Monthly Archives: February 2019

DAYS LEFT: If you missed it, look below: Nominations & Winners: Best Picture: “Black Panther” 2. “BlacKkKlansman” 3. “Bohemian Rhapsody” 4. “The Favourite” 5. “Green Book” 6. “Roma” 7. “A Star Is Born” 8. “Vice” Lead Actor: Christian Bale, “Vice” 2. Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born” 3. Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate” 4. RamiContinue reading “The Oscars”

One of the most talked about films of the last year took the form of the fourth remake of Hollywood classic A Star is Born. The newest instalment is directed and starred in by Bradley Cooper, as well as featuring Lady Gaga in her onscreen debut, Sam Elliot, Anthony Ramos, and Dave Chappelle among others.Continue reading “A Star Is Born: Film Review”

True Story is a 2015 film starring James Franco and Jonah Hill about the true story of the relationship between a murderer (Franco) and a once-starlet-now-disgraced journalist (Hill). Michael Finkel is a rising star in the journalism industry, until a bad decision regarding journalistic malpractice leaves him cut off from his many prospects. His lifeContinue reading “True Story: Film Review”

The Kominsky Method, starring Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky and Alan Arkin as Normand, is the story of two elderly has-beens navigating the process of ageing. Sandy Kominsky, a formerly well-known acting coach and newly washed up acting coach with a far less distinguished clientele than his illustrious past, comes to terms with certain realitiesContinue reading “The Kominsky Method: Series Review”

Polar, an adaptation of Victor Santos’ graphic novel ‘Polar: Came From the Cold’ is a movie that is bound to make you go, “HOLY SHIT!!” be that in a good or bad connotation. For me, at the beginning it was a good “HOLY SHIT!!” but maybe it slowly did get a bit much towards theContinue reading “Polar: Film Review”

The Great Gatsby is the onscreen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s celebrated novel of the same title, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and Toby Maguire among others. The story, for those unfamiliar, surrounds the narrator Nick Caraway’s observations of the events surrounding the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Caraway’s extended family: Tom and Daisy Buchanan.Continue reading “The Great Gatsby: Film Review”

Netflix’s latest teen-targeted bombshell is Sex Education, starring Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey, and Ncuti Gatwa among others. The show centers around a present day English High School, where puberty and sexual awakenings abound while awareness and respect less so. Otis Milburn (Butterfield) is a sexually suppressed teenage boy, an awkward situation with aContinue reading “Sex Education S1: Series Review”