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UK Film Review
- Oct 7, 2018
- 2 min
A Star Is Born film review
★★★★★ Directed by: Bradley Cooper Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliot, Andrew Dice Clay Film Review by: George Wolf A few weeks ago, for homework, I revisited the 3 previous versions of A Star Is Born. A friend later asked me which one was best. I have a different answer now. Director/co-writer/co-star Bradley Cooper brings a new depth of storytelling to the warhorse, with a greater commitment to character and the blazing star power of Lady Gaga. Cooper is Jackson
UK Film Review
- Oct 6, 2018
- 2 min
Hell Fest film review
★★ Directed by: Gregory Plotkin Starring: Amy Forsyth, Roby Attal, Tony Todd, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards Film Review by: Hope Madden Hell Fest is not the first film to point out that it would be really dangerous if any of the masked meanies inside a Halloween haunt were, indeed, a murder-happy maniac. It’s not a bad premise, just not a new one. In keeping with the not-so-fresh theme, this film is a straight-up, unapologetic slasher. Not a nostalgia-seeped, homage-laden s
UK Film Review
- Oct 6, 2018
- 2 min
Venom film review
★★★ Directed by: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams Film Review by: Hope Madden We don’t need another superhero. That’s what the <em>Venom</em> trailers told us, and it’s pretty true. So, what Venom had to offer—an antihero, a Jekyll/Hyde thing starring a brilliant actor who excels with complex, dark roles—felt like a great change of pace. Tom Hardy was the ideal choice for the dual role of Eddie Brock, semi-doofus reporter, and Venom, flesh-eat
UK Film Review
- Oct 5, 2018
- 2 min
Night School film review
★★ Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart Film Review by: Hope Madden The endlessly likeable Kevin Hart and the undeniably talented Tiffany Haddish join forces, which sounds like a solid plan except that Night School is a Kevin Hart movie, and when was the last time one of those was any good? Sure, Jumanji had some laughs. In fact, Hart’s films almost always boast a few chuckles, mainly because of the actor’s infectious energy and self-deprecating h
UK Film Review
- Oct 5, 2018
- 2 min
Framed indie film
★★★★
Directed by: Marc Martínez Jordán
Written by: Jaume Cuspinera, Marc Martínez Jordán
Starring: Joe Manjón, Júlia Molins, Daniel Horvath, Biel Montoro, Mercè Montalà, Clàudia Pons, Àlex Maruny, Jóse García Ruiz
Grimmest Film Festival Review by: Chris Olson The Circle meets The Purge in this twisted viral horror from filmmaker Marc Martínez Jordán. Framed is a brutal exploration of the current social climate where the appetite for increasingly vitriolic content comes at t
UK Film Review
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
Lizzie film review
★★★ Directed by: Craig William Macneill Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart LGBT Film Review by: Hope Madden Screenwriter Bryce Kass has some interesting thoughts on the case of Lizzie Borden, the American woman suspected in the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother. In director Craig William Macneill’s hands, those intriguing ideas receive a proper, historical treatment. Whether they have merit or not is mainly beside the point. Lizzie (Chloe Sevigny) was a spins
UK Film Review
- Oct 3, 2018
- 2 min
Pick of the Litter film review
★★★★ Directed by: Don Hardy, Jr. and Dana Nachman Starring: Patriot, Potomac, Phil, Primrose, Poppet Documentary Film Review by: Brandon Thomas Whether it’s true or not, dogs make us feel like their sole purpose in life is to fill us full of happiness. Dancing at the front door when you come home from work… a sneak attack of kisses that always ends with you in a fit of giggles…nice long naps together on the couch. More than just making us feel good, dogs can serve a greater p
UK Film Review
- Oct 2, 2018
- 2 min
Kusama: Infinity film review
★★★★ Directed by: Heather Lenz Starring: Yayoi Kusama Film Review by: Hope Madden There is a great deal to find frustrating in the life story of 96-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, and even more to celebrate. A maverick visual artist, Kusama is now the most financially successful female artist of all time. Given her years of struggle and the history of artists who languish during their lifetimes only to find success long after death, there is something supremely satisfy
UK Film Review
- Oct 1, 2018
- 2 min
Smallfoot film review
★★★ Directed by: Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig Starring: Channing Tatum, LeBron James, Common, Zendaya, James Corden Film Review by: George Wolf So, while we're down here debating the existence of Sasquatch/Yeti/Bigfoot, an entire community of them lives above the clouds, wondering the same about us shorter, wee-footed folk. That's a cute and clever conceit for a family tale that might look a lot like Pixar's Monsters, Inc., which makes it even more surprising when WB's Sma
UK Film Review
- Sep 28, 2018
- 2 min
Assassination Nation film review
★★ Directed by: Sam Levinson Starring: Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Abra Film Review by: Hope Madden What if a rich white man reclaimed Salem, Mass for ostracized and victimized women by creating an outrageous, violent yarn about our out-of-control, whatever world? In the case of Sam (son of Barry) Levinson’s latest, a cross between Tragedy Girls and The Purge, the result is the self-conscious, self-righteous and sloppy Assassination Nation. A cautionary tale abou
