I wouldn’t usually go and watch a new Saw film, at least since they gained more and more of a ridiculous reputation. I can even recall them coming out when I was in secondary school and being jealous over not being able to watch them because of being too young. Since then the films have…
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Wonder Woman 1984
It’s been a really interesting year, certainly for film, and with Wonder Woman 1984 accidentally being 2020’s closing movie there’s pressure riding on that to deliver. Worth a watch? For sure it’s worth watching. To go too much into why’s spoilery but I can say that amidst its epic OTT spectacle is a well-earned message…
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Back in July I came across Sasha Baron Cohen pranking a far-right rally while disguised as a singer. Knowing him I assumed this was all part of a project, although I wasn’t sure what. Now I definitely get an answer. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm takes place exactly today and follows Borat as he goes to America…
Ammonite – A BFI Film Festival Screening
I watched this in Southampton with a good female friend and I suppose this being natural as we were spaced three seats apart, Ammonite’s sheer intimacy ultimately wasn’t too awkward then. The story’s about a British palaeontologist, Mary Anning (played by Kate Winslet, in what frankly’s probably her best performance since Titanic!), resigned to her…
Rocks
Sarah Gavron, as the director, previously did Suffragette (2015). That was a reasonably raw and dare I say it, single-minded (although focused) insight into what they fought for back in the early 1900s, specifically in London. Here there is also a focus on female empathy (within an urban environment although obviously the results are no…
Tenet
“Don’t try to understand it, feel it”. Clemency Poesy plays a physicist that says this to John David Washington’s character (only known as The Protagonist) early on, in Christopher Nolan’s latest. It’s probably the most appropriate message to apply when seeing it as though it’s definitely engaging from beginning to end, it keeps stimulating your…
Coronation
Both Netflix and Amazon – alleged by the director (Ai Weiwei) – turned down distributing Coronation (2020) out of fear of upsetting Chinese business. Netflix have denied this, Amazon no comment. In any case it might just be what it is. Having now watched the documentary myself I think I can understand their point-of-view, if…
Host
Horror films tends to proliferate in sub-genre cycles, whether it be “found footage” initiated by Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and truly entering the mainstream with The Blair Witch Project (1999), or the so-called “torture porn” one thanks especially to Saw (2004) and Hostel (2005). Now, and I’m not exactly surprised, we have what could be a…
Da 5 Bloods
When I first heard about George Floyd, my immediate thoughts were about Spike Lee’s masterpiece Do The Right Thing (1989). I won’t spoil much for those who haven’t watched it, other than to say there’s a scene that unfortunately immediately highlights its relevance again. Why bringing this up while reviewing his latest, Da 5 Bloods as…
Titanic: A Retrospective Review
I decided to order the Blu-Ray on a whim and see what I made of James Cameron’s Titanic all these years later, since first watching it with my mother back in 2009. Subsequently, my immediate response after rewatching is it’s still a hell of an experience. There must be more to it than just saying…
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