A look at the trailer for A United Kingdom, the opener at this year’s London Film Festival, might give the impression that its star, David Oyelowo, is in serious danger of being typecast. After his star-making turn as Martin Luther King in Selma, he’s delivering more inspiring speeches as future ruler of Botswana, Seretse Khama. […]
Movie Review – The Girl on the Train (2016)
The Girl on the Train, 2016. Directed by Tate Taylor Starring Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: Still reeling in the aftermath of her divorce, Rachel (Emily Blunt) takes the train in and out of the city every day, even though she’s no longer working. Her route […]
Second Opinion – Southside with You (2016)
Southside with You, 2016. Directed by Richard Tanne. Starring Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Phillip Edward Van Lear. SYNOPSIS: On a summer’s day in 1989, Barack Obama took Michelle Robinson on what turned out to be their first date across Chicago’s South Side. One that included an art exhibition, live music, a […]
Movie Review – Free State of Jones (2016)
Free State Of Jones, 2016. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Christopher Berry, Bill Tangradi and Keri Russell. SYNOPSIS: Disenchanted soldier Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) deserts the Confederates during the Civil War and returns to his home in Jones County, and leads a rebellion against the army taking food grown by […]
Movie Review – The Blue Room (2014)
The Blue Room, 2014. Directed by Mathieu Amalric. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Stephanie Cleau and Lea Drucker. SYNOPSIS: A couple are having a passionate affair. In the afterglow, she imagines what life would be like together, yet he appears non-committal. Now he’s under investigation by the police and courts. Because her husband has died. And his […]
Movie Review – Captain Fantastic (2016)
Captain Fantastic 2016 Directed by Matt Ross Starring Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Frank Langella, Steve Zahn SYNOPSIS: A father has moved away from the city and is bringing up his six children single handed in the forest. Their mother is in hospital with an on-going illness. Then a phone call changes everything and […]
Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: A small group of resistance fighters undertake a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, head of security in Czechoslovakia and number three in Hitler’s chain of command. Based on true events from World War II. The […]
Exclusive interview with Sean Ellis, director of Anthropoid
Anthropoid, the true story of the mission to assassinate Hitler’s third in command, Reinhard Heydrich, arrives in cinemas this week [read our review here]. Freda Cooper talked to its director, Sean Ellis, about the film and how it sheds light on a lesser known corner of World War II history. On the 27th of May […]
Movie Review – The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
The Childhood of a Leader,2015. Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Tom Sweet, Robert Pattinson and Stacy Martin. SYNOPSIS: Against the backdrop of the end of World War I, a young boy is growing up in a shabby mansion in the French countryside. His American father is heavily involved in peace treaty […]
Movie Review – Black (2015)
Black, 2015. Directed by Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah. Starring Martha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Jeremie Zagba and Sanaa Bourassa. SYNOPSIS: Two teenagers belong to street gangs in Brussels. Originally from Africa, the girl is in Black Bronx, while the boy is Moroccan and belongs to the gang called 1080. When the two fall […]
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