In writer/director Rose Glass’ film, Morfydd Clark plays the part of Maud: a quiet, introverted, pious and God-fearing young woman who, while searching for her true calling… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Saint Maud” (2019)”
Tag: Thriller
Final Thoughts: “Ratched” (Series One)
Based on the infamous antagonist of Ken Kesey’s popular novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, as well as the acclaimed 1975 film of the same name,… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Ratched” (Series One)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Invisible Man” (2020)
After having escaped from a dangerously abusive relationship with tech company owner Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) lives in fear that her obsessive former… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Invisible Man” (2020)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Lighthouse” (2019)
In the 1890s, two men – Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) – arrive at a remote and isolated New England island so that… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Lighthouse” (2019)”
Final Thoughts: “Locked Up” (Series Three)
The third series of the popular Spanish show sees Macarena Ferreiro (Maggie Civantos), her old nemesis Zulema Zahir (Najwa Nimri), several inmates of Cruz Del Sur prison,… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Locked Up” (Series Three)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Us” (2019)
Following on from his critically acclaimed, award winning Get Out, writer/director Jordan Peele is back with another horror film, this time about Adelaide and Gabe Wilson (Lupita… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Us” (2019)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Under the Silver Lake” (2018)
Following on from his critically admired horror hit It Follows, David Robert Mitchell’s latest film centres around slacker Sam (Andrew Garfield) who meets and becomes infatuated with… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Under the Silver Lake” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019)
The brainchild of producer/co-writer James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez, Alita: Battle Angel takes place in the futuristic war-torn Iron City, a sprawling junkyard populated primarily… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Velvet Buzzsaw” (2019)
Nightcrawler writer/director Dan Gilroy re-teams with actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo in this mesmerisingly dark tale about art fighting back against unfeeling critics and scheming gallery… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Velvet Buzzsaw” (2019)”