Set in 1980s Italy, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name revolves around 17 year old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) who lives with his family in their villa… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Call Me By Your Name” (2017)”
Month: February 2018
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Father Thing”
Aaaaand, we’re back! Following a mysterious meteoroid shower near Illinois, young Charlie Cottrell (Jack Gore) starts to suspect that his once loving father (Greg Kinnear) has been… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Father Thing””
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Lady Bird” (2017)
Ahhhh, finally! This here’s that pesky film that we in the UK have been hearing about for many months, reading about just how great it is and… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Lady Bird” (2017)”
Ultimate 70s Blogathon: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975)
My submission for the Ultimate 70s Blogathon, hosted by Drew’s Movie Reviews and Kim from Tranquil Dreams, can be found HERE Check out all of those other entries!
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Shape of Water” (2017)
In 1960s Baltimore, the lonely and mute Elisa (Sally Hawkins) works as a cleaner in a government lab and soon discovers that they have recently acquired a… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Shape of Water” (2017)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Black Panther” (2018)
In Marvel studios’ latest cinematic offering, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is finally crowned king of the African nation of Wakanda, following the death of his father in Civil… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Black Panther” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Phantom Thread” (2017)
“Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion,… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Phantom Thread” (2017)”
Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Discovery” Series One
Set roughly a decade before the time of Kirk and of the original Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery takes place at the start of the Federation/Klingon war, which was inadvertently set… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Discovery” Series One”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “I, Tonya” (2017)
Margot Robbie stars in Craig Gillespie’s feature that tells the story of Tonya Harding – the first American woman to perform a triple axel in competitive figure… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “I, Tonya” (2017)”
