C’mon C’mon Movie Review
Joaquin Phoenix is Johnny, an audio documentarian who is traveling around the country interviewing young people to get their take on some of life’s biggest questions. He seems inward-facing and somewhat broken. He visits his estranged sister Viv (Gaby Hoffmann) and her son Jesse (Woody Norman).
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The relationship between the two siblings is frosty and when Viv has to travel to look after her husband, Jesse’s father, Johnny is tasked with looking after Jesse. The ...
Uncharted Movie Review
If this mirrors the action of actually playing the video game, then this approach makes a little more sense. As it is the film’s main momentum is built around the on-screen chemistry of its two male leads, Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg plays Victor Sullivan a self-centred veteran fortune hunter and Holland’s Nathan Drake is the starry-eyed newbie.
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The two main female characters played by Tati Gabrielle and Sophia Ali are not given that much to do but ...
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse Movie Review
Even as crazy as Road of the Dead was Writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner succeeds in ramping up the lunacy by a large degree. Brooke continues with her zombie whispering ways and Barry is a lone wolf surviving on pills and an expanded collection of gadgets to keep him safe and somewhat zombie-free. The Surgeon (Nicholas Boshier) also returns.
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The man in the yellow hazmat suit is still struggling to find a cure while hiding out in an underground bunker. While Barry ...
Drive My Car Movie Review
The story is intertwined with a production of the play Uncle Vanya by heavyweight Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Its main focus is on the life of actor/producer Yūsuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) but its generous running time allows a few other characters' stories to be told and interesting ones there are.
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Using a minimal, almost nonexistent soundtrack and long moments of silence, you are not steered to any established destination and left with enough time to ...
Marry Me Movie Review
If you’ve seen the trailer, you might already know the storyline. World-famous singer finds out on the eve of her televised wedding, that the intended has cheated on her with the lowly personal assistant. Her answer to this affront is to pick some random dude from the audience to complete the nuptials. Random dude being Owen Wilson and Jennifer Lopez being, well herself.
It unravels like a Jay Lo vanity project most of the time and Owen Wilson revisits a role he’s played way too many ...
Moonfall Movie Review
Advancing from pie plate UFOs, this time the moon is the menace heading to earth to cause devastation and destruction. So it’s time for outcast Astro boy Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson) and hot NASA heroine Jo Fowler (Halle Berry) to suit up and save the day. They drag along conspiracy theorist KC Houseman (John Bradley) to complete their ragtag team.
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Hitching a gravity-led sleigh ride to the moon after the repurposed space shuttle blows a gasket, they encounter ...
Belfast Movie Review
In its simplest terms, it was a conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late sixties to the late nineties. The underlining cause was the factions in Northern Ireland that wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom and others that wanted to leave to the UK to form their own country.
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The story is told through the eyes of nine-year-old Buddy (the transcendent newcomer Jude Hill) and his family who had to ...
Parallel Mothers Movie Review
Continuing her long association with Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz plays Janis a world-class photographer who becomes pregnant after a night of passion with Arturo (Israel Elejalde) a forensic archaeologist. She enlists his help to appeal to the government to excavate a mass grave site this possibly contains the remains of her family members. They were victims of fascist aggressors during the Spanish Civil War.
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In the maternity ward, Janis meets Ana (Milena Smit) a ...
Spencer Movie Review
Things were not helping by her choice of partner. To say Prince Charles came with baggage is a severe understatement. His heart lie elsewhere and the marriage was little more than transactional. Her unhappiness after almost a decade in the circus is palpable in almost every scene. Director Pablo Larraín (Jackie and Ema) and Cinematographer Claire Mathon sell the bleakness with washed-out colours and grey skies.
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With Hollywood typecasting in full swing, you know ...
House Of Gucci Movie Review
Having caught a documentary before seeing the film on the real-life story that underlines this tale, it only hints at the depravity and manipulation that took place. Everyone has an agenda and they are all completely self-serving. The acting is also gloriously overstated and perfectly suits this fable of overindulgence. Lady Gaga is particularly adaptable at this excess.
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There is entertainment to be had in several ways. It’s a lot of fun to catch the scenes that ...
