Dir: Emerald Fennell Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Film Editing. Score: ★☆☆☆☆ The directorial debut of Emerald Fennel, who most will know as the actress who plays Camilla Parker Bowles on Netflix's The Crown, and potentially as the show runner for season two of Killing Eve, stars Carey Mulligan... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2021 – FILM REVIEW: Minari (2020)
Dir: Lee Isaac Chung Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score Score: ★★★☆☆ Lee Isaac Chung's Minari is a semi-autobiographical tale about a Korean-American family attempting the tricky task of settling into 1980's rural Arkansas. Featuring a handsome set of performances from the entire cast... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2020 – FILM REVIEW: The Irishman (2019)
Dir: Martin Scorsese Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects. Score: ★★★★★ Based on Charles Brandt's book I Heard You Paint Houses, The Irishman is the story of Frank Sheeran a World War II veteran who... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2020 – FILM REVIEW: Marriage Story (2019)
Dir: Noah Baumbach Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score. Score: ★★★★☆ Writer / Director Noah Baumbach's comfort zone is with those people and families that are financially well off enough that they have time to think about how shitty things are and actually have... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2020 – FILM REVIEW: Ford v Ferrari / Le Mans ’66 (2019)
Dir: James Mangold Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing. Score: ★★☆☆☆ Ford v Ferrari or as it's known in the UK Le Mans '66, is the latest output by James Mangold, most well known for Cop Land, Girl Interrupted, Walk The Line and both Hugh Jackman X- Men spin-offs... Continue Reading →