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Film Review: Ne Zha 2
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jiaozi Starring Lu Yanting, Han Mo, Zhang Jiaming, Yang Wei Not Rated If you haven’t heard of Ne Zha, you will probably hear about it very soon. Over in it’s native China, Ne Zha, and more specifically it’s sequel, has become something of a pop culture phenomenon, breaking…
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Film Review: Companion
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Drew Hancock Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri R While it’s reputation as a dumping ground hasn’t been completely unfounded, in recent years January has slowly but surely also developed a reputation for putting stranger, more out there affairs for studios who may not be…
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Film Review: The Brutalist
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Brady Corbet Starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn R Made for only $9.6 million, The Brutalist feels like a towering feat. It is in itself a statement; a huge, monumental picture that feels huge and monumental while only using a fraction of the resources that…
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Film Review: Wicked
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jon M. Chu Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum PG Getting a Wicked movie always felt like something of a weird pipedream. Seemingly in development for a decade and talked about for even longer, by the time it got to our movie screens it almost…
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Film Review: Better Man
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Michael Gracey Starring Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Raechelle Banno R Like a lot of non-European folks, I was mostly unfamiliar with Robbie Williams prior to this film, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. While Take That was a musical staple in the UK, their…
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Anime Review: Zenshu, Episode 1
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation NOTE: This review contains spoilers for the first episode of Zenshu whose premise has been mostly left out of marketing material. Please proceed with caution. Zenshu immediately starts off with a bait and switch the likes we haven’t seen in a while for this kind of show. I have a…
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Film Review: Nosferatu
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Robert Eggers Starring Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe R Early in Nosferatu, our leading man Thomas finds himself at a literal crossroads waiting for a carriage that will take him to his next client – the mysterious and reclusive Count Orlok, who lives in Transylvania…
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Film Review: A Complete Unknown
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by James Mangold Starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro R In 2005, director James Mangold released Walk the Line, a biopic on legendary singer and artist Johnny Cash. While many a music biopic have come and gone these days, Walk the Line is in a lot…
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Film Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jeff Fowler Starring Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Keanu Reeves PG I’m finding it difficult to start my writeup this time around. Normally how these things go is “unfunny one liner to grab your attention, explaining the premise, and then launching into tirades about nothing”, which works…
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Film Review: A Different Man
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Aaron Schimberg Starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson, C. Mason Wells R Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, which begins on a man’s face being scanned for the possibility of treatment, is one of the most unique films of the year simply by the means of it’s execution.…
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