Posts Tagged ‘Domhnall Gleeson’
Film Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin
The world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends stands out because of its simple and wholesome nature. Where Looney Tunes had a tongue-in-cheek self awareness, and where other Disney classic animated characters became involved in fantastical adventures, Pooh Bear, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, and others stayed mostly…
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Film Review – mother!
Before I go any further (or anywhere at all actually) I would like to note that I like art, so much so I went to art school for my undergraduate degree. I admire ambition and want to reward films that exist outside a franchise or…
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Top 15 Films of 2015 – Allen’s Picks
I know what people say: “Lists of anything are dumb. How can you take something as subjective as movies and rank them in order?” Well, that’s kind of the beauty of it: no one list is definitive. If anything, putting out one’s favorite films only reveals…
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Film Review – Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a film about beginnings and endings within a young Irish immigrant’s life, and her struggle to experience it all, to be in and of everything she does rather than let things happen or follow the accepted order of events for a woman of…
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Interview – Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Spencer interviews writer/director Alex Garland from the sci-fi drama Ex Machina.
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Film Review – Ex Machina
I like low budget sci fi movies. Not just alien creature features from the fifties, but modern indies that deal with things a little outside the ordinary. Because of the tight financing, smaller science fiction films need to focus on the essentials: storytelling, acting, and…
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Film Review – Frank
Frank is probably most easily recognized as the movie where Michael Fassbender wears a fake head throughout the film. My first thought was that this would be the kind of film that either just works based on its weird idea or will just go off…
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SXSW Film Interview – Lenny Abrahamson – Frank
At SXSW, The MacGuffin sat down with director Lenny Abrahamson for his film Frank for a small roundtable discussion. Frank stars Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Domhnall Gleeson, Scoot McNairy, François Civil, and Carla Azar.
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