Jason Bourne (2016; USA; Colour; 123m) ∗∗∗½ d. Paul Greengrass; w. Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse; ph. Barry Ackroyd; m. David Buckley, John Powell. Cast: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel, Ato Essandoh, Riz Ahmed, Scott Shepherd, Bill Camp, Vinzenz Kiefer, Stephen Kunken, Ben Stylianou, Kaya Yuzuki, Matthew O’Neill, Lizzie Phillips,…
Month: August 2016
Film Review – THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002)
Bourne Identity, The (2002; USA/Germany/Czech Republic; Colour; 119m) ∗∗∗∗ d. Doug Liman; w. Tony Gilroy, W. Blake Herron; ph. Oliver Wood; m. John Powell. Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Julia Stiles, Gabriel Mann, Walton Goggins, Nicky Naude, Josh Hamilton, Orso Maria Guerrini, Tim Dutton, Denis Braccini, Anthony…
Film Review – TAXI DRIVER (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976; USA; Metrocolor; 113m) ∗∗∗∗½ d. Martin Scorsese; w. Paul Schrader; ph. Michael Chapman; m. Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, Martin Scorsese, Joe Spinell. A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City…
Film Review – EVEREST (2015)
Everest (2015; USA/UK/Iceland; Colour; 121m) ∗∗∗½ d. Baltasar Kormákur; w. Lem Dobbs, Justin Isbell, William Nicholson; ph. Salvatore Totino; m. Dario Marianelli. Cast: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Elizabeth Debicki, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Clive Standen, Michael Kelly, Martin Henderson, Vanessa Kirby, Thomas Goodman-Hill, Mia Goth. A group…
Film Review – SICARIO (2015)
Sicario (2015; USA; Colour; 121m) ∗∗∗∗ d. Denis Villeneuve; w. Taylor Sheridan; ph. Roger Deakins; m. Jóhann Jóhannsson. Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Maximiliano Hernández, Dylan Kenin, Frank Powers, Bernardo P. Saracino, Edgar Arreola, Marty Lindsey. An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force…
Film Review – THE GHOST BREAKERS (1940)
Ghost Breakers, The (1940; USA; B&W; 85m) ∗∗∗½ d. George Marshall; w. Walter DeLeon; ph. Charles Lang; m. Ernst Toch. Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, Anthony Quinn, Noble Johnson, Paul Fix. A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant, and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba….
Film Review – THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1939)
Cat and the Canary, The (1939; USA; B&W; 74m) ∗∗∗∗ d. Elliott Nugent; w. Walter DeLeon, Lynn Starling; ph. Charles Lang; m. Ernst Toch. Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, George Zucco, Nydia Westman, John Wray. When an eccentric family meets in their uncle’s remote, decaying mansion on the…
Book Review – STARSTRUCK (1975) by Ernest Tidyman
STARSTRUCK by ERNEST TIDYMAN (1975, W.H. Allen, 217pp) ∗∗∗ Blurb: A violent summer storm over New York hits an incoming private jet and sends it crashing into the side of the Empire State Building where it rests precariously embedded. Disturbing passions are already simmering among the VIP passengers, many of whom have secrets to hide –…
Film Review – THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (2015; USA/UK; Colour; 116m) ∗∗½ d. Guy Ritchie; w. Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, Jeff Kleeman, David C. Wilson; ph. John Mathieson; m. Daniel Pemberton. Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Christopher Sciueref, Susan Gillias, Luca Calvani, Nicon Caraman. In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon…
TV Review – THE MUSKETEERS (2014-6)
THE MUSKETEERS (2014-2016, UK, Colour, 30 X 60m episodes) ∗∗∗∗ Cast: Tom Burke (Athos); Santiago Cabrera (Aramis); Peter Capaldi (Cardinal Richelieu – series one only); Howard Charles (Porthos); Alexandra Dowling (Anne of Austria); Ryan Gage (King Louis XIII); Tamla Kari (Constance Bonacieux); Maimie McCoy (Milday de Winter); Luke Pasqualino (D-Artagnan); Hugo Speer (Captain Treville); Marc Warren (Rochefort – series two only); Matthew McNulty (Grimaud – series three only); Rupert Everett…