Monthly Archives: May 2015

Nightcrawler (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 31, 2015 by garethrhodes

Nightcrawler (2014) Directed by Dan Gilroy. With Jake Gyllehaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton.  Written and directed by Dan Gilroy (his first directorial offering), Nightcrawler is a dark, disturbing thriller set on the night-time streets of Los Angeles, in … Continue reading →

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A Simple Plan (1998) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 30, 2015 by garethrhodes

A Simple Plan (1998) Directed by Sam Raimi. With Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe and Bridget Fonda. Based on a novel by Scott B. Smith and directed by Sam Raimi, A Simple Plan tells the story of three … Continue reading →

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Piranha 3DD (2012) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 29, 2015 by garethrhodes

Piranha 3DD (2012) Directed by John Gulager. With Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Katrina Bowden, David Koechner, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd and David Hasselhoff. Coming two-years after the success of Alexandre Aja’s Piranha 3D, the cheekily titled Piranha 3DD shares a certain kinship with 1983’s … Continue reading →

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Play Misty for Me (1971) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 28, 2015 by garethrhodes

Play Misty for Me (1971) Directed by Clint Eastwood • Written by Joe Heims and Dean Riesner With Clint Eastwood, Patricia Walter and Donna Mills. Clint Eastwood directs and stars in Play Misty for Me, a tense thriller about a radio … Continue reading →

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The Theory of Everything (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 25, 2015 by garethrhodes

The Theory of Everything (2014) Directed by James Marsh. With Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones and Charlie Cox.  With a host of Oscar nods under its belt, and a win for actor Eddie Redmayne playing theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking – The Theory … Continue reading →

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Out of the Furnace (2013) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 22, 2015 by garethrhodes

Out of the Furnace (2013) Directed by Scott Cooper. With Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harreslon, Zoë Saldana, Sam Shepard, Tom Bower, Forest Whitaker and Willem Dafoe. Co-written with Brad Inglesby, Scott Cooper’s ‘Out of the Furnace‘ is a heavyweight drama-thriller … Continue reading →

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Layer Cake (2004) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 21, 2015 by garethrhodes

Layer Cake (2004) Directed by Matthew Vaughn. With Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, George Harris, Colm Meaney, Burn Gorman, Sally Hawkins, Sienna Miller, Jamie Foreman and Michael Gambon. Anyone familiar with Guy Ritchie’s guns n’ geezers films, can have a reasonably … Continue reading →

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Fargo (1996) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 19, 2015 by garethrhodes

Fargo (1996) Directed by Joel Coen. With Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare.  Officially directed by Joel Coen, with brother Ethan on co-writing and production duties, Fargo is a violent crime drama-thriller, told with the brothers’ signature … Continue reading →

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Lucy (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 18, 2015 by garethrhodes

Lucy (2014) Directed by Luc Besson. With Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman and Choi Min-shik. Written and directed by Luc Besson, Lucy is a mind-bending science-fiction action film starring Scarlett Johansson as a woman who is unwittingly exposed to a drug (CPh4) which gives … Continue reading →

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Le Week-End (2013) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 18, 2015 by garethrhodes

Le Week-End (2013) Directed by Roger Michell. With Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum. The poster for Le Week-End boasts “From the director of Notting Hill” as if that might in some way indicate a reassurance of cosy ground … Continue reading →

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