The Pale Blue Eye – Review Alysha Prasad January 14, 2023 Reviews Based on Louis Bayard’s novel of the same name, writer-director Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye, set in 1830 West Point, New York, follows veteran detective Augustus Landor (Bale) as he investigates a...
Hostiles – Review Jack Blackwell January 5, 2018 Reviews There are a lot of reasons to be disappointed by Scott Cooper’s Hostiles. Firstly, it’s simply a mediocre film, stuffed with filler dialogue and a surfeit of slow-motion closeups substituting for any real...
Hostiles and the Western’s Lack of Progress in Indigenous Representation Jack Blackwell January 2, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off Though there are many micro-genres encompassed by the umbrella term of "Western", most of these films can be generally grouped into either "cowboy showdown" (Shane, High Noon, Unforgiven) or "wilderness...
Black Mass – LFF Review Tori Brazier October 12, 2015 Reviews Ably supported by a heavyweight cast, superior acting reigns supreme throughout this engrossing enough story. Black Mass sees Johnny Depp exhibit a predictably excellent transformation into cold-eyed...
