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Posted on October 18, 2020
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2020 Director: Josephine Decker Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, Victoria Pedretti Words – Carly Stevenson The first thing to note about Shirley is that it is not a biopic. At least not in the traditional sense. Adapted from the novel… Continue Reading “Shirley”
Category: Reel Steel, Women in FilmTags: 2020, cinema, Decker, Elisabeth, female, film, Jackson, Josephine, lead, Moss, movie, novel, review, Shirley, women
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”
Category: Reel Steel, Women in FilmTags: 2019, Adaptation, Alcott, Amy, Beth, boo, Chalamet, cinema, Dern, Eliza, Emma, feature, film, Florence, Gerwig, Greta, Jo, Laura, Little, Louisa, March, May, Meg, Meryl, movie, novel, Pugh, review, Ronan, Saoirse, Scanlen, sister, sisters, Streep, Timothee, Watson, women
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”
Category: Reel SteelTags: 2018, Abrahamson, Adaptation, book, British, Charlotte, cinema, Domhnall, drama, film, Ghost, Gleeson, gothic, haunted, horror, house, Lenny, Little, movie, novel, period, Poulter, Rampling, review, Ruth, Story, Stranger, The, UK, Will, Wilson
Posted on August 13, 2018
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2018 Director: Haifaa al-Mansour Starring: Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Douglas Booth, Joanne Froggatt, Tom Sturridge, Bel Powley Words – Carly Stevenson Not unlike the sorry creature of Mary Shelley’s visionary novel, director Haifaa al-Mansour’s biopic is a flawed creation that was conceived with good… Continue Reading “Mary Shelley”
Category: Reel Steel, Women in FilmTags: 2018, biopic, cinema, Elle, Fanning, film, Frankenstein, gothic, Maisie, Mary, movie, novel, review, Shelley, Williams, writer
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”
Category: Reel SteelTags: Adaptation, Bardem, Brolin, Brothers, cinema, Coen, Cormac, Country, Ethan, film, For, genre, Javier, Joel, Josh, McCarthy, men, modern, movie, neo, neo-western, No, novel, Old, review, Western
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”
Category: horror, Reel SteelTags: Adaptation, Bill, book, cinema, clown, film, horror, It, King, movie, novel, Pennywise, review, Skarsgard, Stephen