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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Kajillionaire (2020) – London Film Festival Review
A Universal Picture, Written and Directed By Miranda July. Two con artists, Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Theresa (Debra Winger), have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger, Melanie (Gina Rodriguez) into …
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Promising Young Woman (2020) – Review
A Focus Features Picture, Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell. Some films manage to pierce their way through the zeitgeist and into peoples minds and discussions, and the only way that is done is by being something extraordinary, whether in quality, subject matter or delivery. This film is all of them and when more people …
Notting Hill (1999) – Review
A Universal Picture, Written by Richard Curtis, Directed by Roger Michell. In the late 90s/early 00s, Hugh Grant became the face of the British rom-com, and for a long time, the genre then became defined by the posh British guy, living in a charming location and presenting an idealised version of Britain. While this is …
The King of Staten Island (2020) – Review
A Universal Picture, Written by Judd Apatow, Dave Sirus, Pete Davidson, Directed by Judd Apatow. Until this year I’d not particularly been a fan of Pete Davidson, but after his surprisingly good Netflix special from a few months ago, and now this very strong film, I think it’s clear he’s a real talent with a …
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Les Misérables (2012) – Review
A Universal Picture, Written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Directed by Tom Hooper. Tom Hooper has had a very odd last decade. Three of his films became Oscar winning successes for both him and his cast, and ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘The Kings Speech’ were box office smashes too, and then ‘Cats’ …
The Sting (1973) – Review
A Universal Picture, Written by David S. Ward, Directed by George Roy Hill. It’s no secret that this is one of the most legendary films of all time; adjusted for inflation it is one of the highest grossing films ever and it won multiple Oscars, including best picture. However, it also stands the test of …
Dark Waters (2019) – Review
A Universal Picture, Written by Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Directed by Todd Haynes. This is a film that unfortunately got lost in the awards race last year, but deserved much more, because it is an incredibly stirring story about one of the greatest (and least known about) scandal’s in human history. The scale of …
The Invisible Man (2020) – Review
A Universal Picture, Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell. Universal’s Dark Universe lasted exactly one movie, but the death of that planned cinematic franchise may have given birth to something much more special for the studio. Instead of a connected monsters universe, they instead decided to allow filmmakers to come up with an idea and …
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