In recent years there have been plenty of dog films and films about service personnel. The film Dog combines both with it focusing on two misfits who must go on a road trip together. Jackson Briggs (Channing Tatum) is a US Army Ranger who has been out of active service after being injured in the line of […]
Tag: drama
Parallel Mothers Review
Parallel Mothers is a Spanish drama that sees the acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz team up for the seventh time. This time Almodóvar creates a personal drama and an examination of issues affecting Spain. Janis MartÃnez (Cruz) is a middle-aged photographer who becomes pregnant after having an affair with Arturo (Israel Elejalde). Ana Ferreras (Milena […]
Screw Episode Three Review
Screw has reached its halfway point. After the disappointment of Episode Two the series needs to up its game. Rose has crossed the line: she has smuggled drugs and a gun into the prison for Costa. Her actions take place on the day a new guard joins C-wing, Toby (Jack Bardoe). Leigh gets a warning from […]
Screw Episode Two Review
Screw started with a strong opening episode, and the second episode had the task to build on this solid foundation. Leigh believes one of the prisoners is being bullied and sets out to find out why, leading Leigh to make a surprising discovery. Rose gets the unenviable task of dealing with a wheelchair-bound prisoner who is a […]
House of Gucci Review
House of Gucci is the second film by Ridley Scott this year. His second 2021 film was sadly a weaker offering from Mr. Scott. House of Gucci chronicles the rise and fall of Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) and Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) within the famous fashion house. The pair go from outsiders of the Gucci family because […]
Spencer Review
Diana, Princess of Wales was a woman who has had a lasting impact on the UK and the rest of the world. She has served as the subject matter of films and TV shows like The Queen and The Crown. Spencer offers an intimidate look at the tragic public figure. It’s Christmas in 1991. Princess Diana’s (Kristen Stewart) marriage with Prince Charles […]
King Richard Review
Venus and Serena Williams are some of the most famous and successful women to ever play tennis. The biopic King Richard looks at how their father helped drive their success. Richard Williams (Will Smith) lives in Compton with his wife, Brandy (Aunjanue Ellis), three stepdaughters, and two daughters. He plans to make Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena […]
Dear Evan Hansen Review
I am an unashamed fan of movie musicals. If your film is at all cohesive and features sequences of the characters singing and dancing, chances are I’m gonna be on board. Honestly, a movie musical has to really drop the ball or misinterpret its source material in order for me to not be on its […]
The Collini Case Review
The Collini Case is a German courtroom drama that worked as a personal drama and looked into Germany’s dark history. Casper Leinen (Elyas M’Barek) is a young lawyer who is given his first case as a public defendant. His client is Fabrizio Collini (Franco Nero), an Italian national who has lived in Germany for 30 years. […]
The Last Letter From Your Lover Review
Based on a number by Jojo Moyes, The Last Letter From Your Lover was a romance film in the vein of a Nicholas Sparks adaptation. Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) is a journalist who is assigned to write a story about the London Chronicle’s late women’s editor. Whilst researching the editor’s documents Ellie discovers a letter from the […]