The French Dispatch Review

It’s fair to say that Wes Anderson is one of the most idiosyncratic directors working today. No matter what genre or medium he’s working in, the second you see any frame of his films, you know that it’s a Wes Anderson film. With The French Dispatch, he may have made his most Wes Anderson-y film…

The Last Duel Review

It’s fair to say that Ridley Scott is one of the best directors to handle this specific type of drama. With films like Kingdom of Heaven and The Duellists under his belt, Scott knows how to handle this kind of story. It may not always work (such as his version of Robin Hood), but at…

Halloween Kills Review

The Halloween series is one I’m not fully familiar with. Of the series, the only ones I’ve seen are the original and the 2018 sequel. That said, I was still looking forward to this as David Gordon Green did some interesting stuff with his version of Halloween in 2018. However, I do think this film…

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Review

I made it no secret that I did not like the first Venom when it was released. I found it to be a tonally confused mess that was a really bad film on the whole. I wasn’t originally excited for this film, but when Andy Serkis was announced as director I was intrigued. I still…

London Film Festival 2021: Flee Review

So we’ve now come to the final film I saw at this year’s London Film Festival and, like how I started the festival with animation, I thought I’d end the festival with animation. After looking through the programme, this film stood out to me as I think animation can be a great medium for documentaries.…

London Film Festival 2021: Playground Review

The next film I watched at the London Film Festival on BFI Player is another foreign language film. Based on what I’d read about it, I thought that Playground would make an interesting choice for a film to watch and I have to say that this is one of the most brutal and hard hitting…

London Film Festival 2021: True Things Review

So now we’ve got to the films I’m watching at this year’s London Film Festival on BFI Player. For the first one, I decided to go with True Things. I really enjoyed Harry Wootliff’s previous film, Only You, and I was interested to see what her next film would be. Unfortunately, I think that the…

London Film Festival 2021: The Good Boss Review

For the final film I watched in London at this year’s Film Festival, I wanted a film not in the English language so I decided to check out The Good Boss. Now I had no preconceptions before the film, knowing only what the synopsis on the BFI’s website said and I ended up thinking this…

London Film Festival 2021: Last Night in Soho Review

The second film that I watched at this year’s London Film Festival is probably my most anticipated film of the year and the film I wanted to see more than any other at the festival, Last Night in Soho. Edgar Wright is probably my favourite director working today and hearing that he would be making…

London Film Festival 2021: Ron’s Gone Wrong Review

Once again it’s time for the BFI London Film Festival and, unlike last year, I’ve been able to see a good few films actually in London. There will still be films I watch on BFI Player, but it’s a 50/50 split this time. To start with, the first event I went to was the World…