Posts Tagged ‘Ben Mendelsohn’
Film Review – The King
The King (2019) tells the story of King Henry V of England (Timothee Chalamet), the young ruler who was known for his military successes during the Hundred Years’ War. Perhaps his best known victory came at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, in which he…
READ MOREFilm Review – Ready Player One
The road that brought Ready Player One (2018) to the big screen was a circular one. We start with Steven Spielberg, the most successful director in cinema history. His work, from Jaws (1975), E.T. (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Jurassic Park (1994)…
READ MOREFilm Review – Darkest Hour
When it comes to “transformative” actors – those that have the innate ability to physically disappear into a role – there are very few who are at the level of Gary Oldman. He has a way of altering his very being for a performance, whether…
READ MOREFilm Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Second Take)
Hey, have you ever sat back and thought: “If the Death Star was such a powerful weapon, why was it so easily destroyed by a couple of blasts down a generator shaft?” Well, lucky for you, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) spends a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Second Take)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is Disney’s first foray away from the Star Wars’ Episode films. It is coined as a standalone Star Wars film, but the term is misleading. Rogue One is set timeline-wise after Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and before…
READ MOREFilm Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
“A long, long, long, long time ago…in a galaxy far far away…” The last time we saw our heroes we found out where Luke Skywalker was hiding away, Kylo Ren betrayed his father and a new nemesis is plotting (yet again) to rule the galaxy.…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mississippi Grind
Depictions of gambling addiction in film have captivated audiences for decades. The formula is as simple as it is brilliant: bad decisions, often resulting in the loss of friends and family + pitying bookies and no-nonsense loan sharks + reckless abandon = cinematic gold. While…
READ MOREFilm Review – Black Sea
Director Kevin Macdonald certainly does not keep to a certain genre of film. He is known for documentaries and dramas, his most famous being The Last King of Scotland. Macdonald ventures into the likes of other submarine set drama films with Black Sea.
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