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Film Review: It Was Just An Accident
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jafar Panahi Starring Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr PG-13 There really isn’t another filmmaker quite like Jafar Panahi, whose essential work in Iranian cinema is, of itself, an act of supreme defiance and rage. But while he isn’t the only director in recent memory…
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Film Review: A Private Life
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski Starring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric R A strange, almost self-analytical “murder” mystery that’s honestly more about it’s investigator then the supposed crime itself, A Private Life certainly has it’s work cut out for it. It wants to be a sophisticated character study…
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Film Review: Tron: Ares
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Joachim Rønning Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jeff Bridges PG-13 Disney can’t seem to figure out what to do about Tron, huh? The 80s cult hit, which languished in mostly cinephile history books as a strange but important note in the development of VFX, became one of…
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Film Review: One Battle After Another
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Chase Infiniti R The chance to review a new Paul Thomas Anderson flick is something of a rare opportunity. One of the greatest living American filmmakers – maybe one of the last if AI seemingly has it’s…
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Film Review: The Long Walk
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Francis Lawrence Starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill R Bleakness is the name of the game in The Long Walk. Even from it’s first scene, which showcase a mother desperately trying to get her son to not participate in the violent game. But they have…
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Film Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Matt Shakman Starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn PG-13 Despite their importance being on the same level as characters like Spider-Man or Superman, The Fantastic Four have strangely had something of a rougher time getting adapted. To be fair, it’s not like people haven’t tried…
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Film Review: The Naked Gun
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Akiva Schaffer Starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston PG-13 The cinematic comedy is in trouble, or at least the film industry seems to think so. Whether it be the rise of streaming, the changing tastes of moviegoers, the rise of mainstream blockbusters embracing comedy…
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Film Review: Weapons
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Zach Cregger Starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong R When I reviewed Barbarian several years ago – my first year of writing reviews, actually – I called Barbarian a movie that goes “full sicko mode from the start”. If Barbarian is the movie that basically…
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Film Review: Together
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Michael Shanks Starring Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman, Mia Morrissey R Relationships, amirite? Almost right away, Together makes it’s intentions pretty clear. And then it’s ultimately about as subtle as sledgehammer to the face, or this case a saw to the arm; you can’t say Together doesn’t…
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Film Review: Eddington
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Ari Aster Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, Emma Stone R Online brainrot is everywhere in Eddington, both the movie and the titular New Mexico town that it’s set in. The pandemic is in full force, with mask mandates everywhere, the town in complete lockdown, and an…
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