DRAG ME TO HELL
Directed by Sam Raimi
Starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long and Lorna Raver
Inspired by Criterion's Three Reasons series I sum up in, yes you guessed it, three reasons why I love the films I love.
Only God Forgives // Detached pointlessness
ONLY GOD FORGIVES
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam, Vithaya Pansringarm
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS
I really wanted to like this film. I really did.
Film Talk // Back to black
There's a noticeable trend happening in the movies lately. Ever since The Artist won the Best Picture Oscar back in 2012 it reminded audiences around the world how exciting and beautifully cinematic it is to shoot films in black and white.
Mood Indigo // Joys and sorrows
MOOD INDIGO (2013)
Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring Audrey Tatou, Romain Duris, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS
Love, life and death. Three enormous themes beautifully tackled by one of the most inventive and original directors working today. Michel Gondry is best known for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and this may be as good if not better than that modern classic.
Spring Breakers // Flashing Lights
Spring Breakers
Directed by Harmony Korine
Starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, Ashley Benson and James Franco
This review contains spoilers
First, I'm going to try and describe the film in one paragraph. I'm not going to summarise what happens because you can probably do that in one sentence. I'm going to describe it by what the experience of watching it was like because the film is essentially an experience. The kind that is hard to forget.
Stoker // Sydney Film Festival 2013
Stoker
Directed by Park Chan-Wook
Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Jacki Weaver and Matthew Goode
This review contains spoilers
Let's begin at the end. We see the result of everything that happens during the middle portion of the film which proves to be the least interesting part of the film. What is interesting is seeing how it all begins and how it all ends and where this could lead.
Les Miserables // The power of the spoken word
Tom Hooper's adaptation of Victor Hugo's
tome and worldwide stage hit, Les Miserables, tries to say (or
sing) so many things, piled on top of each another, that the resulting reaction
from me was to cringe and look away.
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