This article was originally published on SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018/19) Director: Marielle Heller Screenwriters: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? deftly tells a story that is so bizarre it could only be true, with […]
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Escape Room (2019) Director: Adam Robitel Screenplay: Bragi F. Schut and Maria Melnik Starring: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, Nik Dodani SPOILERS AHEAD! I really like Saw II. The first is great, the third is fine, and everything beyond that are contrived, formulaic attempts at creating continuity. What could one gain by
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When Harry Met Sally (1989) Director: Rob Reiner Screenwriter: Nora Ephron Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby Despite it approaching the big 3-0, Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally still seems to fiercely hold its own against contenders, proudly wearing the crown of Greatest Romantic Comedy Ever Made with smug pride… allegedly. Now, I am
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Stan & Ollie (2019) Director: Jon S. Baird Screenwriter: Jeff Pope Starring: John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones From the director of Filth and the writer of Philomena comes a picture about the legends of cinema we all know and love to be Laurel & Hardy, Stan & Ollie, a film that has all
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Bird Box (2018) Director: Susanne Bier Screenwriter: Eric Heisserer Starring: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, Machine Gun Kelly, BD Wong What are the monsters in Bird Box? Is it possible that the apocalyptic threat is a metaphor for our demons? Susanne
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Director: Rob Marshall Screenwriter: David Magee Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth Rob Marshall’s Disney-made, 54 years in the making Mary Poppins sequel promised to reignite the spark of magic and mischief first put to screen by Robert Stevenson
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The Favourite (2019) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Screenwriters: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara Starring: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn An early reading of the C word by Nicholas Hoult set the tone for Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest dark comedy, the delectable dialogue of this subversive period drama being as much of a high
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Aquaman (2018) Director: James Wan Screenwriters: Will Beall, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, Ludi Lin, Michael Beach, Randall Park Despite the seemingly continuous reign of success atop of the worldwide box office in recent years for the Marvel Cinematic
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Screenwriter: Phil Lord Starring: Shameik Moore, Chris Pine, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoe Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber Sony Pictures Animation’s hotly anticipated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse promised to take the idea of
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Bleach (2018) Director: Shinsuke Sato Screenwriters: Shinsuka Sato, Daisuka Habara, Ardwright Chamberlain Starring: Sôta Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Miyavi, Taichi Saotome, Erina Mano, Yû Koyanagi, Seiichi Tanabe So Netflix seems to have twigged that live-action anime adaptions bring in a lot of popularity from people like me who love to hate watch them, and
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