The French Dispatch, 2021. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Alex Lawther, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray, and Owen Wilson. SYNOPSIS: Wes Anderson packs three stories, plus a prologue and an epilogue, into one film in his latest […]
Movie Review – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, 2022. Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson. Featuring the voice talents of Gregory Mann, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Ron Perlman, Finn Wolfhard, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, and Burn Gorman. SYNOPSIS: During the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, a wooden boy brought […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel with Destination Dewsbury director Jack Spring – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #25
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, the director of new British comedy Destination Dewsbury comes by to chat about Wes Anderson’s farce The Grand Budapest Hotel… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, our guest […]
Movie Review – The Eternal Daughter (2022)
The Eternal Daughter, 2022. Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg. Starring Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies, Alfie Sankey-Green, Zinnia Davies-Cooke, and August Joshi. SYNOPSIS: An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. It is a bold act of […]
Director Scott Derrickson on the casting of Doctor Strange, The Ancient One and Wong
Marvel Studios came under fire this year for its casting on Doctor Strange, receiving criticism in some quarters for the “whitewashing” of The Ancient One, with Tilda Swinton set to portray a character generally depicted as an elderly Asian male. Swinton has previously shared her thoughts on the controversy, and now director Scott Derrickson has weighed in during […]
Movie Review – Doctor Strange (2016)
Doctor Strange, 2016 Directed by Scott Derrickson Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins SYNOPSIS: A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts. Despite the fact the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a multi-billion dollar […]
Tilda Swinton addresses “whitewashing” of The Ancient One in Marvel’s Doctor Strange
Last week, Hollywood was once again accused of “whitewashing” with the release of the first image of Scarlett Johansson in the live-action Ghost in the Shell movie, but that isn’t the only movie which has come under fire lately for culturally reappropriating a character traditionally depicted as Asian. Marvel’s Doctor Strange features a bald Tilda Swinton […]
Kevin Feige talks Doctor Strange and gender-swapping The Ancient One
As we gear up for the release of Ant-Man, it seems only right that Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige starts the hype machine for upcoming releases from the MCU schedule. In particular, Doctor Strange. Feige has confirmed at a press event for Ant-Man that Stephen Strange will indeed be living in New York saying, “The […]
Parasite and Snowpiercer: Class divides with Bong Joon Ho
In the first of new series of features, Tom Jolliffe suggests a class-themed double bill of Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Snowpiercer… The beauty of cinema is how so many films can form a connective strand with others. Sometimes it can be a film-makers penchant for a similar message between a couple of films, or […]
Movie Review – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, 2022. Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson Starring David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Gregory Mann, Christoph Waltz, Ron Perlman, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Burn Gorman, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro SYNOPSIS: A darker version of the classic children’s fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into […]
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