Tag Archives: Joe Wright

Review: Darkest Hour (2017)

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

DARKEST HOUR left me cold. Yes, Gary Oldman will probably win the Oscar for portraying Winston Churchill. Yes, he probably should. And yet, something about the presentation of the film around him left me feeling pretty empty and disconnected. May … Continue reading →

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Review: Pan (2015)

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The first stretch of PAN combines the orphans and workhouse of OLIVER TWIST with the WWII setting and fantasy bleeding into the real world of THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. . Then things go all Terry Gilliam but with less verve … Continue reading →

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