Parasite Review

Bong Joon-ho is one of those directors whose work I’m a fan of, but I haven’t seen the work he’s done in his native country. The films of his that I’ve seen have been international co-productions, with most of the dialogue in English, those being Snowpiercer (although it took a while before I was able…

The Personal History of David Copperfield Review

This is a film I’ve been intrigued by for a while. I’m a massive fan of the works of Armando Iannucci but the writing style of him and his writing partners (Simon Blackwell, Tony Roach, Ian Martin and Jesse Armstrong) is very distinct and modern. So the idea of Iannucci doing an adaptation of Charles…

1917 Review

When 1917 was announced I was intrigued, but not necessarily 100% on board. I do like war movies when they’re done well and we don’t get many big budget films about World War 1, but I did go off Sam Mendes a bit because of how much I didn’t like Spectre. As the filming process…

The Gentlemen Review

The films of Guy Ritchie have been a mixed bag for me. When he’s good you get great films like Snatch or The Man From U.N.C.L.E but when he’s bad you get films like Revolver or Swept Away. It is clear that Ritchie is more comfortable doing gangster films than big blockbusters so when I…