REVIEW: Saltburn [London Film Festival 2023]

Having thoroughly skewered the male-female power dynamic in Promising Young Woman, in Saltburn Emerald Fennell turns her withering eye on another social structure: the British class system.

Newly arrived at Oxford University, scholarship student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), bright, studious, and dressed like Harry Potter newly arrived at Hogwarts – all house scarf and specs – struggles to fit in amid the bright young things.…

PODCAST: Oscars 2021 Round-Up [Movie RobCast]

Episode 114 rounds up the 2021 Oscars.

Yep, the time rolls around so quickly, even if this one was delayed by two months. The Robs run through the scaled-down affair, the changes made from the normal Oscar ceremonies, what worked, what really didn’t work and all in-between.…

PODCAST: Promising Young Woman & Godzilla vs. Kong [Movie Robcast]

Episode 113 of The Movie Robcast sees the Robs in the same physical space for the first time since December!

In the shadow of the glorious BFI IMAX at Waterloo they run through multiple movie related topics.

First up is Emerald Fennell’s Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning Promising Young Woman, featuring a first-rate performance from Carey Mulligan, also nominated for Hollywood’s most coveted award.…

REVIEW: Promising Young Woman

A revenge thriller from a former show runner on Killing Eve, Promising Young Woman is every bit as stylish and unique as that pedigree suggests.

It’s a bitter trope that young, male abusers are spared the full brunt of the just system due to their status as a “promising young man”.…