Monthly Archives: January 2015

Short Term 12 (2013) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 30, 2015 by garethrhodes

Short Term 12 (2013) Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield and Kaitlyn Dever. I’m not going to forget this one in a hurry. Nor would I want to. Written and directed by Destin … Continue reading →

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Clear and Present Danger (1994) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 29, 2015 by garethrhodes

Clear and Present Danger (1994) Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Harris Yulin and Donald Moffat. Director Phillip Noyce and star Harrison Ford return for this sequel to 1992’s Patriot Games. Based … Continue reading →

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Maleficent (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 28, 2015 by garethrhodes

Maleficent (2014) Directed by Robert Stromberg. With Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley and Sam Riley. Directed by Robert Stromberg, with Angelina Jolie in the title role. Maleficent is a reworking of a classic mythology, telling the story of Sleeping … Continue reading →

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Cocoon: The Return (1988) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 27, 2015 by garethrhodes

Cocoon: The Return (1988) Directed by Daniel Petrie. With Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Jack Gilford and Steve Guttenberg. Much of the cast that made the 1985 Cocoon film such a warm experience return for … Continue reading →

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Starlet (2012) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 26, 2015 by garethrhodes

Starlet (2012) Directed by Sean Baker. With Dree Hemingway. Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve and James Ransone. After she buys an old Thermos flask from Sadie (Besedka Johnson) – an elderly lady at a local yard sale – young Jane … Continue reading →

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Scissors (1991) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 25, 2015 by garethrhodes

Scissors (1991) Directed by Frank De Felitta. With Sharon Stone, Steve Railsback and Ronny Cox. It’s often hard to tell what’s going on during writer/director Frank De Felitta’s psychological drama, Scissors. The film stars a pre Basic Instinct Sharon … Continue reading →

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Cocoon (1985) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 24, 2015 by garethrhodes

Cocoon (1985) Directed by Ron Howard. With Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Brian Dennehy and Wilford Brimley. Released 8 years after Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Ron Howard’s Cocoon is another alien contact film, loaded with subtext … Continue reading →

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The Game (1997) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 24, 2015 by garethrhodes

The Game (1997) Directed by David Fincher. With Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Anna Katarina and Sean Penn. Many cite Alien 3 as David Fincher’s weakest film. And, for or all but the climax of his 1997 thriller, … Continue reading →

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Final Analysis (1992) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 22, 2015 by garethrhodes

Final Analysis (1992) Directed by Phil Joanou. With Richard Gere, Kim Basinger and Uma Thurman. Directed by Californian film maker, Phil Joanou, Final Analysis is a twisty psychological thriller, made in the mould of an Alfred Hitchcock type offering, straddling … Continue reading →

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St Vincent (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 22, 2015 by garethrhodes

St Vincent (2014) Directed by Theodore Melfi. With Bill Murray, Meliissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Chris O’Dowd and Jaeden Lieberher. Written and directed by Theodore Melfi, St Vincent is a comedy-drama set around a curious set of relationships between a grouchy … Continue reading →