A Class Act: Celebrating Amy Adams
It’s August 20th and Amy Adams celebrates her 44th birthday and a career that has spanned 55 films and TV shows. From current hit Sharp Objects all the way back to her debut back in 1999’s Drop Dead Gorgeous.
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Her – Flickfeast And Chill Film Review
Her is an unusual union of sci-fi and romance that ruminates on the ubiquitousness of technology and what it means to love.
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
I am going to start this review of Nocturnal Animals by discussing a Stephen King novel. Misery. In that novel, King also shows us many pages from the book being written within the book, entitled "Misery's Return". I can't recall if we, as…
Arrival (2016)
Dennis Villeneuve may well be my favourite director working today, and I can't believe that it took my viewing of Arrival to hammer that home to me. Although I have only seen his past couple of movies, both have been smart and hugely…
LFF 2016 – Nocturnal Animals (2016)
In 2009, fashion designer Tom Ford forayed into the filmmaking industry by writing and directing Oscar-nominee A Single Man. A self-financed production, Ford gained critical acclaim from critics and gave Firth the opportunity to shine as a…
LFF 2016 – Arrival (2016)
When most people think of alien films, it feels like the default genre is sci-fi action, where the action hero fight against the extraterrestrial species before they take over the Earth. But thanks to a short story by Ted Chiang and Sicario…
TIFF 2016 Round-up
After a week and a half and hundreds of films, TIFF has come to an end. Taxi drivers can stop complaining about the forced pedestrianisation of King Street, the queue in Tim Hortons near the main venue will return to normal, and Toronto…
TIFF 2016 – Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Some people are a little too talented. Not content as one of the leading lights in the world of fashion, and having proven a dab hand at business too, Tom Ford moved to film. A Single Man in 2009 set the bar high, only to see Nocturnal…
TIFF 2016 – Arrival (2016)
Britain might have fallen out of love with experts, as Michael Gove so eloquently explained this year, but for Hollywood they’ve lost none of their shine. When bad things happen it’s straight off to academia to find someone to fix it.…
BFI Unveils Line-Up for 60th London Film Festival
October marks the return of the BFI London Film Festival, which highlights the year’s most anticipated films in venues across the city, including a 780-seat pop-up cinema in Victoria Embankment Gardens.
Celebrating its 60th year, the…