Big Eyes review
With narration from gossip columnist Dick Nolan (Danny Huston) neatly providing a little exposition, Big Eyes opens with an easy glide into its 1950s setting, and the introduction of our protagonist, Margaret (Amy Adams). Margaret has packed up her stuff, and with her daughter in tow is leaving her husband – not something, the voiceover tells … Read more
Annie review
There’s a scene in Annie, Will Gluck’s 2014 update of the famous comic strip turned stage musical turned film, which sees the lead characters scoff candy to excess and go wild with the freebies at a Hollywood premiere party. It seems like they’re not the only ones to get giddy on vast quantities sugar and take free reign of Hollywood’s … Read more
Manakamana review
Manakamana opens with a single, locked off shot of an old man and a young boy, silently seated in a cable car. As the beautifully luscious Nepalese jungles falls away in the background, framed by the window behind them and playing like a film within the film, we are left in the dark as to why … Read more
Hello Carter review
Hello Carter marks Anthony Wilcox’s first feature film as writer and director, having cut his teeth as a second unit director. Sadly, this dreary ‘romantic comedy’ will do little to mark out this débutant as a fresh talent. Before the story begins, Carter (Charlie Cox) has had a terrible year. He was made redundant from his job and dumped by … Read more