Monthly Archives: April 2018

The Beguiled (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 22, 2018 by garethrhodes

The Beguiled (2017) Directed by Sofia Coppola. With Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning. Sofia Coppola’s remake of the 1971 Don Siegel film of the same name draws less from that movie and more from the original … Continue reading →

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Dunkirk (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 21, 2018 by garethrhodes

Dunkirk (2017) Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy. Writer-director Christopher Nolan’s love of cinema is a blessing to all of us. Small corners of the internet take issue with the god-like adoration directed toward him, however, … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 19, 2018 by garethrhodes

Wonder Woman (2017) Directed by Patty Jenkins. With Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston and David Thewlis. The era of superhero films has been the dominant cinematic force of the past 10-years, yet while Marvel Studios … Continue reading →

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The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 18, 2018 by garethrhodes

The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Directed by Wes Craven. With John Steadman, Janus Blythe, Dee Wallace, Suzie Lanier-Bramlett and Martin Speer. Wes Craven’s original exploitation offering, The Hills Have Eyes (it now has sequels and a remake and a sequel … Continue reading →

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Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 17, 2018 by garethrhodes

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Julie Dreyfus and David Carradine Quentin Tarantino’s bottomless melting pot of influences is perhaps most noticeable in Kill Bill Vol 1, his modern samurai … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 15, 2018 by garethrhodes

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Directed by Rian Johnson. With Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Adma Driver, John Boyega, Carrie Fisher, Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis and Laura Dern. Lucasfilm never envisaged their sequel to The Force Awakens would … Continue reading →

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The Hateful Eight (2015) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 14, 2018 by garethrhodes

The Hateful Eight (2015) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, James Parks and Bruce Dern. To the accompaniment of Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight opens with a … Continue reading →

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Atomic Blonde (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 12, 2018 by garethrhodes

Atomic Blonde (2017) Directed by David Leitch. With Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Toby Jones and John Goodman. Directed by David Leitch, the man co-responsible for John Wick, Atomic Blonde is a spy-thriller set on the eve of the fall of the … Continue reading →

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Double Date (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 8, 2018 by garethrhodes

Double Date (2017) Directed by Benjamin Barfoot. Written by Danny Morgan. With Danny Morgan, Kelly Wenham, Michael Socha, Georgia Groome and Dexter Fletcher. Sporting a robust head of ginger hair and the friendly physique of a not-quite couch potato, Jim (Danny … Continue reading →

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Irreplaceable (2016) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 7, 2018 by garethrhodes

Irreplaceable (2016) Directed by Thomas Lilti. With François Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt, Christophe Odent. Originally titled Médecin de campagne but converted to Irreplaceable for English language audiences, this mature French drama is the work of Thomas Lilti (director and co-writer) – … Continue reading →