‘Women! What can you say? Who made ’em? God must have been a fuckin’ genius…’
Film Review: Selma – 7/10
The opinion that the famously white, wealthy and male Oscar committee are favourable towards historical films that might alleviate their guilt about being white, wealthy and male is a well trodden path. Martin Luther King biopic Selma obviously fits the bill perfectly.
Film Review: JFK – 7/10
3 hours and 25 minutes of really intense dialogue is softened by Kevin Costner’s lovely sorrowful eyes…
Kevin Costner – actor and dreamboat
Film Review: Room – 8.5/10
Take a fucking bow Brie Larson…
Film Review: The Big Sick – 9/10
‘He’s like Daniel Day-Lewis except he sucks…’
Film Review: The Shape of Water – 7.5/10
‘He’s a wild creature. We can’t ask him to be anything else…’
Film Review: Saving Private Ryan – 9/10
“Is that what I’m supposed to tell your mother when she gets another folded American flag…’
Film Review: Phantom Thread – 7/10
“Marriage would make me deceitful and I don’t ever want that…’
Film Review: On The Waterfront – 8.5/10
“You was my brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn’t have to take them dives for the short-end money…!’
Film Review: Lady Bird – 7/10
“Lady Bird always says that she lives in on the wrong side of the tracks, but I always thought that that was like a metaphor, but there are actual train tracks…’
