West Side Story Review

★★★★ Although unfamiliar with both the broadway play and the original 1961 film I found this newest adaptation courtesy of Steven Spielberg incredibly easy to fall in love with. Steven Speilberg delivers a masterful hybrid of film and theatre that feels like a brilliant culmination of his life as filmmaker and testament to cinematic/ theatrical …

C’mon C’mon review

★★★★★ Endearing and emotionally charged Out of all the films that have been released this year and I have seen so far there has been none that I have thought about more than C’mon C’mon. For being so seemingly innocent and simplistic on the outside it’s a film I haven't been able to shake off. …

The French Dispatch Review

★★★★★ The subversive exploration of everyday headlines The French Dispatch is a film that details the final issue of the popular in-universe French newspaper of the same name after it’s editor in Chief Arthur Howitzer Jr played by frequent Wes Anderson collaborator Bill Murray passes away and takes his publication with him. What follows is …

House of Gucci Review

★★★ A melodramatic dive into high fashion House of Gucci is Ridley Scott's second film of 2021. It stars Lady Gaga and Adam Driver with supporting roles from AL Pacino, Jared Leto and Jeremy Irons and details the real life events surrounding the fashion brand ‘Gucci’ in a modern subversion of MacBeth. The film starts …

The Seven Samurai Review: The Nature Of Heroism

★★★★★ When it comes to film there are a select few that are held in such high regard and receive such universal recognition as masterful works of art that they earn the title ‘masterpiece’. Among this esteemed group of films however Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 action epic the seven samurai stands even higher on a level …

Dune Review

Big Sandworms Dune is a film I have highly anticipated. Even from back at it’s initial announcement I had always heard about how acclaimed and important the source material was which grabbed my attention and even persuaded me into buying the book. 2 years later and I still haven't picked the book up, however after …

Last Night in Soho

★★★ Bittersweet nostalgia Our current entertainment climate has an undeniable obsession with nostalgia that has taken over our collective consciousness over the past couple of years. Be it modern reboots of beloved classics or the trending aesthetics of vintage nostalgia that paints instagram's explore page. Nostalgia and our fascination with the past is an undeniable …

Spencer Review

Horror in regal proportion Spencer deviates from the standard structure and thematic experience or story that modern biopics seem to follow like absolute commandments. By blazing it’s own trail and indulging in it’s surreal art house depictions of madness and suffocating restriction at the hands of omnipotent expectations and unseen, judging eyes and voices Spencer …