No chemistry! Directed by: Luc Besson Written by: Luc Besson, Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières Cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna Swift shot: I set the bar very low for Valerian, I just wanted to be entertained. On that point, the film was a success, because Besson is a master at creating worlds, and his imagination … [Read more...] about Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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Dunkirk
"There's a good movie in there, somewhere" Written and Directed by: Christopher Nolan Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard, Mark Rylance Swift shot: This was supposed to be a film about the suffering and enduring spirit of the incredible evacuation at Dunkirk, but instead all of the emotion was sapped out of it and lost in a ridiculous attempt … [Read more...] about Dunkirk
Urban Hymn
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones Written by: Nick Moorcroft Cast: Shirley Henderson, Letitia Wright, Ian Hart, Steven Mackintosh, Isabella Laughland Urban Hymn is a British film about Jamie (Wright), a troubled teenager who is gifted with a beautiful singing voice. Jamie, along with her best friend Leanne (Laughland) live in a house with other troubled boys and girls. … [Read more...] about Urban Hymn
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Imagine John Hughes wrote Spider-Man for millennials Directed by: Jon Watts Written by: A bunch of people! Cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau Swift shot: I am a huge fan of Spider-Man, at least the comics from the early '80s and the '60s cartoons, and this so-called homecoming was more like a millennial coming out party with some … [Read more...] about Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Book of Henry
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow Written by: Greg Hurwitz Cast: Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Jacob Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, Lee Pace The thing I like most in a movie is when it takes a spectacular turn into the unanticipated or unexpected. The Book Of Henry is just such a film, filled with the best twists and turns I’ve seen in a very long time. It’s also a darn good … [Read more...] about The Book of Henry
