Is it wise to revisit or update a genuine cinematic classic? Hollywood certainly thinks so, because the studios keep remaking old classics and are now creating sequels decades after the originals. Now the Disney company has made a belated sequel […]
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) ☆ ☆
Only a couple of acclaimed novelist James Baldwin’s novels have been transformed into movies, but writer-director Barry Jenkins has tackled the task, with mixed results. The story, involving a young urban black couple whose dreams of a good life are […]
Continue reading »Green Book (2018) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
For my money the best film of 2018 is Green Book, and I was delighted (and, I must admit, surprised), when it finished strong at the Academy Awards. It has been controversial for its (questionably) relative truthfulness and because the source […]
Continue reading »Mary Queen of Scots (2018) ☆ ☆ 1/2
My unintended sabbatical from reviewing is now over; I’ve got ten or twelve recent releases reviews to present, and shall do so as quickly as possible. The first is an historical drama that was poised to be an Oscar contender, […]
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