Celine Song burst onto the scene with her beautiful, poignant love story, Past Lives, in 2023. Anticipation for her follow-up was high. Materialists is a different love story focusing on another triangle like her previous film, but this time in a very different world and with a different attitude. However, what sounds like a good…
Tag: romance
We Live In Time
Romance dramas are complicated to pull off. You need actors who seem to have genuine chemistry. You need a script that is powerful and heartwarming and, at the same time, manages to stay clear of being too sentimental. You also need a director who can balance the touching with the heartbreaking without making it too…
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy was a throw-away TV series that filled the schedules in the 80s, with Lee Majors as a stuntman who moonlighted as a bounty hunter. It followed the same vein as The A-Team when you could turn your television on a Saturday evening and watch without thinking. Now we get the feature reboot…
Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave is the new thriller from acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook, the man behind films like Oldboy and The Handmaiden. This is a far more traditional cop drama with a romance running through it, like the old erotic thrillers of the 80s and 90s. While he is a master of using the camera,…
Licorice Pizza
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Benny Safdie, Will Angarola Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st January 2022 Paul Thomas Anderson could be regarded as a marmite filmmaker. Film geeks love everything he touches, while regular audiences can…
Reminiscence
Director: Lisa Joy Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Marina de Tavira, Daniel Wu Written by: Lisa Joy Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th August 2021 One thing that upsets me as a film fan is seeing a movie with so much potential, just never gelling. Reminiscence is one…
Stillwater
Director: Tom McCarthy Starring: Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Lilou Siauvaud Written by: Tom McCarthy, Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain and Noe Debre Running Time: 139 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 6th August 2021 Stillwater is the new film by Tom McCarthy, who directed the Oscar-winning Spotlight. Taking the story directly from the news pages,…
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
Director: Céline Sciamma Starring: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino Written by: Céline Sciamma Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 28th February 2020 Chemistry is an essential aspect of a love story. Get that wrong, and the film will flop. That’s not the case for Céline Sciamma’s stunningly beautiful Portrait of…
What Love Looks Like
Director: Alex Magaña Starring: Josh Gilmer, Kate Durocher, Taylor Alexa Frank, Connor Wilkins, Nathan Kohnen, Jamie Shelnitz, Gabriella Wisdom, Kyle Meck, Jack Menzies, Ana Ming Bostwick Singer, Ashley Rose McKenna Written by Alex Magaña Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19 January 2020 (USA) Available on Amazon Prime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1fUaBOl_8 Romances are notoriously challenging…
Emma.
Director: Autumn de Wilde Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart, Mia Goth, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson Written by: Eleanor Catton and (based on the novel) Jane Austen Running Time: 125 mins Cert: U Release date: 14th February 2020 The world of Jane Austen has always been…
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Director: Amando Iannucci Starring: Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Benedict Wong, Paul Whitehouse, Rosalind Eleazar, Gwendoline Christie, Morfydd Clark, Darren Boyd Written by: Amando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell and (based on the novel) Charles Dickens Running Time: 119 mins Cert: PG Release date: 24th January 2020 Charles Dickens’ work has always…
Little Women
Director: Greta Gerwin Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Carrel Written by Greta Gerwin and (based on the novel) Louisa May Alcott Running Time: 135 mins Cert: U Release date: 26th December 2019 If 2019 is to…
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