There is something wonderfully refreshing about walking into a cinema with absolutely no idea where a film is going to take you. The End of Oak Street is precisely that kind of experience: an unexpected, intense and frequently downright bonkers slice of science fiction that asks you to surrender to its madness and enjoy the […]
‘The Odyssey’ – Christopher Nolen delivers a ‘thinking man’s’ blockbuster – Review
Whenever filmmaker Christopher Nolan is set to take on a new project, it always draws plenty of attention, and his choice to bring Homer’s The Odyssey to life on the big screen is one of immense intrigue and thought. Nolan takes this divine work and delivers an intellectual and thoughtful presentation on a classic work, […]
‘Mother Mary’ – David Lowery Conducts A Fever Dream Of Fame, Obsession & Gothic Desire – Review
Filmmaker David Lowery is a talent who exists on his very own wavelength, a burgeoning auteur who disappears completely into character and genre, and who delivers unfiltered originality and incredible humanity and shading to the experience of cinema whenever he puts narrative to celluloid. The projections that then reach audiences are utterly breathtaking. And now […]
Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway deliver pure shock value in ‘Verity’
Author Colleen Hoover has become the unequivocal queen of the modern day romance story, with audiences time and time again following for her quintessential love story, but now a different side to her narrative skills are ready to make their way to the big screen in the presentation of a chilling psycho-sexual drama of obsession, […]
David Lowery delivers a haunting vision of gothic ecstasy in A24’s ‘Mother Mary’
Whenever we hear news that filmmaker David Lowery (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story) is preparing to release another feature film, it’s always exciting. His upcoming gothic melodrama, which explores themes of obsession, pop music, and high fashion, promises to deliver an utterly hypnotic and intense performance by Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway. Mother Mary […]
‘The Witches’ – Review
Roald Dahl’s distinctive mix of humour and scares find their way into Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches, and this classic children’s tale finds a fresh voice for a whole new generation. In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the […]