The Lowedown – September 2018
You know something strange happened to me this morning… Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort
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Review: Stan & Ollie
This 2018 biographical comedy-drama, based on the lives of comedy double act Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, is directed by
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Review – Roma (2018)
A divine vision, both inspiring and disquieting. Films, by their very nature, are a team effort. There are a colossal
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Review: Mary Poppins Returns
This 2018 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall is based on the books by P. L. Travers and
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Review – The House That Jack Built: Director’s Cut (2018)
Muscular and mythical, tiresome and nauseating. You never forget your first, they say. Lars von Trier entered my life in
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Review – Beautiful Boy (2018)
An otherwise strongly performed piece suffocated by its director. Addiction is a curse. Addiction is a self-regulatory, horrific cycle. Addiction
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Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
First-rate Spidey meets world-class animation. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse shouldn’t work. The stupefying, impossibly conceived action sequences beckon belief, the
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Review – The Old Man & The Gun (2018)
Cosy, unassuming caper with pure heart. There’s a scene in David Lowery’s previous film, A Ghost Story, in which two
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Review – Sorry to Bother You (2018)
An outré punch in the face of the establishment. Coming straight from the mind of rapper/music producer/filmmaker Boots Riley, Sorry to
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Review – Assassination Nation
As subtle as a sledgehammer to the skull but probably more bloody, Assassination Nation does nothing by halves. It is
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Here’s The Lowedown on “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (R – Theatrical – UK)
“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” or “The Girl that can Never replace Noomi.” Genre: Thriller/Suspense I have always
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Review – Suspiria (2018)
Guadagnino’s visceral, gaudy retelling of Argento’s classic Far are the twinkle-twinkle soundscapes and fluorescent adolescents of Argento’s psychosis-warping horror classic, renowned
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Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Scattershot concoction of wizardry and excess plot. “Let there be milk” J.K Rowling likely said as she amped up to
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Review – Green Book (London Film Festival)
Green Book was a surprise in more ways than one. Peter Farrelly’s based-on-a-true-story comedy-drama screened at LFF as the year’s
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Review – Outlaw King (2018)
Contemporary mashes with the old-school in this grimy, violent tale. For all its brazen historical inaccuracies, Braveheart is a cornerstone
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Review – Widows (2018)
An exceptional movie. Steve McQueen is an auteur of people. Their successes, their triumphs, their despairs, all are often explored
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Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (London Film Festival)
Not even the proven talents of brothers Joel and Ethan Coen can circumvent the issues with the anthology format. Conceived
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Review – Mandy (2018)
“Mandy, you’re a fine girl” Nicholas Cage is the definitive lunatic actor, a fearless performer who happily takes on the
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Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
Genre: Biographical, Drama. Starring: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello. Year Of Release: 2018 Certificate: 12A (UK) Runtime:
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Movie Corner at London Film Festival 2018 (Part 2)
Another 48 hours at the London Film Festival and I’m all movie-d out! Following on from part one, I’ve got
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