[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] THE VANISHING OF SIDNEY HALL is a film where I can feel all the cogs trying to make me like it. The cast and cinematography are great but it is a very… Read More
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THE POST.
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] Steven Spielberg sometimes ends up releasing two films in the same year. In 1993, it was JURASSIC PARK and SCHINDLER’S LIST. In 1997, it was AMISTAD and THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK.… Read More
MOLLY’S GAME.
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] Aaron Sorkin has been writing for TV and movies for a long, long time. It is only now that he makes the move from page to camera in his first directorial effort,… Read More
THE DEATH OF STALIN.
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] British comedy seems to have a certain way with blackly dark subjects. 2010’s FOUR LIONS was a comedy, albeit a dark one, about characters who are suicide bombers looking to blow up… Read More
PHANTOM THREAD.
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] The eighth feature film from one the most talented working directors today, PHANTOM THREAD is another Paul Thomas Anderson film which can be considered a masterpiece. Daniel Day-Lewis stars in his last… Read More
WHEELMAN.
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] Wheelman has a high concept idea, but played out at a stripped down level. Money being stolen, with cars bottling it down the street. At the end of the day though it’s… Read More
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (2017) – Besson Is Back In Space
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] When Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets came out last year, the film was met with an overall shrug of the shoulders. Luc Besson’s return to the sci-fi stylings of… Read More
WONDERSTRUCK (2017) – A Review
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] Based on Brian Selznick’s children’s book of the same name (who adapted his own story for the screenplay), Wonderstruck has two separate stories which are shot in their own individual ways. The… Read More
MUTE (2018) – A Review
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] It is going to be hard for me to write this review without first touching on the obvious. Firstly, this isn’t as good as Moon. Secondly, Netflix needs to sort out a… Read More
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (2017) – A Review
[This is an altered version of a post originally featured on Hidden Remote] An opening moment with Luke Skywalker sets the tone of the film. A closing shot that sets up what’s to come and what Star Wars means to people. Shots of striking beauty… Read More