Censor, 2021. Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Sophia La Porta, Michael Smiley, Clare Holman, Andrew Havill, Vincent Franklin, Nicholas Burns, Clare Perkins, Danny Lee Wynter and Adrian Schiller. SYNOPSIS: A movie censor becomes obsessed with the work of one particular video nasty director, believing he might have some connection to the disappearance of […]
Movie Review – Censor (2021)
Censor, 2021. Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley, Erin Shanagher, Andrew Havill, Felicity Montagu, Danny Lee Wynter, Clare Perkins, Guillaume Delaunay, Richard Glover, Beau Gadsdon, and Amelie Child Villiers. SYNOPSIS: After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out […]
Censor Never Reaches Its Full Horror Potential | Sundance 2021 Video Review
Censor, 2021. Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley, Clare Holman, Andrew Havill, Felicity Montagu, Danny Lee Wynter, Clare Perkins, Guillaume Delaunay, Richard Glover, Beau Gadsdon, Amelie Child-Villiers. You may call me a bit sick for this, but I expected more “nasty” out of […]
Movie Review – The Last Vermeer (2020)
The Last Vermeer, 2020. Direct by Dan Friedkin. Starring Claes Bang, Guy Pearce, Roland Møller, Vicky Krieps, Matt Beauman-Jones, Paul Bentall, August Diehl, Richard Dillane, Olivia Grant, Marie Bach Hansen, Andrew Havill, Tom Mulheron, Simon Paisley Day, Oliver Ryan, and Joakim Skarli. SYNOPSIS: An artist is suspected of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, […]
Movie Review – The King (2019)
The King, 2019. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp, Tom Glynn-Carney, Thomasin McKenzie, Dean-Charles Chapman, Edward Ashley, Thibault de Montalembert, Andrew Havill, Steven Elder, Philip Rosch, Nick Wittman, Lucas Hansen, Tom Fisher, Ivan Kaye, Tom Lawrence, and Ben Mendelsohn. SYNOPSIS: Hal, wayward prince and heir to […]
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 – The King
The King, 2019. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Tom Glynn-Carney, Lily-Rose Depp, Thomasin McKenzie, Andrew Havill, Edward Ashley and Tara Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the […]
Movie Review – The Children Act (2018)
The Children Act, 2018. Directed by Richard Eyre. Starring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Ben Chaplin, Rosie Cavaliero, Jason Watkins, Anthony Calf, Honey Holmes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Vansittart, Andrew Havill, Eileen Walsh, and Nicholas Jones. SYNOPSIS: As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a […]