●●○○○ Rebecca (Ben Wheatley, 2020) is the latest adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel of the same name. The premise follows a young woman (Lily James) who meets a rich, albeit grieving widower, Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), … Continue reading Rebecca // Review
●●●●● “Is it better to speak or die?” Elio is on the cusp of becoming an adult. Whilst he is book-smart and obviously older than his years, Elio’s emotional maturity and inability to distract himself from the presence of Oliver … Continue reading “Call Me By Your Name” – review The lingering cinematography focuses on the nuances of teenage love, muddled complexities of sexuality and, of course, an infamous peach scene.
●●●●○ The newest film in the Pixar’s Cars franchise, Cars 3 seeks to come full oval, as Lightning McQueen, the veteran of motor racing, suddenly begins to feel his irrelevancy. A newer, sleeker, and incredibly uniform generation of racers bursts … Continue reading Another One? Cars 3 – review
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. opens with typical Guy Ritchie energy: as a chaotic cat-and-mouse chase unfolds through the streets of East Berlin,bullets and perfectly timed quips fly overhead. 1960s Soviet-occupied Germany is a kind of Disneyfied fantasy-land, with spooky shadows … Continue reading The Man From U.N.C.L.E.