Before the screening began, a letter from Edgar Wright was read aloud, asking audiences not to spoil the twists and turns of the final act of Last Night in Soho, and after seeing the film, I know exactly why he did this. In this review, there will be no spoilers or plot points ruined that …
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LFF 2021 Review: Spencer – ‘The Haunting of Sandringham House’
*This article contains mention of certain moments and themes from Spencer (2021) but is mostly spoiler free and safe to read for someone who has yet to see the film. Arriving five years after director Pablo Larrain masterfully re-imagined the story of Jackie Kennedy and the aftermath of the ‘fall of camelot’, he returns again …
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Agnes (2021) – Fantasia Film Festival Review
The nuns of St Theresa’s convent are isolated from the rest of society, living a cult like life and obeying the rules. One of the nuns, Sister Agnes, becomes unruly and suddenly dangerous, leading to assumptions of demonic possession. This kicks the story off in earnest, as Father Donaghue is called to the convent. As …
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Oscars 2021 Predictions
My final predictions for who will win and who could win at this years Academy Awards. These are not necessarily the films I want to win, but instead those which I think will. Most Wins – Nomadland – 4 Best Picture Will Win: Nomadland Could Win: The Trial of the Chicago 7/Promising Young Woman Best …
Oscar Nomination Predictions
Most Nominations – Mank – 13 Best Picture Nomadland The Trial of the Chicago 7 Minari Promising Young Woman Mank Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom One Night in Miami… Judas and the Black Messiah Sound of Metal Alternate: The Father Best Director Chloe Zhao – Nomadland David Fincher – Mank Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald …
The Winter Lake (2021) – Review
A BlueFinch Film, Written by David Turpin, Directed by Phil Sheerin. When an unstable neighbour discovers a young woman’s dark secret, they get pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep it hidden. The Winter Lake comes from director Phil Sheerin and stars Anson Boon, Emma Mackey, Charlie Murphy, …
I Care A Lot (2021) – Review
A Netflix Original Picture, Written and Directed by J Blakeson. Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), along with her girlfriend Fran (Eiza Gonzalez), is a con woman who makes her living by persuading a judge to appoint her to guardianship over elders living on their own, under the guise that they cannot take care of themselves. When …
Golden Globes 2021 Predictions
This years Golden Globes feel unlike any other, mostly due to the Covid-19 pandemic but also due to the huge scandals breaking about the lack of diversity and dishonesty within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. However, despite all of this, these awards hold a lot of weight in the industry and here I will break …
Malcolm & Marie (2021) – Review
A Netflix Original Picture, Written and Directed by Sam Levinson. A filmmaker on the brink of Hollywood glory and his girlfriend, whose story made his career, find themselves pushed towards a reckoning as a single tumultuous night decides the fate of their relationship. Shot in one location during the Covid-19 pandemic, the film is written …
The Dig (2021) – Review
A Netflix Original Picture, Written by Moira Buffini, Directed by Simon Stone. With a country on the brink of war in the late 1930s, wealthy landowner Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) hires amateur archaeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to investigate the mounds on her property in England. He and his team discover a ship from the …
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