Much As I love them, I’d very much like to call a moratorium on the use of CCR and covers thereof in film – or at least the obvious hits.
Fortunate Son. Midnight Special. Proud Mary…
When they’re not being used in a knowingly absurd context, i.e.…
Category: Reviews
REVIEW: UnSane
With UnSane, Steven Soderbergh has created a lean, tech-savvy psychological horror for the #metoo era.
Claire Foy stars as Sawyer Valentini, a bright-eyed, damaged businesswoman who, having recently upended her life to get away from a stalker, is tricked into having herself “voluntarily” committed
She’s understandably pissed off and scared. …
REVIEW: Tomb Raider (2018)
For those of you who only know of Tomb Raider through the early-2000s films – in which a pneumatic Angelina Jolie dispatched baddies with a glare, a pout, and a pair of Heckler & Koch – you’re about to meet a very different Lara Croft.
…REVIEW: Ready Player One
In recent years, Steven Spielberg has had his gaze focused firmly on the past.
From Abraham Lincoln and the fight for emancipation to The Washington Post battling for freedom of the press, Spielberg is working him way, statesmanlike, through American history, celebrating the better angels of our nature; like Frank Capra with a library card.…
REVIEW: The Outsider
Between his role as cosplay Joker and the kimono he wears in Blade Runner 2049, Jared Leto may be a secret Japanophile.
It’s the only way I can rationalise his involvement in The Outsider, a Netflix Original that falls firmly into the category of “they/we probably should have known better”.…
REVIEW: Annihilation
CONTAINS SPOILERS
Alex Garland is one of the relatively few directors working today who truly deserves to be called a visionary.
His latest film, Annihilation, a dreamlike adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel of the same name, is, to say the least, a smart, ambitious, multi-ethnic, female-led sci-fi.…
REVIEW: You Were Never Really Here
Lynne Ramsay’s latest is Taken for the arthouse crowd.
Based on Jonathan Ames’ novel of the same name, You Were Never Really Here stars Joaquin Phoenix as Joe, a burly, beardy hitman with a man-bun and a barely subsumed death wish.…
REVIEW: The Cloverfield Paradox
By Rob Daniel
Twitter: rob_a_Daniel
iTunes Podcast: The Electric Shadows Podcast
The original Cloverfield is about everyday life jolted by a seismic event. Fitting then that home entertainment giant Netflix chose to surprise release this third instalment in producer J.J. Abrams’ anthology franchise.
…REVIEW: Mute
After almost a decade of work as a director for hire, Duncan Jones makes a return to more personal projects.
Mute, which released on Netflix this week, is a neo-noir that draws on everything from Blade Runner to Total Recall. …
REVIEW: The Mercy
Director James Marsh makes domestic drama out of an expeditionary tragedy in this slight but sympathetic biopic.
All Is Lost by way of Theory Of Everything, The Mercy delves into the ill-fated attempt of amateur sailor Donald Crowhust’s (Colin Firth) to compete in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe race; an unprecedented non-stop, one-man boat race around the world.…