The Review at the End of the Universe
Mr. Turner chronicles the last 25 years of famous 19th century artist J.M.W. Turner as he works to retain his reputation as an artist as well as maintain the relationships in his life. Getting this out of the way first but this film is long and at 150 minutes it is sometimes too long. There…
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Nightcrawler, a thriller set in the world of L.A. crime journalism. After witnessing a car wreck that he sees on the morning news, cdecides he has found his calling and becomes determined to excel in the world of video news gathering. Nightcrawler is a strange film in the sense that the…
Australian horror The Babadook is the story of Amelia (Essie Davis), raising her problem child Samuel (Noel Wiseman) who is deathly afraid of imaginary monsters and is fixated with a particularly sinister story by the name of The Babadook. Amelia begins to notice a sinister presence plaguing her family After my less than resounding experience…
Fury follows the crew of a Sherman tank of the same name in the final days of World War II after the Germans have been beaten but before they surrendered so our story involves the crew moving from town to town to take them from the Germans before they inevitably surrender. World War II films…
This is Where I Leave You is the story of four siblings who are forced to live in their childhood home for a week following the death of their father. When doing so they have to overcome their mother who speaks too candidly as well as their general inability to be in the company of…
Serena is the story of George (Bradley Cooper) and Serena Pemberton (Jennifer Lawrence), newlyweds who run a timber company in Carolina in the 1920s. Their relationship and the story in general becomes complicated when it’s revealed that Serena cannot bear children. George is the stereotypical period man’s man who is strong and into manly things…
Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr) returns home for his mother’s funeral and finds himself embroiled in a murder trilogy involving his father Joseph (Robert Duvall) as the accused in The Judge and finds himself faced with unpleasant memories as he is forced to reconnect with his family. The main problem with The Judge is that…
Former Skins star Jack O’Connell stars as Gary Hook in ’71, an action thriller set during “The Troubles” in Belfast in 1971. Much of the story involves Gary separated from his unit following a riot and is stranded behind enemy lines alone and unsure who to trust. In terms of historical fiction this is something…
Annabelle serves as a prequel to The Conjuring and tells the story of a family being terrorised by a malevolent demonic force following an attack on their home some months prior. John (Ward Horton) and Mia (Annabelle Wallis) are a married couple preparing for the arrival of their first child when they are attacked by…
Another young adult book series is adapted into a film franchise with The Maze Runner. Apparently this is the first of 3 books so we can expect 4 films in total from this franchise if prior examples remain consistent. This particular story involves a teenage heartthrob named Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) who finds himself deposited in…
