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Lumberjack the Monster (2023) Review
Lumberjack the Monster (2023)Director: Takashi MiikeScreenwriter: Hiroyoshi KoiwaiStarring: Kazuya Kamenashi, Nanao, Riho Yoshioka Best known for the excessive, visceral violence of Audition and Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike is one of the most prolific modern Japanese directors. Sadism seems to be an intentionally integral aspect of Miike’s canon, in a way that would be comparable…
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Kinds of Kindness (2024) Review
Kinds of Kindness (2024)Director: Yorgos LanthimosScreenwriters: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis FilippouStarring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie, Yorgos Stefanakos If you popped along to your local cinema to see Poor Things back in January, you may be shocked to see that Yorgos Lanthimos has yet another film releasing already, only…
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Sister Wives (2024) Short Film Review
Sister Wives (2024)Director: Louisa Connolly-BurnhamScreenwriters: Louisa Connolly-BurnhamStarring: Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Michael Fox It starts getting worrying in contemporary life when someone playing Snake on an old Nokia is a sign of times long past, but this is the state of things. Historical fiction films can now talk about security camera surveillance and phones and…
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‘The Notebook’ at 20 – Review
The Notebook (2004)Director: Nick CassavetesScreenwriter: Jeremy LevenStarring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Kevin Connolly, Sam Shepard, Joan Allen. When The Notebook was released in the summer of 2004, critics and audiences seemed split in their response to the film. Based on the 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name,…
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‘The Lion King’ at 30 – Review
The Lion King (1994)Directors: Roger Allers, Rob MinkoffScreenwriters: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton Starring: Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Madge Sinclair, Frank Welker Along with the Oscar-nominated Beauty and the Beast, The…
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True Romance (1993) Review
True Romance (1993)Director: Tony ScottScreenwriter: Quentin TarantinoStarring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken Directed by Top Gun‘s Tony Scott and written by Pulp Fiction’s Quentin Tarantino, True Romance is a fantastical rollercoaster ride of a film. Its tale of two lovers on the run recalls films like…
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‘Chinatown’ at 50 – Review
Chinatown (1974)Director: Roman PolanskiScreenwriter: Robert TowneStarring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Dick Bakalyan, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Belinda Palmer, Burt Young Films considered classics, masterpieces, among the greatest ever made, balance all aspects of the art form but are often remembered for…
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‘Tarzan’ at 25 – Review
Tarzan (1999)Directors: Kevin Lima, Chris BuckScreenwriters: Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni WhiteStarring: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Rosie O’Donnell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henrikson, Wayne Knight In 1999, Disney Animation Studios were at their peak following a decade of both critical and commercial success during the so-called Disney Renaissance. In this period, new…
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Looking for Eric (2009) Review
Looking for Eric (2009)Director: Ken LoachScreenwriter: Paul LavertyStarring: Steve Evets, Matthew McNulty, Eric Cantona, Justin Moorhouse, Stefan Gumbs, John Henshaw, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is struggling. His diagnosis, whether something medical or purely the hardships of life, is never given. Frankly, it isn’t important. To keep it vague is to keep…
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Watch the Lights (2024) Review
Watch the Lights (2024)Director: Alex Ayre Everyone can relate to the journey of the dreamer, the conqueror, and the artist – to those with an extraordinary dedication to expression, both of the self and towards others. We can all see ourselves in the heroes that fall and get back up again, and we are each…