To celebrate the release of Alex Garland's 'Civil War', the biggest A24 movie to date, I have decided to rank the 70 feature-length movies distributed by the masterful independent production company that I have seen to date. A24 offer a lot of creative freedom to their directors, resulting in a very strong output of theatrical... Continue Reading →
Dir: Alex Garland Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons Alex Garland's nail-biting dystopian thriller follows a team of photojournalists as they document civil unrest in the United States to harrowing effect ★★★★★ Having established himself in the industry for over 20 years, British filmmaker Alex... Continue Reading →
Dir: Adam Wingard Cast: Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen Despite providing some ludicrous escapism, the latest instalment in the Monsterverse lacks the peril and scale that made its titular titans so iconic ★★★ It does not seem that long ago when I was singing the praises of... Continue Reading →
Dir: Dev Patel Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar Kher, Adithi Kalkunte, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makarand Deshpande, Jatin Malik, Zakir Hussain Despite a troubled production, Dev Patel manages to give everything he has got, both in front and behind the camera, in this gloriously bloody revenge thriller ★★★★ Having seen 'Monkey... Continue Reading →
In what is shaping up to be another staked year, the 77th Cannes Film Festival is the first major event of the 2024 award season. Iconic filmmakers that have been announced as part of this years line-up include: Francis Ford Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, George Miller, David Cronenberg, Kevin Costner, Paul Schrader, Sean Baker, Leo Carax... Continue Reading →
He may have missed out on a win for his acclaimed performance in "Rustin" this year, but Colman Domingo appears to be the early frontrunner for next years Oscar race for his acclaimed lead role in real life prison drama "Sing Sing". The film premiered at Toronto in September as part of the Special Presentations... Continue Reading →
The 96th Academy Awards saw Christopher Nolan finally take home the award for Directing after being snubbed multiple times by the Academy voters. 2025 may see another widely regarded director receive their first Academy Award in the category. Denis Villeneuve was egregiously snubbed in the category for the first Dune film in 2022 but will... Continue Reading →
Much like in the Lead Actor category, Lead Actress is shaping up to consist of a mixture of veteran actors and young stars. The vets that have previously won Academy Awards for acting include Angelina Jolie and Jessica Lange, the latter of which made my predictions for 2023 before her film "Long Day's Journey Into... Continue Reading →
Dir: Johan Renck Cast: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin, Isabelle Rossellini, Paul Dano An uncharacteristically reserved performance from Adam Sandler provides a surprising amount of emotional weight to this otherwise drab sci-fi drama. ★★★ There have been fleeting signs of untapped dramatic potential throughout the career of illustrious comedian Adam Sandler. Despite... Continue Reading →
The worldwide Box Office finally kicked into gear in March with the huge releases of "Kung Fu Panda 4", "Godzilla x Kong", "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" and "Dune: Part Two", the latter becoming the highest grossing film of 2024 so far, by quite some margin. There are very few releases in the way of blockbusters in... Continue Reading →
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