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    Magic In The Moonlight

    Within a few minutes after the opening of this movie  …. Woody Allen’s 46th, and probably one of his most tedious … it is very obvious that the magic in the title refers strictly to the staged tricks created by the two leading characters and not to the film itself. Allen’s very thin story, set … Continue reading

    On The Basis of Sex

    Hot on the heels of the award-winning documentary RBG from filmmakers Julie Cohen, and Betsy West comes this second attempt to capture the extraordinary life of the legendary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on film.. This dramatised fictionalised movie was scripted  by Ginsburg’s nephew  newbie writer Daniel Stiepleman and hones in on an early part of her life … Continue reading

    Ovation

    Veteran indie filmmaker Henry Jaglom‘s latest movie is a decidedly old-fashioned backstage the-show-must-go-on drama. It is also very much a family affair with his considerably younger wife Tanna Frederick as the star, and his two children Simon Jaglom and Sabrina Jaglom in the supporting cast too. The story is based on the week of a life of two plays that are been … Continue reading

    Peterloo : Mike Leigh’s take of one of the UK’s darkest moments from the past

    Veteran British Filmmaker the 7 time Academy Award Nominee Mike Leigh’s latest film takes a look back at a disgraceful part of English history that most people are totally unaware of. This epic length drama is from one of the most lauded auteurs in indie cinema whose work however never really enjoys mush commercial success,.  … Continue reading

    Rebecca: Did they really have to burn down Manderley for this?

      The award-winning British writer/director Ben Wheatley responsible for some excellent edgy films such as Sightseers and Kill List seemed an odd choice to helm Netflix’s Rebecca.  He is valiantly trying to get the message through that his is not an adaption of Hitchcock’s 1940 original that won two Academy Awards including best Picture,  It … Continue reading

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