A film that was on my 'Haven't got round to seeing it yet' list. Until now. Journalists at the Boston Globe investigate sexual abuse of children by local Roman Catholic priests- and uncover much more. This is based on a true story and feels authentic and not over-dramaticised for the big screen. The locales are …
From the director of the quite extraordinarily brilliant How To Survive A Plague comes this film. Marsha P Johnson was a black transvestite/drag queen (there was no 'transgender' then) who hung around Christopher Street in the 60s until her mysterious death when she was pulled out of the Hudson River in the early 90s. As we …
Continue reading Review- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
Why is it that when I see that Film 4 funded a film that its going to look like its been made for TV and lacking in scope or depth? This film could have been a massive example of social justice warrior filmmaking (damn those white men in power!) But instead there are so many …
Continue reading Review- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
A film that only an Aspergers suffering comic book obsessive could love. For anyone else- theres nothing here for you. 1/2 out of 5
WARNING- The ending of this film is so sugar coated that you will become diabetic. This film is basically saying ‘Life sucks whether you have a facial deformity or not’. Julia Roberts is great (as per). Owen Wilson is in a film that isn’t an utter embarrassment for once (way to go). But the film feels …
A movie that goes one way but changes direction massively. In fact before the plot twist that occurs I thought this was a film about the most unlikable and privileged kids I'd ever seen on screen. In fact they're so privileged that when they got to college they would be the biggest social justice warriors, I …
As its International Men's Day I thought I'd review a documentary that I saw a few days ago. How did I learn of The Red Pill? Thats a journey in itself...Someone tried to bully me in my place of work for being openly gay (note the word 'tried'. I fought back and have never seen …
A young girl has sex with her boyfriend only to be informed that hes passed on a curse to her. From now on she will be followed by a supernatural entity. If the entity reaches her it will kill her. Only she will be able to see it. The only way to get rid of …
Continue reading Day 30- 31 Days of Halloween- It Follows (2014)
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