A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Director : Marielle Heller
Year : 2020
Genre : Biographical drama
Rating : ****
Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
Saturday, 28 November 2020
Thursday, 12 November 2020
Richard Jewell
RICHARD JEWELL
Director : Clint Eastwood
Year : 2020
Genre : Biographical Drama
Rating : ****
Friday, 25 October 2019
Friday, 1 February 2019
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Mary Queen Of Scots
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Director : Josie Rourke
Year : 2019
Genre : Historical drama
Rating : **1/2
Friday, 9 November 2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Director : Bryan Singer
Year : 2018
Genre : Biographical drama
Rating : ****
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Saturday, 17 February 2018
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Friday, 26 January 2018
Monday, 22 January 2018
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE
EBBING, MISSOURI
Director : Martin McDonagh
Year : 2018
Genre : Comedy/drama
Rating : ****
Saturday, 20 January 2018
Sunday, 10 December 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS
Director : Bharat Nalluri
Year : 2017
Genre : Drama
Rating : ***
Saturday, 9 December 2017
The Disaster Artist
THE DISASTER ARTIST
Director : James Franco
Year : 2017
Genre : Biographical comedy
Rating : ****1/2
Friday, 8 December 2017
Saturday, 2 December 2017
Battle of the Sexes
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
Directors : Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Year : 2017
Genre : Drama
Rating : ****
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Sunday, 27 August 2017
Everything, Everything
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
Director : Stella Meghie
Year : 2017
Genre : Romance
Rating : **
If you were a fan of the soppy romanticism on offer in Josh Boone's 2015 cancer-centric teen drama 'The Fault In Our Stars', then you are sure to love this equally soppy adaptation of Nicola Yoon's best selling 2015 novel 'Everything, Everything' which also focused on romance in the face of medical adversity.
Directed by Stella Meghie, this bizarrely titled film tells the story of Madeline ('The Hunger Games'' Amanda Stenberg), an 18 year old girl who suffers from SCID, an extremely rare immunodeficiency syndrome which makes her extremely susceptible to disease and infection. Her illness is so bad in fact that she is permanently kept within the walls of her opulent, super-expensive airlocked home where the airborne dangers of the outside world cannot possibly reach her. Instead she passes the time writing pithy book reviews on an internet blog - I know, sad right? - and playing phonetic Scrabble with her domineering mother (Anika Noni Rose). However, things take an unexpected turn for the reclusive Madeline when the new boy next door (Nick Robinson, the boring one from 'Jurassic World') develops a crush on the introverted teen and cute text messages quickly evolve into rather more dramatic gestures of unrequited love.
While I was no fan of the aforementioned 'The Fault In Our Stars', Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort still had enough believable chemistry to overcome the triteness of the material. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for 'Everything, Everything' which severely lacks the necessary romantic tension to keep its audience engaged in the increasingly ridiculous plot. To her credit, the beautiful and charismatic Stenberg delivers a very good performance here, perfectly encapsulating the fear and the passion of her character with a determination and skill far exceeding those of her acting contemporaries. Unfortunately, her fine work is sadly undone by a flimsy premise, consistently corny dialogue, the talents (or lack thereof) of her hunky yet bland co-star; and a stupidly contrived twist ending which sends the already absurd narrative spinning headlong into the realms of utter outrageousness.
'Everything, Everything' is yet another bad movie in a month predominantly comprised of bad movies. Nevertheless, no matter what I or any other reviewer say, there is no doubt that like 'The Fault In Our Stars', 'Me, Earl & Dying Girl' and the other terminal illness romances released before it, 'Everything, Everything' will still make a ton of money at the worldwide box office from love-starved teenage couples. Maybe the filmmakers could treat themselves to a brand new house. With an airlock.
Saturday, 15 July 2017
War For The Planet For The Apes
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
Director : Matt Reeves
Year : 2017
Genre : Science Fiction
Rating : ****1/2
Thursday, 6 July 2017
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