Tag: New Releases
Hidden Figures
2016 – USA Director: Theodore Melfi Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe Words: Christian Abbott This is another necessary tale untold by Hollywood which is now getting its due. And that is very much the case; this is a story of inherent merit… Continue Reading “Hidden Figures”
Jackie
2016 – USA / France / Chile Director: Pablo Larraín Starring: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig Words: Christian Abbott This is an imperfect but deeply intimate picture, emotional from start to finish, elevated by a career best performance from Natalie Portman in the… Continue Reading “Jackie”
Silence
2017 – USA, Taiwan, Mexio Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver Words: Christian Abbott It all began in 1966, when Martin Scorsese first read a novel of historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō, from which this film is adapted.… Continue Reading “Silence”
Split
2016 -USA Director: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula Words: Nathan Scatcherd It’s no secret that M. Night Shyamalan has become something of a joke in recent years. Having helmed the effectively creepy The Sixth… Continue Reading “Split”
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”
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”
Inferno
2016 – USA Director: Ron Howard Starring: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Irrfan Khan Words: S. Nix The third film to be based on a Dan Brown novels, after The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons, sees protagonist and… Continue Reading “Inferno”
Under The Shadow
2016 – UK / Iran Director – Babak Anvari Starring – Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshandi, Bobby Naderi Words – C. Abbott Let’s get this out of the way with right now, if there’s a screening of this film near you – see it. It’s… Continue Reading “Under The Shadow”
The Girl On The Train
2016 – USA Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux Words: C. Abbott Upon entering the theatre to see this one the expectations were mixed to say the least. Hearing the murmurs of lacklustre changes from the… Continue Reading “The Girl On The Train”
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