Anemone Movie Review
The film is beautifully crafted with an amazing visual aesthetic. The drone shots are particularly impressive at establishing the out in the wilderness feel. The sound design is also noteworthy, as no matter how lush and green the visuals are, there is an edginess imparted through the music used as the film score. It is noisey post-rock in nature and emanates almost entirely from the side speakers in the cinema. This acts to never lets you relax into mere travelogue mode.
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The Bride! Movie Review
We’ve never seen Jessie Buckley, as the Bride, so electric. She fills every scene with a strong sense of danger as her character transforms in a wild arc. Christian Bale, almost unrecognisable at first as Frankenstein's Monster, fills the screen with an almost overwhelming mix of aggression and sadness. Annette Bening is also fabulous as Dr Euphronius, who is tasked with bringing the dead back to life.
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Every scene has a purpose, and this kinetic energy powers ...
Solo Mio Movie Review
Matt Taylor (Kevin James) proposes to his girlfriend Heather (Better Call Saul alumni Julie Ann Emery) in front of the entirety of his fourth-grade students. After her positive response, they plan a dream wedding to take place in Rome. When the wedding advances to the vows segment, Heather is nowhere to be seen.
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Left reeling, Matt is convinced to still stay in Rome, due to the lack of a refund, and to complete the honeymoon solo. He soon comes in contact with Gia ...
Wuthering Heights Movie Review
We follow Catherine Earnshaw (Charlotte Mellington as the child and Margot Robbie as the adult) and Heathcliff (Owen Cooper and Jacob Elordi) from their early life under the destructive rule of Cathy's father, Mr Earnshaw (Martin Clunes). He becomes the guardian of Heathcliff. Their life together is filled with hardship caused by the family patriarch’s drinking and gambling. This drives the two to live in a fantasy world and to become very close.
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Crime 101 Movie Review
Revolving around the antics of old school detective Lou (Mark Ruffalo), who is falling out of favour with the higher-ups in his all-consuming quest to take down a successful bandit. One who uses the brain instead of brawn to complete his audacious transgressions. Lou is also in the midst of a number of life-changing moments. His wife Angie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is leaving him, and his superiors are running out of patience with his single-mindedness.
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Shelter Movie Review
Through circumstance, he has to travel to the mainland for supplies and is ensnared by a secret government plan to use everyone’s phones and CCTVs to identify criminals, and this leads to the unwinding of his solitude. This breach also envelopes the life of Jesse (Bodhi Rae Breathnach), the niece of his army buddy. Together, they are forced off the island and to go on the run.
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The subtext of a wide spread and illegal government spying effort adds a bit of ...
Send Help Movie Review
Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) is a mousey office worker who tries the patience of all her co-workers with her clumsy attempts at connection and over-the-top positivity. This hides a deeply lonely person who lives by herself, with her only real friend being a pet bird. When the patriarch of the company she works for passes away and she is overlooked for promotion in favour of the arsehole son, her world becomes that much dimmer.
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With the establishment of that ...
The Boy In The Woods Movie Review
Max (Jett Klyne) escapes from the Nazis, but his mother and sister are taken away to the death camps. He finds a relative who helps him with his escape and to find a safe refuge. He hides in plain sight as a member of a small family on a farm, but when that becomes too risky, he takes cover in the woods surrounding the farm.
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This isolation almost becomes unbearable when he finds a fellow escapee, Yanek (David Kohlsmith) and the two become close. Theirs is a life ...
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Movie Review
We are dropped into this out-of-control world with more characters and more story lines to follow. The architect of the bone yard, Dr Kelson (Ralph Fiennes), returns and has actually become friends with an infected alpha male by the name of Sampson (Chi Lewis-Parry). His medical curiosity is engaged by his connection with this monster of a man through getting him addicted to opioids.
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Elsewhere, Spike (Alfie Williams) returns and he has become a member of a ...
The Choral Movie Review
Set in 1916 during World War 1, a local choral society is losing members to the war effort. When the choirmaster quits to joins the military, a replacement must be found. The man chosen is Dr Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes), an unlikely choice. His homosexuality, Germanophilia and atheism divide the members of the small town. He is, however, excellent at his job and eventually whips the ragtag group into shape.
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This lengthy transition forms the backbone of the film, ...
