AfrAId (2024)Director: Chris WeitzScreenwriters: Chris WeitzStarring: John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dastmalchian, Keith Carradine In late 2022, Blumhouse, a studio known for making one good and successful movie every so often which then in turn funds ten abominations, released M3GAN, a sci-fi thriller about a robotic doll that gains sentience […]
AfrAId (2024) Review Read More »
The Third Man (1949)Director: Carol ReedScreenwriters: Graham GreeneStarring: Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee The Third Man is a film that is more legend than picture. A Palme d’Or winner in 1949, and winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black and White for Robert Krasker in 1951, Carol
‘The Third Man’ at 75 – Review Read More »
Alien: Romulus (2024)Director: Fede ÁlvarezScreenwriters: Fede Álvarez, Rodo SayaguesStarring: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renauz, Isabela Merced, Spike Dearn, Aileen Wu The Alien franchise has had its ups and downs. The first film, from 1979 and directed by Ridley Scott, is a stone cold classic, one of the best horror and science-fiction films of all
Alien: Romulus (2024) Review Read More »
Twisters (2024)Director: Lee Isaac ChungScreenwriter: Mark L. SmithStarring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane Blockbusters are usually cannon fodder for the film critic, because they’re often stupid, lacking in any kind of brainpower or general enjoyment, and cost such astronomical amounts of money that it borders on offensive. More
Twisters (2024) Review Read More »
Marnie (1964)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriter: Jay Presson AllenStarring: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Mertin Gabel, Louise Latham, Bob Sweeney It could be suggested that iconic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock released his last great film in 1963 with The Birds. It’s certainly one of the films people know him for the most, even those who are not
‘Marnie’ at 60 – Review Read More »
North by Northwest (1959)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Ernest LehmanStarring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams Director Alfred Hitchcock, after over three decades of film directing, had helmed many kinds of motion picture by the time 1959 rolled around. Some were complete disasters (Waltzes
‘North by Northwest’ at 65 – Review Read More »
Twister (1996)Director: Jan de BontScreenwriters: Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie MartinStarring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck At a certain point, one has to ask themselves an important question: what’s the most Spielberg a film can get when Steven Spielberg is only producing through his company, Amblin Entertainment?
Twister (1996) Review Read More »
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)Director: Otto PremingerScreenwriter: Wendell MayesStarring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C. Scott, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Kathryn Grant, Brooks West, Orson Bean, Murray Hamilton, Joseph N. Welch Courtroom dramas tend to get the blood pumping. There’s nothing quite like a shouted “Objection!” at the right time to turn a story on
‘Anatomy of a Murder’ at 65 – Review Read More »
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
Sister Wives (2024) Short Film Review Read More »
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahScreenwriters: Chris Bremner, Will BeallStarring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Rhea Seehorn, Joe Pantoliano, Quinn Hemphill Questions must be asked in films, and with the fourth instalment of the Bad
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) Review Read More »