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Review: Varda by Agnès – “As much about sharing ideas and experiences as it is about artistic reflection”

Review: Varda by Agnès – “As much about sharing ideas and experiences as it is about artistic reflection”

Posted by on Jul 17, 2019 in All, documentary, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

The late, great Belgian-born, French filmmaker Agnès Varda presents one last window into her life and work. Varda by Agnès is a...

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SpielBLOG: Empire of the Sun – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: Empire of the Sun – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 12, 2019 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller, war | 0 comments

There’s a rhyming in the posters of E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial and Empire of the Sun. The big moon is replaced with the big sun;...

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Review: The Dead Don’t Die – “Awkwardly charming and effortlessly cool”

Review: The Dead Don’t Die – “Awkwardly charming and effortlessly cool”

Posted by on Jul 11, 2019 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, horror, indie, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch (Paterson), The Dead Don’t Die stars Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Adam Driver (Star Wars: The...

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Review – Kursk: The Last Mission – “Draws you into the desperate emotions of these men”

Review – Kursk: The Last Mission – “Draws you into the desperate emotions of these men”

Posted by on Jul 10, 2019 in All, drama, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Colin Firth, Max Von Sydow,...

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Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A most enjoyable time at the cinema”

Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A most enjoyable time at the cinema”

Posted by on Jul 6, 2019 in action, All, comedy, Comics, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

The new Spider-Man movie is the first one after the events of Avengers: Endgame and the final part of Marvel’s Phase 3. The events...

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SpielBLOG: The Color Purple – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: The Color Purple – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 5, 2019 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

I’ve never really understood this idea that Steven Spielberg felt it necessary to move into serious films. To me Jaws, Close...

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EIFF 2019 Review: The Wind – “Wonderfully creepy and spooky and unsettling”

EIFF 2019 Review: The Wind – “Wonderfully creepy and spooky and unsettling”

Posted by on Jul 4, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, indie, Reviews, thriller, Western | 0 comments

Directed by Emma Tammi Starring Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee I usually always manage to take in a...

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EIFF 2019 – McLaren Animation Reviews

EIFF 2019 – McLaren Animation Reviews

Posted by on Jul 2, 2019 in action, All, animated, biopic, comedy, drama, fantasy, Film, horror, indie, musical, Reviews, romance, sci-fi, short film, thriller | 0 comments

The annual McLaren Animation award screenings at the world’s oldest continually-running film festival have always been a personal...

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Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A missed opportunity”

Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A missed opportunity”

Posted by on Jul 2, 2019 in action, All, comedy, Comics, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Spider-Man: Far From Home has an opening that’s every bit as jarring and befuddled as Captain Marvel. I’m a Russo Fanboy (Seriously, their...

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“Hang on lads…” LFF checks out the ultimate The Italian Job book

“Hang on lads…” LFF checks out the ultimate The Italian Job book

Posted by on Jul 1, 2019 in action, All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Fifty years after cinema-goers first saw Michael Caine and his crew stage a daring getaway in three red, white and blue Mini Coopers,...

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