J. A. Boyona is a monster. Ok, he’s not but he is a really gifted director who manipulates our emotions and toys with our tear ducts. A prodigy of Guillermo Del Toro, Boyana has crafted his own style which is fantastical realism blighted by a sheer visceral undertow (although The Impossible is perhaps an exception to this rule.) With L’Orphanage being perhaps the most astute … Continue reading BFI London Film Festival: A Monster Calls – Review
by Jamie Garwood In the last ten or so years of reviewing films and witnessing the beginning of genuine brilliant careers and attending film festivals around the country, you get to see films from all walks of life, that gestate somewhere and manifest into a whole project that appears in your home city. It is a privilege to witness them when they come to fruition. … Continue reading BFI London Film Festival: Certain Women – Review
It’s every actors dream to get that callback. Called back because you are good at what you do and you stand out in a crowd. For aspiring actor Larry de Cecco, the tough and ruthless world of acting isn’t treating him so well. Awkward advert auditions after awkward advert audition, it appears that this man desperately wants a break. The mundane, monotony of his day … Continue reading BFI London Film Festival: Call Back – Review
The Accountant seems like a complete boring movie but we swear it’s going to be good. Well, that’s what it screams with the countless amount of clips and trailers that are bouncing around. The film revolves around a math savant who has more affinity for numbers than people (aka, every smart person role ever created.) On the outside, he simple works for a small town … Continue reading The Accountant – Brand New Digital Comic
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