It should not come as too much as a surprise that Hacksaw Ridge, which garnered 6 Oscar nominations and won two, tells the story of a man of extreme religious conviction, testing that belief to its limits before performing miraculous feats to help the unworthy. It is, after all, the film which appears to have … Continue reading Hacksaw Ridge
If Casey Affleck gave us a study of grief delayed and contained over the years in Manchester by the Sea, in Jackie Natalie Portman delivers a superb performance conveying the depths of shock and trauma caused by loss in its immediate aftermath. As the titular wife of JFK, Portman riddles Jackie with a sense of … Continue reading Jackie
It feels like only yesterday that a gangly, wide-eyed Dev Patel was a religiously conflicted and randy member of the original Skins gang. Fast forward a shocking decade, though, and Patel has just won a BAFTA, and will be in Los Angeles as a genuine Oscar contender this month. As riotously fun and notoriously controversial … Continue reading Lion
With a BAFTA under his belt, and an Oscar likely to follow, Casey Affleck must be feeling pretty good about life. In this, he will finally slipping out of the character of Lee Chandler, the central figure of Manchester by the Sea. Lee’s misery is clear and abject from the film’s opening, and Affleck subtly … Continue reading Manchester by the Sea
It takes a village; so goes the saying, one of a few morals to be gleaned from The Lego Batman Movie. It's a lesson DC could perhaps do with disregarding in the case of their caped crusader. Zack Snyder, David Ayer, Ben Affleck. The DC expanded universe is still young, but its Batman has been … Continue reading The Lego Batman Movie
Unforeseen Consequences 