Posts Tagged ‘Focus Features’
Film Review – Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals is fashion designer Tom Ford’s return to film. After his well-received debut with A Single Man in 2009, he is back with an adaptation of Austin Wright’s novel, Tony and Susan.
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Film Review – In A Valley of Violence
Silent lone gunman wandering the plains with only his horse and dog as company. An encounter with a drunken priest. Running afoul of the Marshall in a small frontier town. Gunfights and revenge. All of the cliches are present in the new Western In A Valley…
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Film Review – Race
Jesse Owens is both a historical and sports figure, and you no doubt learned about what made him famous in grade school. He achieved greatness by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and setting world records the last of which was…
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Film Review – The Danish Girl
Soon after Eddie Redmayne picked up a Best Actor Oscar for The Theory of Everything, an image of Redmayne dressed up as a woman was shared online. It was for his next project, The Danish Girl, and it pretty much became known then that this…
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Film Review – Sinister 2
The storyline of the original Sinister back in 2012 revolved around an alcoholic writer and family man longing to reclaim the fame brought on by his first novel. His main competition is the dark entity existing in the family’s new home, which was the site…
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Film Review – Self/Less
If you’re considering seeing Self/Less this week, I’d guess it’s either because you happened upon the trailer and are looking for a fun sci-fi romp or noticed Tarsem Singh directed and are looking for a fun sci-fi romp with a distinctive visual stamp. At the…
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Film Review – Fifty Shades of Grey
In Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), virginal literature student Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) enters into a BDSM relationship with billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). The main point of tension is the negotiation of a contract. This contract outlines the dominant/submissive sexual arrangement that Christian will…
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Film 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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