‘While the negatives may outweigh the positives, it still gets a decent grade as it is still a pretty enjoyable film’ Glass, 2019 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Written by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Samuel L. Jackson The third part of this unexpected trilogy, Glass picksContinue reading “Film Review: Glass (2019)”
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Film Review: Stan & Ollie (2019)
‘[It’s presented in] a really fun light while simultaneously holding the darkness visibly at bay’ Stan & Ollie, 2019 Directed by: Jon S. Baird Written by: Jeff Pope Starring: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Nina Arianda, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones Stan & Ollie is a biographical comedy-drama about the legendary duo StanContinue reading “Film Review: Stan & Ollie (2019)”
Film Review: Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)
‘Blue is the Warmest Colour is one of the most powerful, emotional, real and erotic films I’ve seen in a long, long time’ Blue is the Warmest Colour, 2013 Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche Starring: Lea Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos Blue is the Warmest Colour is one of the most powerful, emotional, real and erotic filmsContinue reading “Film Review: Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)”
Films Ranked: M. Night Shyamalan
Film Ranking: M. Night Shyamalan Night Shyamalan has a wide range of films with a wide range of quality and having watched them all for the Success or Failure segment I am now going to rank them in terms of my favourite to least favourite (note: this is not ranked by quality, as #1 willContinue reading “Films Ranked: M. Night Shyamalan”
Film Review: Split (2016)
‘Split is a true return to form for Shyamalan’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Split, 2016 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley Kevin (James McAvoy, Atomic Blonde) is a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder (DID), a condition whereby he has multiple personalities (Kevin has 23Continue reading “Film Review: Split (2016)”
Classic Film Review: The Village (2004)
‘Shyamalan probably felt that he owed his fans a twist ending […] and I feel that […] ruined The Village’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan The Village, 2004 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Brendan Gleeson After three films with a supernaturalContinue reading “Classic Film Review: The Village (2004)”
Classic Film Review: Unbreakable (2000)
‘A brilliant genre-blending film’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Unbreakable, 2000 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn David (Bruce Willis, The Sixth Sense), a former American-football player who had to retire after a car crash who now works in security, is the only survivor ofContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Unbreakable (2000)”
Classic Film Review: Praying with Anger (1992)
‘My initial idea was to ignore this film and had I have done so I wouldn’t have missed anything’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Praying with Anger, 1992 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: M. Night Shyamalan, Mike Muthu Initially I wasn’t going to include Praying with Anger as part of my reviewContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Praying with Anger (1992)”
Film Review: Tully (2018)
‘Quite bland and quite boring, and even the twist at the end is quite easily foreseeable’ 2018 in Cinema: Tully Directed by: Jason Reitman Starring: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston After the birth of her third child, Marlo (Charlize Theron, Atomic Blonde) struggles to cope with the demands of the lackContinue reading “Film Review: Tully (2018)”
Film Review: Love, Simon (2018)
‘Excellent pacing and a beautifully told romance’ 2018 in Cinema: Love, Simon, 2018 Directed by: Greg Berlanti Starring: Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner Love, Simon is a high-school teen drama about Simon (Nick Robinson, Everything Everything) who is secretly gay and soon learns about an online persona from another secretly gay lad atContinue reading “Film Review: Love, Simon (2018)”
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