From In Bruges writer/director Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri stars Frances McDormand as Mildred Hayes who, after her teenage daughter is raped and killed by unknown assailants, rents three… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017)”
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Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Lady MacBeth” (2016)
In 1865 England, young Katherine (Florence Pugh) is forced to marry the distant and inattentive Alexander Lester (Paul Hilton), with nothing to do besides sit around the… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Lady MacBeth” (2016)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Suburbicon” (2017)
Directed by Jurj Clooners George Clooney and with a script from Grant Heslov, the Coen Brothers and Clooney himself, the fifties-set Suburbicon takes place in a seemingly perfect American… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Suburbicon” (2017)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017)
Contains Potential Spoilers (never can be too sure!) Kenneth Branagh’s 2017 adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie novel follows legendary detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) as he makes… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Prevenge” (2016)
“I’m your vehicle, baby; I’ll take you anywhere you wanna go . . .” Written and directed by Alice Lowe, Prevenge follows Ruth (Lowe), a pregnant widow who begins… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Prevenge” (2016)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Snowman” (2017)
No, not a remake of the beloved Raymond Briggs tale that traumatised a whole generation of kids with its painfully sad ending. Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of Jo… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Snowman” (2017)”
