Macbeth Review
Macbeth (2015) is the latest reboot in the long-running Shakespeare saga, one of the most successful series of all time (behind Bond, but above Harry Potter when adjusted for inflation).
In traditionalist ...
Miss You Already Review
Cancer is a cliché. It’s terrible, in real life, but in cinema, it’s a cliché. It’s the go-to slow death disease, that allows a character to ponder life and puts things in perspective. It’s simple. It’s easy....
Review of James Dean Biopic “Life”
James Dean died when he was twenty-four.
In spite of – or, more likely, because of – his untimely death, Dean became a screen icon, one of the great initiators of ‘the Method.’ He gave three great performa...
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Usually, if someone describes a film (or, indeed, a person) as kooky and quirky, I’ll hate it (or them). The film will probably star Zooey Deschanel as someone who only listens to vinyl and plays a ukulele ...
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Legend Review
In new film Legend (not to be confused with the same-named Tom Cruise fantasy debacle from 1985) Tom Hardy plays both Ronnie and Reggie Kray, twin gangsters who ran London in the 1960s. While they dream big, ...
American Ultra Review
Director: Nima Nourizadeh.
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton, Topher Grace.
Running Time: 96 Minutes.
Kristen Stewart has come a long way since her Twilight days. She's starred i...
No Escape Review
Typically, film reviews award stars as a mark of quality. However, these stars don’t account for the complexity of a reviewer’s reaction. A film (like the forthcoming Life) may have been somewhat of a disap...
Dope Review
Coming-of-age / high-school movies usually fall into two categories: there’s the meaningful, pensive sincerity of films like The Breakfast Club and The Perks of Being a Wallflower; and then there’s the bawdy ...
Trainwreck Review
Director: Judd Apatow.
Cast: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton.
Running Time: 125 Minutes.
When the raunchy romantic comedy first gained popularity in the '90s, they were seen as a ...