Director/co-writer Sam Mendes’ World War One feature follows Lance Corporals Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay) as they, under orders from General Erinmore (Colin Firth), undertake… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “1917” (2019)”
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Netflix Movie Marathon: 5 Plain, Simple Reviews
Short reviews of “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”, “Paddleton”, “Period. End of Sentence”, “Triple Frontier” and “High Flying Bird”
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Autofac”
In a post-apocalyptic settlement, built after a devastating world war, settlers are provided for by a gigantic automatic factory but some of them start to realise that… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Autofac””
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi” (2017)
The latest instalment in the Star Wars saga, writer/director Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi picks up where The Force Awakens left off and focuses on Rey (Daisy Ridley) as she tries to… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi” (2017)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Dunkirk” (2017)
Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Dunkirk tells the story of the 400,000 soldiers who were trapped on the beaches at Dunkirk during World War Two, facing enemy fire from the… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Dunkirk” (2017)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Wonder Woman” (2017)
So . . . the DCEU. After the frosty reception Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad received, for perfectly valid reasons IMO, the DCEU (wow, it’s abbreviation central up in… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Wonder Woman” (2017)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Hacksaw Ridge” (2016)
This is another film that I’m sure we in the UK have been anxiously awaiting; I’ve certainly read my fair share of positive reviews around this here… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Hacksaw Ridge” (2016)”
