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Review in Brief: Eternal Beauty (2019/20)
I always love films that look unflinchingly at mental illness but are also brave enough not to perpetuate the fallacy that someone with a mental health problems automatically becomes a saint. In Craig Roberts’ second complex directorial feature, Jane (a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Alice Lowe, Billy Piper, Craig Roberts, David Thewlis, Drama, Eternal Beauty, Penelope Wilton, Robert Pugh, Sally Hawkins
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2016, Part 1
2016 has been a terrible year in the multiplexes, not to mention a particularly black one for art and entertainment in general. Blockbusters have rarely been so lacklustre or downright awful. Mercifully the indie film scene has had a far … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged 10 Cloverfield Lane, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Amy Adams, Anna Kendrick, Arrival, Bill Nighy, Blockbuster, Craig Roberts, Dad's Army, Dan Trachtenberg, David Lynch, Denis Villeneuve, Film, Independent Film, Jim Ward, Lotje Sodderland, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Movies, My Beautiful Broken Brain, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, Special Correspondents, The Fighter, The Fundamentals of Caring, The Neon Demon, Under the Shadow, Zac Efron
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Review: The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
I really want movies like this to do well. It’s great that Netflix is democratising filmmaking, allowing for talent and Adam Sandler to find an audience and bypass the Hollywood system. Of course not all of it can be gold, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Sandler, Black Comedy, Comedy, Craig Roberts, Drama, Film, Jennifer Ehle, Megan Furguson, Movies, Netflix, Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, The Fundamentals of Caring
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Review: The Double (2013)
Surely it goes without saying by now that Richard Ayoade is one talented gent. I loved his feature directing debut SUBMARINE, and THE DOUBLE takes everything that worked in that film and amps it up, refines it, and takes it … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Black Comedy, Brazil, Chris Morris, Craig Roberts, Film, German Expressionism, Graham Linehan, Gravity, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Movies, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Richard Ayoade, Submarine, The Double, The IT Crowd, Tim Burton, Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige
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