Tag Archives: The Wolf of Wall Street

Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I’ve gone back to taking notes for this one with pen and paper – it seemed more…writerly. I have never used a typewriter. Marielle Heller’s CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? deftly tells a story that’s so bizarre it could only … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: American Made (2017)

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

In AMERICAN MADE, Tom Cruise turns in his most beguiling performance in years, and much like Leonardo DiCaprio did in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, he does it by playing a complete and utter bastard. In an exaggerated take on … Continue reading →

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Review: The Revenant (2015)

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I’m one of a rapidly shrinking camp that still thinks that BIRDMAN deserved to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards last year. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu is an iconoclast out to shake things up in Hollywood by being stylistically … Continue reading →

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Review: Legend (2015)

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The first time we see Ron Kray, he’s talking animatedly about taking another man’s sausage. Over the two uneasy hours we spend with him he progresses to claiming to be able to see the future, and doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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Review: Fury (2014)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I won’t lie and say I’m not tired by Hollywood’s obsession with being gritty. If it’s not a new serious take on a superhero or a or a downbeat sequel or remake, then it’s seemingly not worth investing in. You … Continue reading →

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Review: Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB is a rewarding film about mortality, against-the-odds achievement, and a brutal critique of big business pharmaceuticals, but it becomes a really great film when it gets into analysing prejudice (for all the good it does). In the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is a joyous, mostly unashamed feast of sin, and a pleasingly brazen, amusing and different Oscar-contender in comparison to all the more supposedly “fitting” contenders it’s up against this year. Based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir, … Continue reading →

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