Paris Can Wait – EIFF 2017 Review Rachel Brook June 21, 2017 Reviews Paris Can Wait, the first foray into fiction from Eleanor Coppola (wife of Francis Ford), is at best a Woody Allen-esque Americans-do-Europe travelogue, and at worst a boring and indulgent piece of wealth...
Scene Stealers: Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice Louise Burrell February 14, 2017 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers A scene-stealer that plays the title role in a film? How can that be? Well, Michael Keaton may have played the "starring role" in Beetlejuice (credited as "Betelgeuse"), but did you know he has just a...
Blue Jasmine: How Woody Allen Broke The Mould And Made One of His Best Films Kambole Campbell September 5, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Blue Jasmine starts the same way that any other Woody Allen film does. Yet that’s where most of the similarities end between his other works, and his greatest film in years. Blue Jasmine shares standard...
Concussion – Review Phil W. Bayles February 15, 2016 Reviews There are a lot of interesting stories knocking about in Concussion. The compassionate Nigerian doctor Bennet Omalu is a fascinating example of the American Dream made flesh, and his unearthing of a massive...
Second Chance: Pearl Harbor Eddie Falvey March 26, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance It is fair to say that Pearl Harbor’s turkey credentials are now the stuff of legend. A question remains, however: is Pearl Harbor really so bad as to deserve being lumped together with such...
Scene Stealers: Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross David Brake November 6, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers 1 Comment "You think I'm fucking with you; I'm not fucking with you." Just a curt flick of his tongue and Hollywood's golden boy has your attention. This is no hyperbole. Search your mind and truly ponder this...
Blue Jasmine – Review Cameron Ward October 16, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment In Woody Allen's latest cityscape, a listless San Francisco plays host to the ghosts of New York. What is perhaps most impressive about Blue Jasmine is its seamless integration of psyche and structure....