Director: Thea Sharrock Running Time 100 min Rated R Grade B+ Easily the year’s funniest film. Wicked Little Letters is a performance goldmine from the versatile Oscar-winning Olivia Colman (The Favourite, Wonka). In fact, what other reason do you need a true story, with Colman and Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley (Women Talking, Wild Rose) swearing […]
Pablo Larraín’s latest film “Spencer” is a wild departure from the expected historical biopics or the kind of presentation seen on “The Crown”. Familiarizing yourself with Larraín’s particular style is recommended, meaning you should see his masterpiece “Jackie” before watching “Spencer”. It’s the audacity in Larraín’s script that makes “Spencer” surprisingly fun to watch. In
It’s a play, Sally Potter’s latest film. Or at least it’s written and shot like one. The writer/director behind such diverse films as Ginger & Rose or The Man Who Cried, delivers a wildly eccentric and capable ensemble cast. This black and white staged cinema takes place in one single location, in real time during
Nick Park and the Aardman Animation Studios bring us another enchanted story that entertains while it inspires hope and the achievement of dreams. Dug (Redmayne) is an aspiring young man who tries to convince Bobnar (Spall), chief of the cavemen, that they should go beyond being a tribe of rabbit hunters and start searching for
Credit must be paid to Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Lobster, The Light Between Oceans, Complete Unknown) who debuts her fourth feature in 2016. More impressively it’s the second in which she is the solo lead. The rarity in which an actress has not one, but two leading roles in the same year is a
Cannes award winner for best actor Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) is truly deserving of an Oscar nomination for his embedded performance in the biopic of William Turner. From the moment the film opens, the cinematography pulls you into what visually could be a moving painting. Dick Pope always works on director Mike Leigh’s films, but