Hymn of Hate (2018) Director: Matt Kennard Screenwriter: Matt Kennard Starring: Russell Tovey, Thomas Turgoose, Andrew Knott Hymn of Hate begins with the sound of a quiet swell of wind against grass, the black screen reading credits. The deep tones of a deftly composed war score welcome the opening shot of a camera tracking across a […]
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Leatherface (2017) Director: Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo Screenplay: Seth M. Sherwood Starring: Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, Lili Taylor Leatherface is a…horror film? I think the scariest thing about it is that it was made. If you’re a fan of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but you also wanna know how Leatherface got
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A Star Is Born (2018) Director: Bradley Cooper Screenwriters: Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Dave Chappelle, Anthony Ramos, Andrew Dice Clay, Rafi Gavron, Greg Grunberg A Star Is Born has returned to the silver screen for the fourth time, with the 2018 incarnation being driven by screenwriter, director
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This review was originally posted to Austentatious Darling by Darcy Rae. Death Note (2017) Director: Adam Wingard Screenwriters: Charles Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater Starring: Nat Wolff, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Wigham, Willem Dafoe Truly, I don’t know where to begin assessing the car crash of Netflix’s much anticipated adaptation of the popular ‘Death
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Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) Review Director: Steve Barron Screenwriters: Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith Starring: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Phillip Jackson, Phil Jupitus, Dean Lennox Kelly ‘To you football is a matter of life and Death!’ ‘Listen, it’s more important than that!’ ‘Maybe, I could review a football film or something, you
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The Breadwinner (2017) Review Director: Nora Twomey Screenplay: Anita Doron, Deborah Ellis Starring: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq, Ali Badshah, Shaista Latif, Kawa Ada With every raved review of the latest animated blockbuster, I have cause to wonder if I’ve already died on the inside. I won’t lie… the likes of Moana
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Tomb Raider (2018) Director: Roar Uthaug Screenwriters: Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Alastair Siddons. Starring: Alicia Vikander, Maisy De Freitas, Emily Carey, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Nick Frost, Jaime Winstone, Hannah John-Kamen, Antonio Aakeel, Duncan Airlie James. Plot: When the young Lara Croft finds her missing father’s research on Himiko, an
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Director: Jon Watts Screenwriters: John Francis Daley, Christopher Ford, Jonathan Goldstein, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey, Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Hannibal Buress, Tony Revolori, Laura Harrier, Martin Starr, Jacob Batalon Spider-Man is back (again… for the third reboot of the
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Annie Waits (2017) Director: Marnie Paxton Screenwriter: Chris Anastasi Starring: April Kelley, Sam Gittins, Sarah Huxley, Alex Jordan, Andrew Simpson, Sam Swainsbury. Witty and intelligent, Marnie Paxton’s Annie Waits takes a satirical look at the search for a perfect romantic partner and the trying aspects of young adulthood in just under nine minutes of honest,
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Director: Sean Meehan Screenwriter: Sean Meehan Starring: Tory Berner, Steven Conroy Plot: Cori is an actress, but her main gig is a little bit different. She works for a company that employs actors to play apposite real people who want to rehearse a difficult conversation. A breakup, a firing or even an embarrassing confession: the
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