Throughout his directorial career, Clint Eastwood has often subverted the ideals of heroism - specifically American heroism. From disrupting the view of the Western hero in Unforgiven (1992) to the unlikely saviour of Sully (2016), Eastwood has long dissected the concept of what it means to be a hero, and his experimentation within this process only continues with Richard … [Read more...] about Richard Jewell – Film Review
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The Report – Film Review
A damning account of the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation, i.e. torture techniques, on suspected terrorists following the attacks of September 11th, The Report is an uncompromising film that adopts a documentary-type mentality in order to relay its story as unsensationally as possible. The titular report, dubbed "the torture report", is constantly at the centre of Scott Z. … [Read more...] about The Report – Film Review
Bad Times at the El Royale – Film Review
"Quentin Tarantino would be proud". That was the immediate mindset I had whilst watching Bad Times at the El Royale, a stylish noir-like mystery that flirts with multiple genres and, like its plethora of characters, shouldn't be taken at face value. Set in 1969 at the El Royale, a run-down hotel that straddles the state lines of both California and Nevada, the film initially … [Read more...] about Bad Times at the El Royale – Film Review
Tag – Film Review
Based on a story that's so utterly bizarre it can only be true - and covered by the Wall Street Journal, no less - Tag, like the recent (but far more successfully executed) Game Night, hopes to find the fun in its simple premise and run with it to the extreme. At times we witness the potential Jeff Tomsic's film holds, but mostly it stumbles along the way, unable to balance its … [Read more...] about Tag – Film Review