Film Reviews – Page 30 – Plain, Simple Tom Reviews

Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Belle” (2013)

Amma Asante’s second film as director, and like A United Kingdom based on real events, Belle is about Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a young woman of mixed race who… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Belle” (2013)”

Set in three distinct acts, Barry Jenkins’ Golden Globe winning film is about the life of Chiron (played by Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes respectively… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Moonlight” (2016)”

So . . . M. Night Shyamalan. Admittedly, The Sixth Sense is the only movie of his that I’ve seen but I’m all too aware of his reputation… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Split” (2016)”

So this is it then. After all those months of glowing reviews, hearing about how everybody adores this film, how they’ve been to see it five times,… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “La La Land” (2016)”

In the early sixties, continually being outdone by the Russians, America works effortlessly to win the race for space and to have their astronauts orbit the earth… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Hidden Figures” (2016)”

As perhaps made most popular by The Big Bang Theory, Leonard Nimoy’s son Adam brings us this documentary about the legacy of Spock. Originally intended as a celebration… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “For the Love of Spock” (2016)”

Hmm, I think that this was generally quite a divisive film: some people loved it, others hated it and I was curious to see where I would… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Lobster” (2015)”

So here we are then, my first review of the new year and it’s one that I missed out on seeing in the cinema, despite so many… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Sing Street” (2016)”

Part of a rather lengthy list of Disney/Pixar films that have passed me by over the years, I finally decided to watch Pixar’s 2012 Academy Award winner… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Brave” (2012)”