Set just before the Watergate scandal, The Post is a bold statement of a film aligning itself with some very current reflections on the role of the media, and a questionable US Administration. ThisContinue reading
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Review by Jez Gibson
A mother takes drastic and alternative methods to manipulate action from the local law enforcement, following the unsolved case of the rape and murder of her daughter. Writer / Director Martin Mcdonagh is pre-dominantlyContinue reading
Molly’s Game review by Jez Gibson
Aaron Sorkin bets big on his muse Molly Bloom in this dazzling directorial debut. I was totally unaware of the story of the real life Molly Bloom. She went from being an Olympic levelContinue reading
The Last Jedi – Review by Jez Gibson
Contrary to many, I believe Episode IV (not Empire) to be the high water mark in the Starwars galaxy. Rian Johnson has created a divisive and flawed masterpiece that I believe is its most accomplishedContinue reading
Wind River – Review by Jez Gibson
If you caught either Sicario or Hell or High Water, their writer Taylor Sheridan takes the directorial helm first hand. With an in-form Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen in this latest indie thriller, weContinue reading
Detroit – Film review by That Film Doctor
50 years ago, America experienced one of its worst times of civil unrest. The 1967 riots in Detroit remain one of the deadliest riots in US history. So for a film to be made ofContinue reading
Dunkirk – Review by Jez Gibson
Nolan brings to screen a glimpse into the Dunkirk story – a film that mirrors Churchill’s quote, “a miracle of deliverance”. Like football, films can be elevated to be more important than a matter ofContinue reading
Spiderman Homecoming review by Jez Gibson
The best Spidey to date, this 5 * friendly neighbourhood homecoming is good enough to catch many of us in its’ web. Forget the Marvel universe, forget Spidey comparisons, and forget which Web OS versionContinue reading
Baby Driver review by Jez Gibson
Baby wants to drive your car, for Wright or for wrong ? The titular Baby is a prodigy getaway guru that heads up and literally drives the story of Edgar Wright’s latest film. A crimeContinue reading
Rewind – Wag The Dog review by Osgood the Bold
There’s Life in the Old Dog Yet. David Mamet and Larry Beinhart’s script, adapted from Beinhart’s book “American Hero”, tells the tale of a hastily constructed political cover up that sets out to hide aContinue reading
Alien: Covenant review by That Film Doctor
I’m a big fan of the Alien franchise; I sat through AVP requiem and didn’t cry, and I once live tweeted the entirety of the special edition of Aliens. So it was difficult to goContinue reading
