Tag Archives: Rachel Weisz

Review: Black Widow (2021)

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Those worried about a talented director’s distinctive style being smothered after a Marvel hire need not be concerned here. Though it ends up with pretty much the same final act as most MCU movies (fight atop something big falling from … Continue reading →

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Review: The Favourite (2018)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Queen Anne is a British monarch often overlooked, dismissed, forgotten. I’m into my history and I would have struggled to tell you much about her reign before watching THE FAVOURITE. The film isn’t a history lesson, that’s not what writer-director … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lobster (2015)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Well file this one comfortably (or uncomfortably) under “flawed but fascinating”. THE LOBSTER is a symphony to loneliness, an essay to alienation. It constructs a bizarre and jarring world inhabited by the miserable and the hollow, then asks you to … Continue reading →

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Review: The Brothers Bloom (2008)

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This year, Rian Johnson was announced as the director of STAR WARS EPISODE VIII, which is a truly enticing prospect. He’s a writer-director I’ve only come into contact with over the past couple of years, first through the sharp time … Continue reading →

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