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UK Film Review
- Oct 15, 2018
- 2 min
Memoir of War film review
★★★★ Directed by: Emmanuel Finkiel Starring: Mélanie Thierry Film Review by: Matt Weiner So a screenwriter, the president of France and a spy walk into a café… have you heard this one? If so, you might have read the book La Douleur (War: A Memoir for the English translation), an autobiography by Marguerite Duras based on diaries she allegedly wrote during World War II. Duras rose to fame as a writer, garnering a screenplay nomination for the Alain Resnais-directed Hiroshima m
UK Film Review
- Oct 12, 2018
- 2 min
Science Fair film review
★★★★ Directed by: #CristinaCostantini, #DarrenFoster Film Review by: #RachelWillis One year back in high school, my school decided participation in the science fair would be compulsory. I resented this since the last thing I wanted to do was “science.” Watching the teenagers profiled in documentarians Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster's film Science Fair, I start to understand the appeal of sincere participation in regional, national and international science fairs. If I
UK Film Review
- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
We the Animals film review
★★★★ Directed by: Jeremiah Zagar Starring: Evan Rosado, Sheila Vand, Raul Castillo Film Review by: Rachel Willis Imaginative Jonah is the focal point of director Jeremiah Zagar's family drama, We the Animals. Based on Justin Torres's novel of the same name, Zagar and co-writer Daniel Kitrosser successfully enter the realm of adolescent boys. The youngest of three brothers, Jonah is the film's narrator. His quiet observations allow him to remain nearly invisible to the adults
UK Film Review
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
Blaze film review
★★★★ Directed by: Ethan Hawke Starring: Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Ethan Hawke, Kris Kristofferson Film Review by: George Wolf Outlaw country musician Blaze Foley lived too hard and died too young, a life so steeped in cultish mystery that even the director of his biopic believed an urban legend about what led to Foley's tragic death. Ethan Hawke, who also co-wrote the film with Foley's ex-wife Sybil Rosen, presents Blaze's story with respectful grace and an observational tone
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 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 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
- Oct 1, 2018
- 2 min
American Chaos film review
★ Directed by: James Stern Film Review by: Matt Weiner As a documentary, American Chaos is in want of a natural constituency. It arrives far too late to offer anything more meaningful than the endless series of “Trump country” news features, all of which confirm the noncontroversial point that the Republican base still supports its Republican candidate. And the brief talking head interstitials with subject matter academics are both too pat to be targeted at Trump voters and t
UK Film Review
- Sep 29, 2018
- 2 min
Fahrenheit 11/9 film review
★★★★ Directed by: Michael Moore Film Review by George Wolf Michael Moore may set up his latest film by asking "How the F did we get here?", but thankfully Fahrenheit 11/9 isn't just another empty load of hand-wringing on the perils of ignoring the "economic anxiety" of the heartland. Moore has much more legitimate axes to grind, and not just about Donald Trump. In fact, after a compelling open that reminds us how sure we were that Trump was never going to win in the first pla
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
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