Film Review – Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Title – Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Director – Mike Figgis (Timecode) Cast – Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands Plot – Alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter Ben Sanderson (Cage) moves to Las […]
Category Archives: Film reviews: Drama
Classic Review – Ikiru (1952)
Title – Ikiru (1952) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Cast – Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Nobuo Kaneko, Minoru Chiaki Plot – Diagnosed with terminal cancer, long-serving government office worker […]
Film Review – Sound of Metal (2019)
Title – Sound of Metal (2019) Director – Darius Marder (feature debut) Cast – Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric Plot – Drummer Ruben Stone (Ahmed) has his […]
Film Review – Mank (2020)
Title – Mank (2020) Director – David Fincher (Fight Club) Cast – Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Charles Dance Plot – The true story of Oscar […]
Film Review – Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
Title – Hillbilly Elegy (2020) Director – Ron Howard (Apollo 13) Cast – Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto Plot – Based on the true story […]
Classic Review – Come and See (1985)
Title – Come and See (1985) Director – Elem Klimov (Farewell) Cast – Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius Plot – It’s 1943 and young Belarus boy Flyora (Kravchenko) finds […]
Film Review – Lost in London (2017)
Title – Lost in London (2017) Director – Woody Harrelson (feature debut) Cast – Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Willie Nelson Plot – Filmed in one take and original screened via […]
Film Review – First Cow (2019)
Title – First Cow (2019) Director – Kelly Reichardt (Meeks Cutoff) Cast – John Magaro, Dylan Smith, Orion Lee, Ewen Bremner, Toby Jones Plot – A group of fur trappers […]
Classic Review – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Title – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Director – David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) Cast – William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa Plot – A group […]
Film Review – Fanny Lye Deliver’d (2019)
Title – Fanny Lye Deliver’d (2019) Director – Thomas Clay (Soi Cowboy) Cast – Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds Plot – In rural England of 1657, deeply religious […]
Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys) 