It’s time to look back at the dazzling, stylish and shocking cult film Saltburn (spoilers follow)… 2023 was a pretty interesting year in cinema. It may just be that we saw a turning point in audience tastes, with comic book films and franchise sequels mostly underperforming, whilst the grand success of Barbenheimer showed two things. […]
2023’s Best Picture Nominees, Ranked By Most Likely to Win
Olly Dyche looks at the Best Picture nominees for this year’s Academy Awards and their prospects for winning the Oscar… 2022 saw a splattering of phenomenal movies, and the run up to the 95th Academy Awards was beyond exciting. With many unforgettable performances and fantastic scores (among many other highly acclaimed categories), 2023’s Oscar celebration […]
2023 Oscar Nominations: Reasons to Cheer and Reasons to Jeer
We look at the Oscar nominations. The surprises, the nods to celebrate and some glaring omissions… The Oscar nominations for the 2023 ceremony were announced this week. It’s time to warm up your slapping hands, sorry, clapping hands and ready yourself for the main event. As with every year, there are predictable choices, and pleasing […]
Did Colin Farrell Win 2022?
We look back at a stellar year for Colin Farrell. Is Oscar Glory around the corner? It’s fair to say that Colin Farrell’s career has taken enigmatic turns. He’s danced between occasional attempts to be a major blockbuster star in the likes of Total Recall and he’s had plenty of success in the indie film […]
Movie Review – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Gary Lydon, Sheila Flitton and David Pearse. SYNOPSIS: Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. Director Martin McDonagh reunites […]
Movie Review – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan. SYNOPSIS: Martin McDonagh’s latest movie, The Banshees of Inisherin, reunites Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson from his 2008 directorial debut, In Bruges. This time, they play a pair of friends on a dreary Irish island in […]
Chicago Film Critics Association give The Banshees of Inisherin 4 awards including Best Feckin Picture
As most of you wonderful regular readers know, I am a voting member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, an organization filled with distinct voices and incredible people. The existential sci-fi familial drama comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once led the pack with twelve nominations (a record for the group that should prove difficult to […]
Movie Review – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Sheila Flitton, David Pearse, and Bríd Ní Neachtain. SYNOPSIS: Two lifelong friends are at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both. Sometimes, friends […]
Is “Cinema” turning the tide against “Theme Park” blockbusters?
With 2022 particularly impressive so far, we look at whether great films which might pass the Scorsese “cinema” test might be turning the tide against formulaic blockbusters… 2022 has been pretty horrible all told. From a cost of living crisis to the war in Ukraine to skyrocketing energy bills and a farcical political landscape, real […]
Black Adam blasts off with $67M at the U.S. box office and and $140M worldwide
The combined powers of Dwayne Johnson, the DCEU, and an audience starved of blockbuster content meant that Black Adam bowed with an expectation smashing $67 million at the domestic box-office and a worldwide haul of $140 million. A passion project for Johnson, Black Adam proved to be worth the 15-year wait by landing the actor […]
