Empire of Light is a romantic drama and a smaller-scale film by Sam Mendes. Hilary Small (Olivia Colman) is the duty manager at the Empire Cinema in Margate. She lives a lonely life, takes pills to manage her mental health, and is having an affair with her boss, Donald Ellis (Colin Firth). A ray of […]
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Bondathon: Spectre
Skyfall was the most successful Bond film. It was the first Bond film to make over $1 billion, has a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and won two Oscars, as well as winning other awards. EON Productions wanted to repeat that success and brought back SPECTRE for the first time since Diamonds Are Forever (or Never Say Never Again if you include […]
Bondathon: Skyfall
Skyfall was the film that marked the Bond film franchise’s 50th Anniversary. The result was one of the best Bond films ever and the most financially successful. A mission in Istanbul goes wrong. A terrorist has escaped with a hard drive containing a list of all undercover NATO agents and Bond has been presumably killed in action. Three months […]
1917 Review
Sam Mendes’ World War One film 1917 is seen as one of the leading contenders for the 2020 award season, and for good reason. Lance Corporal Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Lance Corporal Will Schofield (George MacKay) are two British soldiers fighting on the front lines in France. They’re given a mission by General Erinmore (Colin Firth) […]