WHERE TO INVADE NEXT? Reviewed

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT? Written, directed and starring Michael Moore In his latest documentary, Michael Moore travels the world looking for what other countries are doing right. For instance, Italy gives its citizens three months a year away from their job and paid...

THE WITCH Reviewed

The Witch Directed and Written by Roger Eggers Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Havey Scrimshaw It is 1630, half a century before the Salem Witch Trials, and a family leaves a Puritan settlement in a dispute over religious practices. Setting up...

HAIL CAESAR Reviewed

HAIL CAESAR Written and Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Alden Ehrenreich, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand Josh Brolin plays Eddie Mannix a studio fixer in the 1950s. HAIL...

Two Films About Old Age

45 YEARS Directed by Andrew Haigh Written by David Constantine Starring: Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtney THE LADY IN THE VAN Directed by Nicholas Hhtner Written by Alan Bennett Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings Although these films were very different in...

THE REVENANT Reviewed

THE REVENANT Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu Written by Mark L. Smith and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, based on the book by Michael Punke Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck This was not a film I expected to like....

Film Review: ANOMALISA

Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Written by Charlie Kaufman Featuring the voices of Tom Noonan, Jennifer Jason Leigh and David Thewlis Anomalisa, Kaufman's stop-motion animation feature is set in a number of numbing settings (taxi, airport, hotel,...