Posts Tagged ‘Colin Farrell’
Film Review – Ava
Ava (2020) is the cinematic equivalent of painting by the numbers. It follows the outline of the thriller genre so strictly that you have to wonder if this is some kind of deconstruction or parody. Almost every trope you can think of makes an appearance.…
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Film Review – The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie is a prolific screenwriter and director. He has a style that is unmistakably original in some of his films. Surprisingly (at least for me), the recent live-action Aladdin (2019) is also one of his films. Ritchie is not afraid to take chances and divert…
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Top 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
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Film Review – Widows
Director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Shame) decided to take on a film showcasing women finding their strength in Widows. With a screenplay by McQueen and Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) and based on the novel of the same name by…
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Film Review – Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Sometimes the most frustrating experience with a movie can be the clear signs of missed potential and dropped expectations. There’s usually a moment with an experience like that where one can see the point where the decisions that were made turn against the potential. In…
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Top 15 Films Of 2016 – Allen’s Picks
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to grow up. Adults got to do all the cool things. Every year seemed to drag by at a snail’s pace. Now that I actually am an adult, time has been moving way too fast. I keep…
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Film Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The return to the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling begins with that iconic tune with the Warner Brothers’ logo shrouded in clouds. After that, the film begins with a wizard stand-off scene featuring a violent bang or flash that only lasts about a minute. We are…
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Film Review – Mojave
An angry white man of privilege decides to go the desert to work out some issues when he sparks a cat and mouse rivalry with a drifter in writer, director William Monahan’s Mojave. Best known for his screenplay for The Departed (2006), previously wrote and…
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