Film Review: Ford v Ferrari (2019)
by‘Based on a true story’ is the overused tagline usually reserved for implausible events. Ford v Ferrari, an underdog motor racing tale of 1966,…
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Film Review: Vice (2018)
byAs Julia Louis-Dreyfus lampoons so wonderfully in her show Veep, the Vice President’s office is notorious for being a powerless vanity title for political…
Film Review: The Promise (2016)
bySometimes it’s more important that a story is being told at all, than how it’s actually told. We should be searching for truth in…
Film Review: Gold (2016)
byThere seems to be a trend emerging of handsome leading men playing unseemly, balding male characters. Christian Bale did it in American Hustle, and…
Film Review: Steve Jobs (2015)
bySteve Jobs comes to the screen in a different form than many expected and anticipated, but it still succeeds thanks to Aaron Sorkin’s sharp and…
Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
by“The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry” When the credits for The Big Short started rolling on by, the words…
Film Review: Selma (2014)
byYou may be forgiven for wondering why in the 21st century, it takes a movie about the civil rights movement to showcase the talents…
Film Review: Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
byWith a title like Exodus: Gods and Kings, you can be pretty sure you know what you are going to get with this film;…
Film Review: Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
byRobert De Niro in Raging Bull. Christian Bale in The Machinist. Charlize Theron in Monster. From as early as Frederic Marsh essaying both Dr….
Film Review: American Hustle (2013)
byCon movies are an old favourite of Hollywood. Immerging like clock work ever year with a star-studded cast of quick talking wise guys, glamorous girls, shinny backgrounds, fast-moving camera action and non-linier plots to keep audiences on their exhilarated heels. With American Hustle, director David O. Russell throws his hat in the ring of this long-standing genre.