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1992 Director: Bernard Rose Starring: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Elliott, Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia Words – Oliver Innocent Touted as the heir to the throne of Stephen King, Liverpool-born horror novelist Clive Barker came to… Continue Reading “Candyman (1992)”
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2015 Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Starring: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose Words – Natalie Mills Based on manga series Seaside Town Diary, Our Little Sister follows the lives of three twenty-something sisters. Abandoned by their separated parents, they live together in the beautiful,… Continue Reading “Our Little Sister”
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Posted on December 29, 2019
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2019 Director: Greta Gerwig Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk Words – Carly Stevenson Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel treads similar terrain to her previous film Ladybird (2017) –… Continue Reading “Little Women”
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Posted on October 26, 2019
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Director: Richard Stanley Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Q’orianka Kilcher, Tommy Chong, Madeleine Arthur, Julian Hilliard, Brendan Meyer Words – Carly Stevenson Adapted from the H.P. Lovecraft short story by cult director Richard Stanley, Color Out of Space is a stunning spectacle of cosmic… Continue Reading “Color Out of Space”
Category: horror, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 2019, 2020, Adaptation, book, Cage, cinema, Color, Colour, cult, feature, February, film, H.P., horror, HP, January, Lovecraft, Mandy, movie, Nic, Nicolas, novel, of, Out, rage, release, review, Richard, Space, Stanley, Story, UK
Posted on January 20, 2019
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Director: Felix Van Groeningen Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Steve Carell, Amy Ryan, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Zachary Rifkin, Kue Lawrence Words – Rhiannon Topham When I came out of the screening for Beautiful Boy, I overheard a woman behind me say “when he [Steve… Continue Reading “Beautiful Boy”
Category: Reel SteelTags: 2018, 2019, Adaptation, addict, addiction, award, Beautiful, book, Boy, Carell, Chalamet, cinema, David, drama, film, movie, Nic, nominated, novel, review, Sheff, Steve, Timothee
Posted on October 4, 2018
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2018 Director: Lenny Abrahamson Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling Words – Carly Stevenson Faithfully adapted from the 2009 gothic novel by Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger is an elegant haunted house drama set against the backdrop of postwar Britain. Beginning… Continue Reading “The Little Stranger”
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2007 Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald Words – Nathan Scatcherd In a filmography which – it could comfortably be argued – boasts several absolutely essential films, The Coen Brothers’ 2007 adaptation of… Continue Reading “No Country For Old Men”
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2012 Director: Wes Anderson Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Jarvis Cocker, Adrien Brody, Wes Anderson Words – Rhiannon Topham “And so it begins…” These are the prophetic words of the titular vulpine as our… Continue Reading “Fantastic Mr Fox”
Category: animation, Reel SteelTags: Adaptation, Anderson, animated, animation, Bill, book, cinema, Dahl, Fantastic, film, Fox, Jason, movie, Mr, Murray, review, Roald, Schwartzman, Wes
Posted on September 10, 2017
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2017 Director: Andres Muschietti Starring: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton Words: Carly Stevenson 27 years after the 1990 miniseries aired, Warner Bros have finally reanimated Pennywise the Dancing Clown… Continue Reading “IT”
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Posted on September 25, 2016
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2016 – UK Director – Colm McCarthy Starring – Gemma Arterton, Sennia Nanua, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Fisayo Akinade Words – Joe H. This British zombie film is an adaptation of the book of the same name – written for the screen by… Continue Reading “The Girl With All The Gifts”
Category: horror, Reel SteelTags: 2016, Adaptation, book, British, Colm McCarthy, comic, film, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Mike Carey, movie, New Release, New Releases, Paddy Considine, review, Sennia Nanua, UK, writer, zombie, zombies