Director Michael Mann can be hit or miss, but Ferrari is definitely a hit. Enzo Ferrari, owner of the most prestigious brand of race cars in Italy after the end of the war, is faced with bankruptcy if he cannot get more interest in his cars. Compounding this, his business partner and estranged wife, and…
Tag: drama
Review: Eileen
A moody, retro, psychological thriller. 24-year old wallflower Eileen exists in an unfulfilled void between her job at the local prison and living with her alcoholic father. But when co-worker Rebecca arrives at the prison, Eileen’s life is about to be electrified. Directed by William Oldroyd (Lady MacBeth), Eileen is adapted from the 2015 novel…
Review: Dream Scenario
One of the weirder, but very consumable, comedies seen in a while. Paul Matthews is your average, everyday man. But his life changes forever when people across the globe, people who don’t even know him, are experiencing dreams with him in them. How does this phenomenon affect him… and the world? A big release by…
Review: Oppenheimer
Don’t ask director Christopher Nolan how a car works. You will get an answer, but it will probably be elaborate and overcomplicated. As Nazi Germany invades Poland, the United States turn to any solution to end the war. They turn to a theoretical physicist named Robert Oppenheimer, and so begins a secret arms race to…
Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Mission: Impossible continues to impress in its penultimate entry. Ethan Hunt and his crew are still seen as rogues who get the job done. But when an algorithmic AI goes missing and appears to be a threat to global digital security, they might be on their most difficult mission yet. Directed and co-written by Christopher…
Review: Asteroid City
It is always nice to experience a director’s distinct style, even when the film is quite bonkers. Asteroid City is a play written about a widower and his family travelling to an isolated town in the desert to take part in a science stargazing event. But events certainly take a turn for the weird. Directed…
Review: Air
It certainly would take Amazon Studios to fund a movie about a product. Set in 1984, sports brand Nike is struggling against its competitors, but one of their employees wants to make a deal with rising Basketball star Michael Jordan. Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, with Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman, and Chris…
Review: Broker
A road trip movie that is also a sombre experience about what family means to different people. When a mother drops her unwanted baby at a baby box in Korea, two men take the baby to sell it on to loving parents. But when the mother returns, the three agree to find suitable parents together….
Review: The Whale
Intense, claustrophobic, and very moving. Maybe not for everyone, though. Charlie teaches online courses to improve people’s essay and academic writing skills, yet he is housebound do to years of an eating disorder causing him to gain near-fatal amounts of weight. While others around him help or hinder his emotions, is this Charlie’s last week?…
Review: The Fabelmans
A profoundly moving piece that marries a coming-of-age story and a love letter to not only movie-making, but to what it is to be a creative. Jewish family the Fabelmans are as pretty as a picture for their young son Sam, and when he is first introduced to movies his life is changed forever. However,…