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Film Review: Wicked: For Good
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Jon M. Chu Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum PG The biggest challenge of adapting Wicked was always going to that pesky second act, wasn’t it? I’m not really sure how to review or look at Wicked: For Good (which should really be called Wicked:…
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Film Review: The Running Man
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Edgar Wright Starring Glen Powell, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Josh Brolin R Taking another stab at adapting one of Stephen King’s most provocative novels, The Running Man takes it’s title almost entirely literally as it hits the ground at top speed and never really slows down for a…
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Film Review: Bugonia
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone R The master of uncomfortable cinema returning for another round, Yorgos Lanthimos’ gleefully dark and cynical Bugonia opens with a long discussion about the nature of the honeybee worker. Jesse Plemons’ Teddy, who is the focus of…
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Film Review: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Mary Bronstein Starring Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Christian Slater, ASAP Rocky R The bleakly funny and overtly stressful – almost painfully so – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You starts with a flooding, both metaphorically and literally. Literally in that Linda, the at her wit’s end mother…
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Film Review: The Secret Agent
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho Starring Wagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tania Maria, Roberio Diogenes R I have spent a lot of time mulling over The Secret Agent. Out of all the films I saw at WIFF this year, it’s the one that has most intrigued me from both a technical…
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Film Review: Cloud
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Starring Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Daiken Okudaira, Amane Okayama Not Rated Kiyoshi Kurosawa really doesn’t like the internet. As far back as the late 90s Kuorsawa has tapped into his own personal fears about what it’s like to live away from people, attached to too much…
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Film Review: Sentimental Value
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Joachim Trier Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning R Families are complicated. The latest from Joachim Trier, fresh off of international acclaim with the absolutely sublime The Worst Person in the World, directly confronts those complicated families with the level of panache and attunement…
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Film Review: No Other Choice
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min Not Rated Wired like the best built moustraps just waiting to ensnare you in it’s grasp, No Other Choice is maybe the most Park Chan-wook movie ever made in a long line of Park Chan-wook films. With…
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Film Review: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara Starring Kikunosuke Toya, Reina Ueda, Fairouz Ai, Tomori Kusunoki R There is a moment early on in Reze Arc, the feature length sequel to one of the most popular anime of the past decade, where our lead Denji – fresh off his defeat of one of…
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Film Review: Frankenstein
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Guillermo del Toro Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz R At this point, it’s easy to call every single Guillermo del Toro film a passion project. If there is one thing consistent about him as a filmmaker, it’s that his personal interests and what kinds…
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