Welcome to Marwen could be the closest we get to seeing Steve Carell carry an war/action movie but Marwen excels when it actually comments on the effects of trauma and PTSD. There is a clear and very neat hook at the … Continue reading Welcome to Marwen (2018) Review
Taking a medium usually synonymous with children and aiming it squarely at adults is not a new concept but it is one that can work very effectively. Team America did it, as did South Park (no coincidence that they came from … Continue reading The Happytime Murders (2018) Review
Creed managed an impossible task of breathing life into a franchise long thought dead. Rocky Balboa ended the Rocky franchise with a suitable chapter but Creed managed to show that there was life in Rocky as a supporting character and that … Continue reading Creed II (2018) Review
Ralph Breaks the Internet is a very clever movie. In the same way that Wreck-It Ralph managed to lampoon and parody a host of famous video-games, while highlighting and spoofing the many tropes that many gamers will recognise, the sequel manages … Continue reading Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Review
It is difficult to treat Bandersnatch as a movie. It is designed to be consumed as a film, with a clear narrative, characters to root for and being available on Netflix, a platform designed for this sort of media. However, Bandersnatch … Continue reading Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) Review
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a difficult one to review. It is a movie comprised of segments; individual stories with a western theme. They vary from comedy, to drama, to the macabre and back again. Each one has it’s own … Continue reading Oscars 2019: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) Review
Whether you enjoy Roma or not will be entirely dependent on whether you enjoy movies that lack any actual narrative. To say that Roma has no story may be oversimplifying things slightly and a disservice to director Alfonso Cuaron but if … Continue reading Oscars 2019: Roma (2018) Review
There is something to be said for letting a story breathe and develop in it’s own time. There is no hurried pace to If Beale Street Could Talk. It doesn’t feel the need to rush through to get to the more … Continue reading Oscars 2019: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Review
First Reformed is a master-class in character study. It takes it’s time and doesn’t try to force the story too far. It moves at a fairly slow pace but in doing so gives the central figure, played by Ethan Hawke, time … Continue reading Oscars 2019: First Reformed (2018) Review
When looking at synopsis for At Eternity’s Gate you will find many summarise the movie as: “A film about the years Vincent Van Gogh spent painting in Southern France.” This hardly fills anyone with excitement or intrigue and unfortunately, the movie … Continue reading Oscars 2019: At Eternity’s Gate (2018) Review
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