March 2018 – Plain, Simple Tom Reviews

Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Unsane” (2018)

Unsane. A far better film than its naff title would suggest.

Adapted for the big screen from their own long-running stage play, Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s film stars Nyman as Philip Goodman, a professor who has dedicated… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Ghost Stories” (2017)”

In a futuristic Northern American mega-nation called MexUsCan, presided over by a single “Candidate” (Vera Farmiga), Philbert Noyce (Mel Rodriguez) works as part of a three man… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Kill All Others””

Having been separated from her missing adventurer father since she was a teenager, English heiress Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) struggles to make her way in the world,… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Tomb Raider” (2018)”

The final part of Kieślowski’s critically acclaimed trilogy stars Irène Jacob as Valentine, a model who accidentally hits a dog with her car one night and soon… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Three Colours: Red” (1994)”

Writer/Director Lynne Ramsay’s latest film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Joe, a troubled hitman-for-hire who is tasked with tracking down the teenage daughter of a Senator, rescuing her… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “You Were Never Really Here” (2017)”

Sometime in the future, small town teenage girl Foster (Annalise Basso) moves East with her mother (Maura Tierney) to a city where security and terrorist prevention is… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Safe and Sound””

Contains Minor Spoilers Writer/director Alex Garland’s adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel of the same name stars Natalie Portman as cellular biologist and former soldier Lena who joins… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Annihilation” (2018)”

Perhaps surprisingly, this was one of my most anticipated films of this year; when I first saw the trailer, shown during a previous cinema visit sometime last… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Game Night” (2018)”