Tag: Movie review

A good classic film for the family this Easter (or any) season is the 1998 animated classic The Prince of Egypt. Nearly 30 years on from its first appearance, DreamWorks’ debut film remains its premiere, capturing the hearts and minds of viewers the world over.

Doing the right thing is never easy, if it was everyone would do it—but what happens when doing the right thing could jeopardise everything you hold dear?

A lot could be said about the newest addition to Disney’s classics turned live action slate: it’s ugly, it’s off-putting, it’s a poor version of the original. Snow White is all these things at the same time—and in spades.

Flow is the kind of film which can only come from someone who has three things: a love of the cinema, an idea, and a lot of patience.

Following a man who can live, die, and live again and the social system he lives in on the faraway space colony of Niflheim, Mickey 17 searches for answers to questions about a society perhaps not too different from our own.

Director Richard da Costa and co-writer Alex Parkinson fictionalise a 2012 diving accident into the rescue drama "Last Breath" (Focus). The result is a mostly pleasing celebration of friendship, teamwork, determination and grit.

A globe-trotting adventure awaits in Paddington in Peru (Columbia), the third film in the series featuring the red hatted and blue duffle-coated talking bear (voice of Ben Whishaw) that kicked off in 2014.

The Brutalist follows László Tóth, leaving a lasting impression of the trauma and struggle of reintegrating into World War II left on its survivors.

Sing Sing is a film that speaks to the human condition, and for the need to be accepted even in dire circumstances. Following a group of inmates in Sing Sing prison in New York state, it delves into the emotional bonds developed among the men of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program as they try to bring light to the darkest of places.

The movie's strong suit is, in fact, visual rather than verbal and the upshot is a sweeping spectacle that lacks substance.

A Complete Unknown tells the story of a young Bob Dylan finding his footing in the world of folk music before making his electrifying mark on the genre. Led by a hypnotic performance from Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan and filled with the icon’s music, this film shows the heart of the music scene in the turbulent 1960s political and musical climate.

Conclave is a movie which seems to be aimed at showing mainstream audiences the inner workings of the cardinals and the process through which a pope is elected. There’s one big issue with it: Conclave does not care to appeal to those most likely to already be familiar with the subject matter.