Last year, in my Klaus review, I said that I intended to pay closer attention to Netflix originals in the future. Such is the way films are going that a big chunk of the nominated films this year were exclusive to the streaming platform, and it has in the past represented a gaping hole in…
After the last few years, and after some truly terrible choices, I can only hope that Will Smith has fired his agent. Starting with 2015’s Suicide Squad, maybe even earlier, he hasn’t made a single good choice in the roles he accepts. He’s really been through the doldrums in the last few years, there was…
If you’d have told me in about 2010 that Jay Roach, the director of the Austin Powers films, would make an Oscar-nominated feminist film about taking on powerful men with sexual harassment lawsuits, I would have questioned your sanity. After all, his most famous films aren’t exactly remembered for their positive portrayals of women. They…
Let me take a moment to explain about anxiety. Imagine for a moment your brain is not housed inside a head, and is instead housed inside a beehive, where the bees tend to hold a lot of raves and shout your biggest failings to you at all hours of the day. That is what anxiety…
There are many things that astonish me about Clint Eastwood. His directorial talents being the main one, but his longevity and work ethic in his advanced age is another. It’s difficult to imagine a scenario in which a nearly 90 year old man can possibly still have something relevant to say. It’s fair to say…
The First World War is barely touched by film when compared to its successor; I think it’s fair to say that we’ve had more World War II films than we know what to do with, but First World War films are much harder to come by. I think a big part of that is that,…
Getting together Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan in one film is a hell of a draw. Two fantastic talents, with the right material, can lead to fireworks. Throw in excellent supporting actors from the likes of Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson and Rafe Spall, and you’ve got a potential firework extravaganza. Brought to us…
