Slow-burn horror films get mixed responses almost every time one is released and recently, The Witch (2015) was a good example of how well it can be done. Daguerrotype, whilst not in the same class, can be put under the same category and it almost succeeds, falling slightly short due to a messy screenplay.
Netflix enlists the excellent Korean director Joon-ho Bong for this upcoming sci-fi/comedy/drama original film, featuring Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal.
In Miss Sloane, Elizabeth Sloane, one of the most revered lobbyists in Washington, takes on her greatest opponent yet; the gun lobby.
The veteran screen actor Robert Redford stars in this Netflix exclusive film that features high-concept themes along with a great cast.
Word out of Hollywood today is that Martin Scorsese’s gangster biopic The Irishman will be exclusively distributed on Netflix.
Everything, Everything is the latest teen drama/romance film adapted from a novel, that sees its young protagonist find love under extreme adversity.
Rachel Weisz stars as historian Deborah E. Lipstadt in a true story about the court battle between her and Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall).
Hidden Figures is the remarkable true story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and how they helped the USA send a man into space.
Maren Ade’s debut comedy Toni Erdmann proves the Germans can be both harmless and funny in their own awkward and (partly) alienating way.
Dan Stevens stars in this indie film about a blind man who regains his sight, only to squander his regained senses with his new thirst for the superficial.
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the big screen since his last effort in the poorly received Terminator Genisys (2015), in what could be a return to form.
Every so often, a film is released that manages to be as moving as it is humorous, without erring toward the saccharine and nonsensical. Roger Spottiswoode’s A Street Cat Named Bob, based on a true story, and the best-selling novel of the same name, is one such film.
With only just under four years since the Boston City marathon bombings, one would think that a movie based on the events would be considered ‘too soon’, but it’s safe to say that Patriots Day delivers a heartfelt and gut wrenching depiction of actual events, without a hint of exploitation.
The Coen Brothers recently directed a commercial for the new Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, in an homage to one of the best road-movies of all time, Easy Rider (1969).
There’s not too much I can say about Kenneth Lonergan’s latest film, Manchester by the Sea, without explaining the extreme weight of it. The film’s protagonist, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck), bares a personal guilt so large, its force is felt so deeply that you start to wonder how powerfully trauma can be transferred from screen to seat.
Affleck stars in and directs Live by Night; his homage to the great gangster films of the past, that unfortunately fails to join the ranks of the greats.
