Isle of Dogs (2018) – Review.
The thing that struck me while watching Wes Anderson’s latest picture, Isle of Dogs is the knack that the director has for taking a fairly basic premise and using that… Continue reading "Isle of Dogs (2018) – Review."
Author: Haydn Spurrell
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A Quiet Place (2018) – Review.
A Quiet Place opens with a caption, informing us that 89 days have passed. Since what exactly? That’s something we can deduce rather quickly, though not before an almost entirely… Continue reading "A Quiet Place (2018) – Review."
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Batman: The Enemy Within (2017-18) – Review.
As is often the case, the Joker overshadows the Bat in Batman: The Enemy Within, the five-episode sequel to Batman: The Telltale Series. Only here, we’re privy to what might… Continue reading "Batman: The Enemy Within (2017-18) – Review."
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Annihilation (2018) – Review.
The protagonist in Alex Garland’s second feature film, Lena, has a military background but also an academic one. She specializes in biology and has found success as a professor in… Continue reading "Annihilation (2018) – Review."
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Mute (2018) – Review.
There are a number of great films that have left their mark on the neo-noir-drenched corner of cinema, the colourful void in which inspiring and terrifying futures exist under bright,… Continue reading "Mute (2018) – Review."
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Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ and an International Distribution Dilemma.
In a bizarre move, Paramount has made it abundantly clear that it has little faith in Ex Machina director Alex Garland’s forthcoming film, Annihilation, having opted to skip a theatrical… Continue reading "Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ and an International Distribution Dilemma."
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The Shape of Water (2017) – Review.
Halfway through The Shape of Water a major event takes place. Eliza, the mute protagonist played exquisitely by Sally Hawkins, has hatched a plan, and she’s now putting it into… Continue reading "The Shape of Water (2017) – Review."
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Directors Series – Christopher Nolan, Part 6 – Dunkirk (2017).
Christopher Nolan’s retelling of the events of Dunkirk opens with a group of boys in a deserted town, scavenging for perhaps food but most certainly water. Before long the silence… Continue reading "Directors Series – Christopher Nolan, Part 6 – Dunkirk (2017)."
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Directors Series – Christopher Nolan, Part 5 – Interstellar (2014).
Christopher Nolan’s science fiction epic falters at a few moments particularly in the latter part of its second act, but nevertheless manages to be an ambitious and powerfully told tale… Continue reading "Directors Series – Christopher Nolan, Part 5 – Interstellar (2014)."
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Directors Series – Christopher Nolan, Part 4 – Inception (2010).
Conceptually, I can’t think of a film that has sparked my imagination in such a specific way as Christopher Nolan’s Inception. There’s much to be said of a filmmaker that’s… Continue reading "Directors Series – Christopher Nolan, Part 4 – Inception (2010)."