A modern day classic, perhaps? The explosives expert in a modern revolutionary militia finds himself and his daughter hunted by American military police. One Battle After Another is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. No, not the one who makes the symmetrical movies, nor the one who made the Resident Evil movies. This Anderson brought us…
Tag: drama
Review: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
That was quite underwhelming. Two lonely hearts at a wedding are brought together by a mysterious car rental agency. Together they go through a life-affirming journey and perhaps see different sides of themselves. Directed by Kogonada, and starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, the film makes us ask the question: what is a movie title?…
Review: The Life of Chuck
Whoever said this is “The best Stephen King film ever made” is insane. At the end of the world we also say goodbye, and thank you, to Chuck. Directed by Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Hush, Gerald’s Game) comes this adaptation of a Stephen King novella. It stars Tom Hiddleston (Avengers) Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a…
Review: Tornado
A straight-forward revenge flick. Two traveling performers become involved with a gang of thieves. A young girl in a strange land must fight back against those that pursue her. Written and directed by John Maclean, a relative newcomer to the director’s chair, Tornado is everything you’d expect from a revenge movie. Starring Tim Roth, Takehiro…
Review: The Surfer
Each year we get a weird and unsettling Nic Cage movie. A father takes his son surfing at the beach he grew up with. But when the locals don’t take kindly to their appearance, the father risks everything to keep his dream alive. The Surfer is a grim but striking movie directed by Lorcan Finnegan,…
Review: The Penguin Lessons
Quirky little movie with more heart than expected. Tom Michell is a curmudgeonly English teacher in the 1970s, moving to Argentina for work at a school. But when he rescues a penguin on the beach, he’s going to have his eyes opened. The Penguin Lessons is a film based off true events, directed by Peter…
Review: Black Bag
A sleek thriller revolving around the melodrama of awful people. George and Kathryn have been happily married for years, despite working in the confines of an intelligence agency. But their careers and lives are at stake when George is tipped off that someone is working against them… and that someone could be his wife. Directed…
Review: A Complete Unknown
Another musician biopic. This one about beginnings and endings. A young man arrives in New York City in the 1960s to meet his musical heroes. His journey is influenced and moulded by them, but this prodigy cannot be contained for long. A quick recovery from director James Mangold (Ford Vs Ferrari, Logan) since the disastrous…
Review: Better Man
Intentionally, the film is far more affecting that appearances might suggest. A dramatization following the personal story of British pop singer Robbie Williams, his meteoric highs and crashing lows. Directed by Michael Gracey (2017’s The Greatest Showman) and starring Kate Mulvany, Raechelle Banno, Steve Pemberton, and of course… Robbie Williams, the film turned heads for…
Review: Wicked
You know what…? It was quite fun. Before Dorothy fell from the sky and into the land of Oz, two aspiring witches of very different backgrounds meet. A conspiracy lurks as well, but can they settling their differences and discover what is wrong in the wonderful world? Wicked has quite the history. Unfortunately I personally…