Month: November 2021
House of Gucci: Killer fashion
by Matt Ward
Octogenarian filmmaker Ridley Scott is among the hardest working directors in Hollywood. With over 50 movies to his credit – including a pair of new releases this year and another two currently in production – Scott doesn’t stop for much of anything, let alone the coronavirus pandemic. After completing his medieval epic The Last Duel during the latter part of 2020, Scott immediately sought … Read More House of Gucci: Killer fashion
Belfast: Simple story, complex conflict
by Matt Ward
When we are young, the fuller picture of the world around us isn’t clear. Things that affect us directly – things that happen on the street where we live, the other children in class, our families – become seared in our memories. Understanding things that happen in the periphery simply have less significance because the impact is lesser. Such is the case with Belfast, … Read More Belfast: Simple story, complex conflict
Spencer: The haunting of a princess
by Matt Ward
Pablo Larraín doesn’t approach his biographical subject manner in any traditional sense. His 2016 film Jackie, which was nominated for three Oscars, followed Natalie Portman as the recently widowed wife of United States President John F. Kennedy in the immediate days after his assassination and took a more artistic stance on relatively recent historical record. The second in what is expected to be a … Read More Spencer: The haunting of a princess
Eternals: Reach for the moon, land amongst stars
by Matt Ward
There were five movies of build up before Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye and the Incredible Hulk teamed up to save New York City from an invading horde of aliens in 2012’s The Avengers. But with the ever expanding universe of spinoff streaming miniseries, fill-in-the-blanks back stories and new character creation, Marvel Studios simply doesn’t have time to develop the necessary … Read More Eternals: Reach for the moon, land amongst stars
Cinematic Considerations 