Monthly Archives: April 2020

Backdraft (1991) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 25, 2020 by garethrhodes

Backdraft (1991) Directed by Ron Howard. With Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert DeNiro, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn and Rebecca De Mornay. From the pen of Highlander writer, Gregory Widen, Backdraft is a big Universal studio film that feels part theme … Continue reading →

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Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 23, 2020 by garethrhodes

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Directed by Mike Newell. With Hugh Grant, Andie McDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah and Simon Callow. Written by Richard Curtis and directed by Mike Newell, Four Weddings and a Funeral is a winner … Continue reading →

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Coming To America (1988) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 21, 2020 by garethrhodes

Coming To America (1988). Directed by John Landis. With Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones. Bored with underlings bowing to please and adore him, Prince Akeem of Zamunda (Murphy) gets cold feet at the elaborate ceremony of his … Continue reading →

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Midsommar (2019) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 14, 2020 by garethrhodes

Midsommar (2019) Directed by Ari Aster. With Florence Pugh. Florence Pugh plays Dani, a young American woman struck by grief following a devastating family tragedy. Out of obligation, her wavering boyfriend invites her to join him and his three buddies … Continue reading →

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John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 13, 2020 by garethrhodes

John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019) Directed By Chad Stahleski. With Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane and Laurence Fishburne. “Guns…lots of guns” suggests John Wick prior to the exhausting final gun-down of John Wick 3: Parabellum. This third movie … Continue reading →

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 12, 2020 by garethrhodes

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman. There are few films in the history of cinema that achieve the rhythm, artistry and dripped-in-inspiration execution of Raiders of the Lost … Continue reading →

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 11, 2020 by garethrhodes

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) Directed by Jake Kasdan. With Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillian. There have been a lot of video games over the past 35-years. There have been a lot of rubbish films … Continue reading →

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Ghost Town (2008) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 9, 2020 by garethrhodes

Ghost Town (2008). Directed by David Koepp. With Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni. There is something distinctly Capra-esque about David Koepp’s Ghost Town, a film about a curmudgeonly Englishman in New York (Gervais) who gains the ability to … Continue reading →

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