Tag: Movie Review
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Birdman.
Michael Keaton probably means something different to everyone. To many and most, he is remembered as Burton’s Batman. For children of the nineties such as myself, he is Jack Frost – the protagonist in the film of the same name in which a dead musician’s spirit resides in a snowman – I forget why. For…
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Big Hero 6.
A new year is upon us and I’m back reviewing movies here at Reel Insights. It feels nice to return – particularly to review such an exceptional movie as Disney’s Big Hero 6. Taking its source material from Marvel, whom they own, Disney have captured not only a sense of current popular culture’s fascination with…
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The Best Films of 2014.
1. Hellion 2. Calvary 3. Nightcrawler 4. Guardians of the Galaxy 5. Inside Llewyn Davis 6. The Grand Budapest Hotel 7. Blue Ruin 8. A Story of Children and Film 9. Snowpiercer 10. The Drop SOME SPECIAL MENTIONS BEST COMEDY FILM – The Skeleton Twins BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM – Tony Benn: Will & Testament BEST SCIENCE-FICTION…
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The Worst Films of 2014.
1. My Accomplice 2. Fading Gigolo 3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 4. Fury 5. Chef 6. The Anomaly 7. Welcome to New York 8. We’ll Never Have Paris 9. The Green Inferno 10. The Judge A SPECIAL MENTION MOST DISAPPOINTING – The Wind Rises Thanks for reading and let’s all keep supporting our beloved film industry.
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The Imitation Game.
This is a story about several tragedies. The tragedies of war and the tragedy of one man and his ill-treatment by so many. Alan Turing should be on British currency; that’s the belief of Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor responsible for bringing the great mathematician to the big screen. The Imitation Game was advertised to us as…
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The Drop.
Michaël R. Roskam’s second feature film is a broody and simplistic tale that revolves around one bar and two men. ‘Cousin Marv’s’ is a humble bar in the heart of Brooklyn which is often used by local tyrants and mobsters as a drop-off point for their criminal earnings. Whenever their bar is chosen, previous owner…
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Mr. Turner.
Mike Leigh is the reason I love cinema. When I was in my late teens I discovered Secrets & Lies, High Hopes, Life is Sweet and Vera Drake. Then in my first year at University I saw Another Year and it sealed the deal. I was reminded of why I’d chosen to study film, why I adored…
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Interstellar.
After concluding his Batman trilogy two years ago, Christopher Nolan now returns to our cinemas as director of his ninth feature film. The world seems to be in agreement that there is so much to admire about Interstellar – but as we all try to fully digest the three hour experience of watching this astonishing movie,…
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The Book of Life.
Now and again, amidst the mounds of garbage that studios churn out for children, films like The Book of Life appear. A film about bravery and love, The Book of Life is rich in aesthetic, witty in dialogue and enchanting in story. The film has layers which it glides back and forth between throughout its hour and a half…
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Nightcrawler.
As Dan Gilroy’s cinematic debut opens, our protagonist is stealing metal fencing – only to be interrupted and questioned by an officer. We will never know what happened to the man who confronts our lead character, Lou Bloom, in the opening moments of Nightcrawler. The only glaring clue as to his fate is clasped around Bloom’s…
Hannah McHaffie 