The Banshees of Inisherin – Review Alysha Prasad October 23, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in September 2022 as part of our TIFF coverage. In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite in The Banshees of Inisherin, written and directed by Martin...
After Yang – Cannes 2021 Review Alysha Prasad July 12, 2021 Reviews Jake (Colin Farrell), Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith), and their youngest, Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja), make up a family that exists in the future, a family completed only by Yang (Justin H. Min), an android...
Dumbo – Review Phil W. Bayles March 31, 2019 Reviews Disney is showing no signs of slowing down in its effort to remake all of its classic animated films, but it is easy to justify taking a crack at Dumbo. Clocking in at just over an hour long, the 1941 original...
Spotlight: Colin Farrell Katy Moon March 26, 2019 Spotlight Once upon a time, it seemed like Colin Farrell was primed to be Hollywood’s Next Big Thing. Springing onto the Hollywood scene in the early 2000s, Farrell impressed in Joel Shumacher’s Tigerland, a...
Roman J. Israel, Esq. – Review Phil W. Bayles January 31, 2018 Reviews After wallowing in the shadows of Los Angeles for his excellent directorial debut Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy steps into the light (mostly) for his second film, Roman J. Israel, Esq. Truth be told, he seems to...
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer – Review Tom Bond November 5, 2017 Reviews This was originally reviewed on 22/05/17 as part of Cannes Film Festival. If you ever get invited to a Cannes beach party, never play "Would You Rather… ?" with Yorgos Lanthimos. The Greek...
The Beguiled – Review Tom Bond July 14, 2017 Reviews Colin Farrell fucks his way to freedom in this intoxicating remake of Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood’s 1971 Southern Gothic. Sofia Coppola’s version is faithful to the original, but adopts a more restrained...
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer – Cannes 2017 Review Tom Bond May 22, 2017 Reviews If you ever get invited to a Cannes beach party, never play "Would You Rather… ?" with Yorgos Lanthimos. The Greek writer-director has a perverse mind quite unlike anyone else working today, with previous...
The Lobster – Review Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan August 13, 2015 Reviews The Lobster delicately balances humour and brutality to tell a brilliantly absurd, yet altogether touching story. The largely matter-of-fact cinematography is beautifully offset by scenes in dramatic slow...
Miss Julie – Review David Brake July 11, 2015 Reviews This adaptation carries the same uneven tones as the play of 1888, attempting as it does to prove that human nature can rocket between moods and motivations at a moment’s notice. Farrell’s butler John is...
A Love Letter To… In Bruges Conor Morgan July 2, 2014 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia 1 Comment In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy, written and directed by playwright Martin McDonagh. His feature debut, it centres on Irish hitmen Ken and Ray (Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell respectively). After a bungled...
Saving Mr. Banks – Review Christopher Preston November 18, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment Disney doing Disney, featuring Walt Disney. There was always going to be more than a spoonful of sugar to help this medicine go down, but the helping is so large in Saving Mr. Banks, it threatens to send you...