Lift (12A)

Dir: F. Gary Gray Cast: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ursula Corbero, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, Sam Worthington This uninspired and painfully unfunny heist caper is the latest in a long line of generic and forgettable Netflix original movies Following my viewing of the first major release of 2024, the unfortunately underwhelming... Continue Reading →

Poor Things (18)

Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, Jerrod Carmichael Emma Stone gives a career best performance as an experimental subject on a journey of discovery in Yorgos Lanthimos' bizarre and occasionally ruthless fantasy comedy. Ever since the release of his third directorial feature Dogtooth in 2009, an extreme... Continue Reading →

Night Swim (15)

Dir: Bryce McGuire Cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amelie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren Kerry Condon and Wyatt Russell try their best to keep the latest Blumhouse horror afloat but this schlocky swimming pool horror never truly embraces its ridiculous concept In recent times it has almost become a new year tradition to follow up the weighty... Continue Reading →

Society of the Snow (15)

Dir: J. A. Bayona Cast: Matias Recalt, Agustin Pardella, Felipze Gonzalez Otano, Luciano Chatton, Valentino Alonso, Francisco Romero, Agustin Berruti, Enzo Vogrincic J. A. Bayona's visceral retelling of the 1972 Andes flight disaster is an inspirational and equally traumatizing tale of survival Back in 2007, Spanish filmmaker J. A. Bayona broke onto the scene with... Continue Reading →

Daily Writing Prompt

Daily writing promptIf you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?View all responses Follow and subscribe to DanLovesFilm for all the latest movie reviews, releases and award season news.

Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (15)

Dir: Zack Snyder Cast: Cast: Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Michiel Huisman, Djimon Hounsou, Donna Bae, Ray Fisher, Cleopatra Coleman, Jena Malone, Ed Skrein, Fra Fee, Anthony Hopkins The first part of Zack Snyder's "original" sci-fi saga is derivative of countless better films from the genre that have come before it Over the past few decades... Continue Reading →

The Boy and the Heron (12A)

Dir: Hayao Miyazaki English Voice Cast: Luca Padovan, Robert Pattinson, Karen Fukuhara, Gemma Chan, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Florence Pugh, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista Japanese Voice Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yohino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Shohei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Kunimura Visionary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki returns after ten years of retirement... Continue Reading →

My Top Ten Movies of 2023

2023 has been a solid year at the cinema after a few underperforming years as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent fallout. 2023 finally saw people gradually make their way back to the cinema, with films such as: Barbie, Oppenheimer and Super Mario Bros. Movie making $1billion at the worldwide box office. There... Continue Reading →

Maestro (15)

Dir: Bradley Cooper Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Michael Urie After a messy start, Bradley Cooper's well crafted Leonard Bernstein biopic eventually finds its footing as a showy overview of the composer's tremendous talent and complex marriage. Back in 2019, there was public outcry following Bradley Cooper's egregious snub... Continue Reading →

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