UK Film Review
- Sep 25, 2018
- 2 min
The House with a Clock In Its Walls film review
★★★ Directed by: Eli Roth Starring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vacarro, Kyle MacLachlan Film Review by: Hope Madden Eli Roth made a family film. That’s weird. Although there is certainly something juvenile about the filmmaker’s work in general. Yes, the Hostel director (and Cabin Fever, The Green Inferno and any number of other hard-R flicks) indulges a sillier side with his big screen adaptation of John Bellairs’s 1973 novel, The House with a Clock In Its Walls. Set in
UK Film Review
- Sep 22, 2018
- 2 min
Mandy film review
★★★★ Directed by: Panos Cosmatos Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Film Review by: Hope Madden and George Wolf A hallucinogenic fever dream of social, political and pop-culture subtexts layered with good old, blood-soaked revenge, Mandy throws enough visionary strangeness on the screen to dwarf even Nicolas Cage in full freakout mode. Opening with bits of a Ronald Reagan speech about traditional values and a knock-knock joke about Erik Estrada, directo
UK Film Review
- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
A Simple Favor film review
★★★★ Directed by: Paul Feig Starring: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding Film Review by: George Wolf Stephanie is a suburban single mom who keeps an "oopsie" jar for swearing and volunteers for everything at her son's elementary school. Emily is passionately married, drops frequent f-bombs and has a painting of her vajayjay hanging in the living room. But a play date for their sons leads to an unlikely friendship in A Simple Favor, a crazy fun mystery with plenty of s
UK Film Review
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
White Boy Rick film review
★★★ Directed by: Yann Demange Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley Film Review by: Hope Madden Detroit’s economic blight has offered a powerful backdrop to many a film—Only Lovers Left Alive and Don’t Breathe spring to mind. But for White Boy Rick, this decrepitude does not simply serve a fictional horror. It created a real one. Rick Wersche Sr. peddled guns to Detroit lowlifes. Feds preyed upon his 14-year-old son with an offer: become an FBI informant o
UK Film Review
- Sep 18, 2018
- 2 min
The Wife film review
★★★★ Directed by: Björn Runge Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Annie Starke, Harry Lloyd, Christian Slater, Max Irons Film Review by: Hope Madden You guys, Glenn Close has never won an Oscar. That’s insane, right? She’s been nominated 6 times—Albert Nobbs, Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction, The Natural, The Big Chill, The World According to Garp—but never won. I get the feeling she’s looking to change that. Björn Runge’s big screen adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s novel
UK Film Review
- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
Five Fingers for Marseilles film review
★★★★ Directed by: Michael Matthews Starring: Vuyo Dabula, Hamilton Dhlamini Film Review by: Rachel Willis How does one make a film that's uniquely South African yet still feels like an American western? Director Michael Matthews and writer Sean Drummond answer that question with the stunning Five Fingers for Marseilles. From the beginning, Matthews evokes Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars trilogy. Four boys stand facing each other, hands at the ready, waiting for a sign to
UK Film Review
- Sep 16, 2018
- 2 min
The Predator film review
★★★ Directed by: Shane Black Starring: Boyd Holbrooke, Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane Film Review by: Hope Madden Shane Black loves him some Eighties, doesn’t he? The over-the-top machismo, the sentimentality, the tasteless and insensitive one-liners—the writer/director revels in every opportunity to splash those (and some blood and entrails) on the screen as he reboots The Predator. This is the sixth installme
UK Film Review
- Sep 16, 2018
- 2 min
The Bookshop film review
★★ Directed by: Isabel Coixet Starring: Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Nighy, Honor Kneafsey Film Review by: Rachel Willis The Bookshop is not what you might imagine. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Penelope Fitzgerald, one might expect a sentimental, feel-good film about the power of books to open-up closed minds. That’s not what we get in writer/director Isabel Coixet’s latest film. At the heart of the story is Florence Green (Emily Mortimer). Having rec
UK Film Review
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
The Little Stranger film review
★★★ Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Charlotte Rampling, Will Poulter, Liv Hull Film Review by: Hope Madden There were a lot of reasons to be excited about The Little Stranger. The film is director Lenny Abrahamson’s follow up to his staggeringly wonderful 2015 film Room. It stars three of the most solid character actors you will find (whether you know the names or not): Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson and Will Poulter. Who else? Oh, yes, C
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