Category: Reel Steel
Adult Life Skills
2016 – UK Director: Rachel Tunnard Starring: Jodie Whittaker, Brett Goldstein, Eileen Davies, Ozzy Myers, Lorraine Ashbourne Words: J. Senior To say that I went from knowing absolutely nothing about Adult Life Skills – to falling head over heels in love with it, is… Continue Reading “Adult Life Skills”
Paterson
2016 Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley, William Jackson Harper, Chasten Harmon Words: N. Scatcherd Distilling and purifying the kind of laidback, meandering, low-key interest in the minutiae of life that all Jarmusch films engage in to various degrees,… Continue Reading “Paterson”
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 – USA Director: Gareth Edwards Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Alan Tudyk, Wen Jiang, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelson Words: S. Nix As the lights came back on at the end of the screening I attended, the rolling… Continue Reading “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Best of 2016
2016 was a great year for cinema, and as the year comes to an end we’ve selected what we think are 10 of the best films released in the UK over the past year – click on the film title to see our review… Continue Reading “Best of 2016”
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
2016/ UK, USA Director: David Yates Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller Words: R. Topham Watching all two and a bit hours of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, you start to wonder if JK Rowling has inadvertently… Continue Reading “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them”
Arrival
2016 – USA Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker Words: C. Abbott Denis Villeneuve is quickly becoming one of the most consistently brilliant and interesting filmmakers working today. Following the successes of Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy and Sicario, this could be… Continue Reading “Arrival”
Nocturnal Animals
2016 – USA Director – Tom Ford Starring – Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aaron Taylor‑Johnson, Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer Words – C. Abbott There is a moment in Tom Ford’s second feature that is something of a reflection on the narrative itself. Susan Morrow… Continue Reading “Nocturnal Animals”
American Honey
2016 – USA Director – Andrea Arnold Starring – Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough Words – C. Abbott Many words are being spoken on the state of America today, politically and socially. While director Andrea Arnold doesn’t necessarily provide answers, she certainly… Continue Reading “American Honey”
Cult Corner: Halloween III – Season Of The Witch
1982 – USA Director: Tommy Lee Wallace Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nedkin, Dan O’ Herlihy Words: O. Innocent Halloween 3: Season of the Witch has got to be one of the most audacious sequels in horror movie history; jettisoning (almost) everything that made the first… Continue Reading “Cult Corner: Halloween III – Season Of The Witch”
Doctor Strange
2016 – USA Director – Scott Derrickson Starring – Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong Words – Joe H. Over the years there have been some mind-bending Doctor Strange comic book stories that have redefined the boundaries… Continue Reading “Doctor Strange”
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