OK so yesterday, a fellow film-lover and I journeyed to Cardiff to attend the seventh year of the Banff Mountain Film Festival, though neither of us had… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom goes to The Banff Mountain Film Festival”
WAP Episode Five mystery.
Just a quick note to say that my War and Peace episode five review seems to have somehow disappeared. I will try now and restore what I… Read more “WAP Episode Five mystery.”
“War and Peace” Episode Five
(TYPED FROM MEMORY MOSTLY, OWING TO UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCE OF PREVIOUS REVIEW) Well before the episode, the continuity announcer said that we were in for “the bloodiest battle… Read more ““War and Peace” Episode Five”
“The Revenant”: Bears, Blood, Tall Trees and Treachery
Ok, let’s dive straight in with the cinematography, courtesy of Emmanuel Lubezki; he is clearly the MVP here, as the general look of the film is undeniably gorgeous,… Read more ““The Revenant”: Bears, Blood, Tall Trees and Treachery”
“War and Peace”: Episode Four
Hmmm…this is an interesting one. OK, first of all I have to say that this particular episode took a veeery long time to get going, 40 minutes… Read more ““War and Peace”: Episode Four”
“Room”: “Back in Room…”
WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS OK, I guess that this review HAS to start with the two central performances. Aaaand…they’re both spot on; somewhat reminiscent of Essie Davis… Read more ““Room”: “Back in Room…””
“War and Peace” Episode Three
So it looks like we’re done with the “War”, and now we’ve moved on to the “Peace”! Or maybe not, since my knowledge on Tolstoy and history… Read more ““War and Peace” Episode Three”
Double Whammy: Star Wars VII and The Hateful Eight
Yesterday, I made the bold move of watching two films at the cinema, both very different indeed. With Star Wars, I guess that I was inclined to… Read more “Double Whammy: Star Wars VII and The Hateful Eight”
“War and Peace” Episode Two
Well, last week’s episode started off rather wooden and stilted but then improved greatly after about 20 minutes or so. That’s certainly not the case this week… Read more ““War and Peace” Episode Two”
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