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Fools Gold (2008) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on July 6, 2020 by garethrhodes

Fools Gold is a treasure hunting adventure rom-com star vehicle that aims to provide its audience with a charming slice of Tinseltown powered escapism. The best I can say is that it infrequently half succeeds. Matthew McConaughey is of course … Continue reading →

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on May 9, 2020 by garethrhodes

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Directed by Gareth Edwards. With Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn and Diego Luna. There are more than fifty shades of grey in Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. To hutch a seat … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Wild Rose (2018) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 23, 2020 by garethrhodes

Wild Rose (2018) Directed by Tom Harper. With Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters. There is no brighter diamond in more ragged rough than Jessie Buckley in ‘Wild Rose’, Tom Harper’s heart-on-sleeve drama about a troubled Glaswegian country singer (don’t say … Continue reading →

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First Man (2018) Film Review By Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 3, 2020 by garethrhodes

First Man (2018) Directed By Damien Chazelle. With Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. Having enjoyed Damien Chazelle’s previous two films, Whiplash and La La Land, I looked forward to seeing what the exciting young director might do when tackling humankind’s … Continue reading →

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Fighting with My Family (2019) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 2, 2020 by garethrhodes

Fighting with My Family (2019). Directed by Stephen Merchant. With Florence Pugh, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Lena Headey and Dwayne Johnson. If you think of Darren Aranofsky’s The Wrestler, subtract the gritty realism and swap it with a tested sense … Continue reading →

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Tully (2018) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 18, 2019 by garethrhodes

Tully (2018) Directed by Jason Retiman. With Charlize Theron, Ron Livingston and Mackenzie Davis. The writer-directing team of Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman return with Tully, a small indie release starring Charlize Theron as a 40-something mother on the brink … Continue reading →

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