The Review at the End of the Universe
Diego Luna’s Mr. Pig is not a biography of current British Prime Minister David Cameron but it does chronicle a man’s obsession with something many would see as trivial. I couldn’t resist the semi-topical joke in the beginning so apologies to any international readers who won’t understand what I mean. If you’re interested google something…
A young couple find that their lives are massively disrupted when they find out that their daughter is a magnet for the supernatural in Nirpah Bhogal’s Firstborn. As the film opens there’s an immediate sense that life isn’t going to be smooth for the young couple. The reality of the pregnancy is an unexpected one…
Philip John’s Moon Dogs follows a small group of young people as they slowly work their way to Glasgow for their own individual reasons. The film opens with Michael (Jack Parry Jones) talking to his girlfriend Suzy (Kate Bracken) about their plans for the near future. They have dreams of moving away from Shetland to…
A rebellious kid goes on the run in the New Zealand bush with his Foster Uncle resulting in a manhunt in Taiki Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. The kid in question is Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison); a troubled youth who has been bounced around from foster home to foster home and has gained quite the…
Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan deals with some big ideas such as life choices and different ways that a family can be constructed. Greta Gerwig’s Maggie is a fiercely determined academic who is driven to have a child of her own without necessarily having a man in her life. She chooses to go down the route…
Bill Clark’s Starfish adapts the true life story of Tom Ray’s (Tom Riley) struggle to reclaim his life after being diagnosed with a brutal illness that tests him and his family to the limit. The illness in question is Sepsis which has a really horrific effect on Tom. He finds himself afflicted with it suddenly…
As part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival I was lucky enough to have access to a preview screening of Pixar’s latest outing Finding Dory directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Finding Dory is the much anticipated sequel to the Pixar highpoint Finding Nemo so immediately it has a very tough act to follow….
Clay Liford’s Slash explores the subculture of Slash fiction through the eyes of a 15 year old boy beginning to dip his toe into that world while dealing with his own sexual identity. If you don’t quite know what Slash fiction is I’ve hyperlinked the wikipedia page above but be careful when searching on the…
The 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with Jason Connery’s Tommy’s Honour, the story of the early days of professional golf as well as the life and career of Tommy Morris (Jack Lowden). Don’t worry too much if you aren’t all that into Golf. It’s not something that interests me greatly so thankfully the story…
Rob Burnett’s Netflix original movie The Fundamentals of Caring stars Paul Rudd as a man trying to get over a recent tragedy by taking on the job of caring for a young man afflicted with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Paul Rudd is as likable as ever as Ben. Rudd has always been good at juggling comedy…
