. The […]
Movie Review – Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Sorry to Bother You, 2018. Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun and Armie Hammer. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate version of current-day Oakland, California, Cassius Green discovers a gift that helps him rapidly succeed in his new role as […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 13 – Annabelle (2014)
Annabelle, 2014. Directed by John R. Leonetti. Starring Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola and Alfre Woodard. SYNOPSIS: In 1967, new parents Mia and John Form, after surviving a violent encounter with a pair of murderous cult members and losing their house to a fire, find themselves being haunted by a supernatural entity that appears […]
Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Ghost Monument’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who – ‘The Ghost Monument’… Directed by – Mark Tonderai Written by – Chris Chibnall Doctor – “Oh! You’ve redecorated…” With last week’s whirlwind introductions completed, we witnessed the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) gathering up her new companions (or is that new best friends?) then rather unceremoniously depositing them in space, sans TARDIS […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wildlife
Wildlife, 2018. Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: A boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his mother finds another man. Paul Dano makes a staggering debut with this emotionally charged adaptation of Richard Ford’s 1990 novel, a meticulously assembled drama about family, masculinity and female agency […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018. Directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits, Harry Melling, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Chelcie Ross, and Jonjo O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A collection of six Western-style shorts set out on the frontier, taking in stories of a […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nancy
Nancy, 2018. Directed by Christina Choe. Starring Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Ann Dowd, John Leguizamo, and Steve Buscemi. SYNOPSIS: Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to wilful belief. Andrea Riseborough adds yet another towering performance to […]
DVD Review – Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-33
Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-33 Directed by Hal Roach, Marshall Neilan, George Marshall, Gus Meins, and others. Starring Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts. SYNOPSIS: Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts are a comedy duo in these seventeen, pre-code shorts from Hal Roach. A little over two years ago Turner Classic Movies […]
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