Room
Room makes for harrowing viewing – indeed, the film hasn’t left my mind in the 24 hours since I’ve seen it – but somehow it keeps the darkness just out of frame.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Room
Room makes for harrowing viewing – indeed, the film hasn’t left my mind in the 24 hours since I’ve seen it – but somehow it keeps the darkness just out of frame.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Room
If you ever needed proof that I’m not that big a Tarantino fan, consider this: I only own one of his films, and it’s Death Proof.
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Thanks to a fantastic opening montage, we get a true sense of the type of lives the fishermen lead.
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The performances of Bateman and Hall are deftly manoeuvred, so that every single pause for breath, every subtle facial expression, conveys more than words.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Gift
Some of the dialogue concerning ‘statecraft’ feels like it’s come out of a John le Carré novel, and the idea of secrets embedded in black ops embedded in plausible deniability seems disturbingly realistic.
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The Blue Room oozes noir. It isn’t quite as heavy on the shadows – in fact it’s often brightly lit – but the framing itself is reminiscent of simpler cinematic times.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Blue Room
I’m not the least bit surprised that Ex Machina has a great script. What does surprise me is that Garland turned out to be such a great director straight out of the gate.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Ex Machina
I have no idea just how close to reality Nightcrawler veers, but with a bit of a mental squint, the world it describes doesn’t seem that different to our own.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Nightcrawler
Basically, this is Midnight Run meets 16 Blocks, but the sheer audacity of the setup is what makes the film so interesting.
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There are a few moments that had me on the edge of my seat – one sequence involving Morse code made brilliant use of onscreen text – but they weren’t maintained for long enough.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading 54 Days