A lot of reviews here which I should have got round to earlier, but didn’t. So they’re often just random thoughts that I remember. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Various Reviews: Titanic, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Batman, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049”Review: Dune Part Two
The two-part book adaptation has been a contentious issue in film for well over a decade. The Harry Potterfilms started a trend by splitting Deathly Hallows into two entries, followed by other entries like the Twilightseries and the Hunger Games franchise. Debate quickly surfaced about whether this was necessary to allow for the breadth of the prose to be fully realised, or whether it was done mostly as a cynical cash grab done purely for financial gain. Funnily enough, opinions generally leaned towards the latter view.
Continue reading “Review: Dune Part Two”Double Review: American Fiction, The Holdovers (+Interstellar 10th Anniversary Rewatch)
These two turned out to be a great watch one after the other due to similarities in theme. And they both stand strong on their own merit. Also, Cineworld showed an anniversary screening of Interstellar. Nice.
Continue reading “Double Review: American Fiction, The Holdovers (+Interstellar 10th Anniversary Rewatch)”Quadruple Review: Wonka, The Boy and the Heron, The Zone of Interest, The Iron Claw
Yep, there’s a lot to offload here. Four bigguns’ of varying quality, with one of them taking the current podium position as my favourite film of the year so far (Hint: It ain’t Wonka. Or The Boy and the Heron. Or The Iron Claw).
Continue reading “Quadruple Review: Wonka, The Boy and the Heron, The Zone of Interest, The Iron Claw”Double Review: Maestro, Society of the Snow
Two short film reviews, and two films which are pretty different despite the fact that they rhyme. Anyway, read on.
Continue reading “Double Review: Maestro, Society of the Snow”