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UK Film Review
- Oct 18, 2019
- 4 min
Knives Out London Film Festival 2019 review
★★★★ Directed by: #RianJohnson Written by: Rian Johnson Starring: #AnadeArmas, #ToniCollette, #ChrisEvans, #DanielCraig, #EdiPatterson, #JamieLeeCurtis, #KatheringLangford, #MichaelShannon, #ChristopherPlummer BFI London Film Festival Review by: Andrew Young Knives Out Movie Review In just a few films, Rian Johnson has come from interesting indie #filmmaker to the kind of director who’s name is put on the poster to sell tickets. From making the ultra low-budget Brick to being
UK Film Review
- Jul 26, 2019
- 2 min
The Current War film review
★★★★ Director: #AlphonsoGomezRejon Starring: #BenedictCumberbatch, #MichaelShannon, #NicholasHoult, #MatthewMacfadyen, #TuppenceMiddleton and #KatherineWaterston Film Review by: #BrianPenn In this shiny, ultra-modern digital world we barely give a second thought for electricity; the most versatile, dynamic form of energy. To consider its origins and practical use, most would look no further than Thomas Edison; rock star inventor who gave us the phonograph, motion pictures and
UK Film Review
- Oct 14, 2017
- 3 min
The Shape of Water
★★★★★ Directed by Guillermo del Toro Written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, David Hewlett, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy BFI London Film Festival Review by Chris Olson In 2015 cinematic auteur Guillermo del Toro delivered a darkly magnificent gothic horror with Crimson Peak. Two years later and the director has served up arguably his most inspired movie since 2006's Pan's Labyrin
UK Film Review
- Nov 13, 2016
- 8 min
Nocturnal Animals

★★★★★ Directed by Tom Ford
Written by Tom Ford
Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber & Armie Hammer
Film Review by Dean Pettipher Few wield such impressive capacities to so brutally and yet so beautifully illustrate the vast disparities between appearance and reality that come even close to the masters of fashion design. Thus, Hollywood and all of her ebullient, tireless lovers were most certainly blessed wh
UK Film Review
- Apr 14, 2016
- 3 min
Midnight Special
★★★★ Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Jaeden Lieberher, Kirsten Dunst & Adam Driver Film review by Alexander Halsall Following the success of writer/director Jeff Nichols’s previous features Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, and Mud is his first studio feature Midnight Special. Nichols is one of the most promising filmmakers to emerge in the last few years; he reunites with ever present actor/accomplice Michael Shannon in his latest feature. Roy
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