Ford v Ferrari / Le Mans ’66

The gleefully kinetic Ford v Ferrari is the story of the epic rivalry between Ford and Ferrari in their fight for the title at the historic 24 hours of Le Mans race. Thankfully though, the movie doesn’t settle on being just about this rivalry. Instead we find ourselves in the company of car salesman and…

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The King

The King stars Timothée Chalamet as a young and rebellious Hal, forced into taking his place on the throne of England following the deaths of his father (Ben Mendelsohn) and brother (Dean-Charles Chapman). Intending to create a new England, an England his father could never serve, Hal has to set aside his pacifism to enter…

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Joker

The clown prince of crime has finally arrived and with him we have a film just as morally divisive as its own lead. Joker tells the origin story of one of pop culture’s most iconic antagonist attempting to tell a story that humanises our eponymous villain giving us an entirely caustic incendiary show. Set in…

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Ad Astra

Reach for the stars. Set in the not so distant future Ad Astra follows Major Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), a celebrated astronaut who prides himself on constantly having a low pulse embarking on a journey for his missing father. Frequently evocative of Apocalypse Now, director James Gray swaps out a journey up-stream for an intergalactic…

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Succession (Season 1)

HBO seems to be working overtime to make sure we all forget that Game of Thrones finale; Succession is probably the best drama on TV you aren’t watching. Succession, created by Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show) follows the Roy family headed by Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the CEO and founder of Waystar Royco, a multimedia conglomerate….

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Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood

Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino’s 9th and apparently penultimate film . The famous and occassionally controversial auteur has graced us with some of the best works of film in history and if someone does choose to stop making movies, what better way to do so than to make one about the movies?…

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The Lion King (2019)

Unless you’ve literally been living under Pride Rock, you’ve watched the original Lion King from 1994 ( If you haven’t, the “Pride Rock” reference is probably lost on you, and also, what’s life like on Mars?). Disney and director Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book) now bring a live-action of this…

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Room

Early in Room, Brie Larson’s character, Ma reads to her son Jack, played byJacob Tremblay a segment from The Count of Monte Cristo. Like I mentioned in myreview of “You Were Never Really Here”, every piece of art used in a(good) film, be it music, film or books are always there for a reason. TheCount…

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Nightcrawler

I finally got the chance to watch Spiderman: Far From Home this weekend and I considered writing a review on it. Then I realised it would be near impossible to write a half decent review on the film without treading on spoiler territory. Point is, if you’ve watched the other MCU films you’re going to…

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La La Land

As I mentioned in my previous post, 2016 was a very important year for me with film, a year where I finally got to watch as many movies as I could (although the company line will remain- “Movies? I don’t even have time to breathe Ma!”). In a year where I got to see and…

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