Your Licence To Let Go
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. This film has all the credentials of an awards darling – Spielberg directing, Streep and Hanks, and some weighty subject matter. Continue Reading
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-dominantly a theatre guy. If unfamiliar with his stage work, you may well have been entertained by one of his most Continue Reading
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 level skier to being an FBI target in the last few years based on her part in instigating and running some Continue Reading
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 accomplished companion to date. Starwars started out in becoming stratospherically huge and almost sacred, reaching and bewitching huge swathes of different Continue Reading
