Tag: Emma Thompson
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Review
The Roman Spring of Emma Thompson: Hyde Demands Over Time in Sex Work Dramedy
One wonders what Camille Paglia might have to say about Good...
2022 Sundance Film Festival: Phyllis Nagy, Lena Dunham, Jesse Eisenberg, John Patton Ford & Hazanavicius Fill Premieres Section
In the Premieres section you'll usually find a mix of studio unveilings and high profile acquisitions titles and in the almost equal split between...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sophie Hyde’s Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
It may become a once, twice, and third selection is a charm for filmmaker Sophie Hyde this coming January. The Aussie helmer saw her...
Cruella [Video Review]
Cruella Intentions: Gillespie Recuperates Another Villainess in Perky Origin Story
Those familiar with a particular period of pseudo-morbid live-action Disney productions from the 1970s and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #65. Sophie Hyde’s Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Australia’s Sophie Hyde embarks on her highest profile project with third feature Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, which...
How to Build a Girl | Review
The Girl Most Likely To…: Giedroyc Returns with Novel Coming-of-Age Dramedy
In several respects, the trajectory of How to Build a Girl isn’t inherently new---a...
Beauty and the Beast | Review
The Beast Must Die: Condon’s Expensive Rehash is Fairy Tale Facsimile
For a film with a budget of three hundred million claiming to be the...
Howards End | Blu-ray Review
“Are they likely people?” says one female relative to another in the opening segments of James Ivory’s Howards End, the 1992 adaptation of British...
Barney Thomson | Review
Demon Bumbler: Carlyle’s Serial Killer Comedy Hit or Miss
Actor Robert Carlyle directs his feature debut Barney Thomson from a first-time screenplay by producer and...
Burnt | Review
Chef Boyardee: Wells Fails with Filmmaking Recipe
For his third film outing, director John Wells delves into the catty universe of high-end cuisine with Burnt...
Effie Gray | Review
Portrait of a Lady: Laxton’s Mannered Version of Victoria Era Repression
There’s well-meaningness to Effie Gray that makes it worthy of discussion, at least for...
The Love Punch | Review
Love Paunch: Hopkins’ Latest a Predictable Bore
Though its cast members seem to game for a good, silly romp, Joel Hopkins’ latest film, The Love...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #159. Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children
Men, Women & Children
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer(s): Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson
Producers: Right of Way Films' Helen Estabrook & Reitman
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Adam Sandler,...
Saving Mr. Banks | Review
Sugartime: Hancock Syrupy Recount Gets the Disney Dress Up
There’s a fascinating story lurking somewhere in John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks, but it’s relegated...