Showing posts with label octavia spencer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label octavia spencer. Show all posts
Friday, 8 October 2021

LFF: Find inspiration

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More disappointment today, as long queues meant that I missed another film's press screening. The BFI is putting on about 300 seats for ...
Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Critical Week: Creation in isolation

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With all film releases being online at the moment, studios are taking a few chances. Made in 2017, the JD Salinger biopic Rebel in the Rye...
Sunday, 3 November 2019

Contenders: Four dramas

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I've been catching up with movies released earlier in the year that are eligible in the upcoming awards season. Whether they're w...
Thursday, 10 January 2019

Critical Week: Heat and dust

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Screenings are only just starting up in the new year, so I've only seen a few things this week. Although much of the attention for fil...
Thursday, 31 August 2017

Venezia74: Come swim with me on Day 2

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It's hot and sticky in Venice at the moment, and the forecast is for thunderstorms over the next few days. Still hot and sticky, but e...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Critical Week: What's the point

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London critics caught up with the next tentpole this week, namely  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Re...
Friday, 7 April 2017

Critical Week: Fly away

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It's been another eclectic collection of screenings this week for London-based critics. My Life as a Courgett e is the wonderful, reso...