Having last directed and co-written the bravely satirical Four Lions (2010), Chris Morris returns basically a decade later with another bravely satirical film, only this is pretty different. It’s pretty different because the story’s mainly about a multi-ethnic Miami preacher (Moses, wonderfully played by Marchant Davis), who while the FBI is in the midst of,…

I haven’t really watched much of Adam Sandler’s comedy, because I can tell it’s not for me. This looked pretty cool though and he did a really good job in Punch-Drunk Love of playing a more dramatic role, so I decided to give Uncut Gems a shot. Worth saying too before I definitely get into…

Anyone who knows me would probably acknowledge I’m passionate about issues such as #MeToo. And this has been marketed as the first big #MeToo-related film (not a surprise given it has actors such as Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie and that it targets a Fox News boss scandal, all set during Trump’s pre-election campaign). So…

Some complain about there being too many superhero films. For me, there’s too many history-related+biopic movies around awards season. So it’d take something special in this film category to impress me. Did 1917 impress me? Let’s find out.. Sam Mendes – as the director and co-writer – builds on what he did with the last…

I didn’t know anything about the story of Little Women itself or previous film adaptations going in, so I felt new as I sat down to watch it. Coming not knowing anything about it at all, did this put me at a disadvantage? Or did Greta Gerwig, the writer and director, suck me in anyway?…

So, a particular narrative structure of Star Wars (the Skywalker Saga), definitively comes to an end here. Question is though, with 40+ built-up years of hype and JJ Abrams basically as the director sort of being brought on at the last minute etc., does The Rise Of Skywalker deliver? It’s sort of a mixed question…

I didn’t know anything about the real-life story going in, so this was already set out to be an interesting experience. Basically, the story’s about an automotive car designer Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon, charming+committed), teaming up with a British racer (Christian Bale, also charming+committed to the role, if not even more so!) to…

Based on a non-fiction? book I Heard Your Paint Houses and accordingly the story of Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) allegedly killing the union mob leader Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), we find the director Martin Scorsese and everyone else really working at their best. Plus, notably, this was financed and distributed by Netflix but does…

I read about this in Sight & Sound magazine and it sure stimulated my curiosity. So, what did I think of the film? First, it’s about two friends Timmy and Marco, split between two Deptford and Peckham (South-East London areas) gangs and unfortunately then get drawn into a conflict. What’s interesting about how this is…