This was a film that I was planning on giving a miss. I saw the trailer every time I went to the cinema (probably around five times,… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Hate U Give” (2018)”
Month: October 2018
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018)
Bryan Singer’s 2018 musical biopic charts the life and career of one of the greatest vocalists of all time, looking at how Zanzibar-born Farrokh Bulsara (Rami Malek)… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Bad Times at the El Royale” (2018)
In writer/director Drew Goddard’s 2018 film, an eclectic group of strangers – including a priest (Jeff Bridges), a singer (Cynthia Erivo), a vacuum cleaner salesman (Jon Hamm)… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Bad Times at the El Royale” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “First Man” (2018)
Director Damien Chazelle’s 2018 biopic tells the “untold story” of the world’s most famous astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) and documents the important events which led to… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “First Man” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Malevolent” (2018)
In Glasgow, sister and brother Angela and Jackson (Florence Pugh and Ben Lloyd-Hughes) operate a ghostbusting scam alongside two acquaintances: delving into homes where “ghosts” have been… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Malevolent” (2018)”
Final Thoughts: “Vanity Fair” (2018)
This ITV adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel stars Olivia Cooke as Becky Sharp, an orphan of low parentage who, after leaving a girls’ boarding school… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Vanity Fair” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Venom” (2018)
When disgraced investigative journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) decides to investigate the shady goings on of businessman Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), which involve integrating alien parasites to… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Venom” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “A Star is Born” (2018)
The third reimagining of William Wellman’s original 1937 film about the rise of one star and the fall of another, director Bradley Cooper’s 2018 version of A… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “A Star is Born” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Little Stranger” (2018)
I went to see this film just under a week ago but after watching it, I was convinced that I wouldn’t bother with a review – for… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Little Stranger” (2018)”
