Marching Powder – Review
Marching Powder is a comedy-drama from writer-director Nick Love (the Football Factory), starring frequent collaborator Danny Dyer (Eastenders). Dyer plays Jack, a middle-aged football hooligan who’s given six weeks to turn his life around or face prison and ultimately losing his family. To add to…
To a Land Unknown – Film Review
The refugee experience is something a great number of us will never experience. We can talk about our own injustices and class barriers until the cows come mooing and while a majority of these talking points are valid there’s no comparison to the plight of…
Maria – Film Review
Chilean director Pablo Lorraín is back with the third and final part of his “Important Women” trilogy. Following 2016’s Jackie and 2021’s Spencer, Maria follows the final week in the life of famed opera singer Maria Callas. Callas (Angelina Jolie) gradually succumbing to an advanced…
The Apprentice Review
DISCLAIMER: References to SA. The US is in an awful state right now. As of writing a number of climate disaster have left many without basic resources. Statewide abortion bans are forcing literal children and victims of SA to carry the offspring of their attackers….
King Frankie – Review
The gentle waves in Dollymount Strand reveal a man is seen floating atop the water, powerless and accepting of the tide. This is the opening of Dermot Malone’s new feature King Frankie. Peter Coonan plays former tech entrepreneur turned humble taxi driver Frankie as he…
Sing, Sing – Review
Traspecos director Greg Kweadar’s new film Sing Sing asks an important question to its audience: can atonement be gained through art? Based on the real-life experiences of prison author John “Divine G” Whitfield the film deals with the Theatre troupe he helped establish in New…
Hundreds of Beavers Review – Drunken Salesman Meets Beavers
When I was coming out of the theater, I overheard another patron say, “It’s pure brain rot. And I love it.” And honestly, I’d say that’s a pretty appropriate description of Hundreds of Beavers. The movie Hundreds of Beavers follows a drunken apple cider salesman…
Longlegs – Review
I’ve stated recently that there is always going to be a market for horror in film. It’s a sadistic pastime that a lot of people enjoy and a state of mind most people don’t experience in their day to day: simulated terror. Most of us…
