Vraiment, c’est truqué: a review of April and the Extraordinary World

April and the Extraordinary World Directed by Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci Produced by Michel Dutheil, Franck Ekinci and Marc Jousset Screenplay by Franck Ekinci & Benjamin Legrand Starring Marion Cotillard, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort, Olivier Gourmet, Marc-André Grondin and Bouli Lanners French-language animation is almost always worth seeking out. It doesn’t have to be …

Bodybags the Snarler meets Independence Day: A review of Stranger Things Season 3

  Stranger Things 3 The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Iain Paterson. Starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono There’s so many ways Season Three could have gone …

Big Feet To Fill: a review of Missing Link

Missing Link Directed by Chris Butler Produced by Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner Screenplay by Chris Butler Starring Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, Amrita Acharia, Zach Galifianakis LAIKA studio is becoming a worthy rival to Pixar, Dreamworks and Disney in the realm of feature-length animated films. …

The Red Turtle

The Red Turtle Directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit Produced by Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata, Vincent Maraval, Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, and Léon Perahia Written by Michaël Dudok de Wit and Pascale Ferran Production companies: Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli, CN4 Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation Yes, this is …

Spinning down: a review of Years and Years

Years and Years Created by Russell T Davies Screenplay by Russell T Davies Directed by Simon Cellan Jones, Lisa Mulcahy Emma Thompson as Vivienne Rook MP, a charismatic and controversial businesswoman turned politician. Rory Kinnear as Stephen Lyons, a financial advisor, who lives in London with his wife, Celeste, and their two daughters, Bethany and …

Um, No, You Are Robot. Ro-Bot – a review of I Am Mother

I Am Mother Directed by Grant Sputore Produced by Timothy White & Kelvin Munro Screenplay by Michael Lloyd Green Starring Clara Rugaard, Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne & Hilary Swank Intelligent, contemplative science fiction movies are hard to come by. There was The Martian, although the ridiculous Earth-return sequence at the end did Matt Damon no …

You Look Mah-vel-lus, Darlink!-a review of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Executive producers: Amy Sherman-Palladino & Daniel Palladino Producer(s): Dhana Gilbert, Matthew Shapiro, Salvatore Carino, Sheila Lawrence Main cast: • Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam “Midge” Maisel • Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson • Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel • Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman • Tony Shalhoub as Abraham “Abe” Weissman • …