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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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 …
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 …
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) – Review
A Warner Bros Picture, Written by Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas, Directed by Shaka King. “You can murder a liberator, but you can’t murder liberation. You can murder a revolutionary, but you can’t murder revolution. And you can murder a freedom fighter, but you can’t murder freedom!” Judas and the Black Messiah …
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Wolfwalkers (2020) – London Film Festival Review
An Apple TV Picture, Written by Will Collins, Directed by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart. In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn (Honor Kneafsey), comes to Ireland with her father (Sean Bean) to wipe out the last pack. …
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Supernova (2021) – London Film Festival Review
A StudioCanal Picture, Written and Directed by Harry Macqueen. Supernova (2021) tells the story of Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), partners for 20 years, as they travel across England to the Lake District, reuniting with friends and family. Tusker has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, so the pair plan to spend as …
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Another Round (2020) – London Film Festival Review
A Nordisk Picture, Written by Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Another Round (2020) revolves around four high school teachers, all at different impasses in their lives, as they consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. It is written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg …
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