ETHAN COEN, JOEL COEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 2018. Annapurna Pictures, Annapurna Television, Mike Zoss Productions. Screenplay by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, segment All Gold Canyon based on a story by Jack London, segment The Gal Who Got Rattled inspired by a story by Stewart Edward White. Cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel. Produced by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen,…
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Widows (2018)
STEVE McQUEEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Regency Enterprises, See-Saw Films, Film4, New Regency Pictures. Screenplay by Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen, based on the miniseries by Lynda La Plante. Cinematography by Sean Bobbitt. Produced by Iain Canning, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Emile Sherman. Music by Hans Zimmer. Production Design by Adam Stockhausen. Costume Design by Jenny Eagan. Film Editing by…
The Commuter (2018)
JAUME COLLET-SERRA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Ombra Films, StudioCanal, The Picture Company. Story by Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi, Screenplay by Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi, Ryan Engle. Cinematography by Paul Cameron. Produced by Alex Heineman, Andrew Rona. Music by Roque Baños. Production Design by Richard Bridgland. Costume Design by Betsy Heinemann, Jill Taylor. Film Editing by Nicolas De Toth….
Silence
BBBB (out of 5) Informed that their colleague has abandoned the church and taken up life as a citizen of seventeenth-century Japan after voyaging there as a missionary, two Portuguese priests make it their mission to go to the far east and prove the news untrue. What clerics Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver encounter when they arrive is…
A Walk Among The Tombstones
BBB.5 (out of 5) Years after a bad experience made him turn his back on the police force, Liam Neeson has become an unlicensed private detective (which means he only does the odd favour for a friend but can forever afford New York rent). Now in recovery from alcoholism (and, most of the time, sunlight), he…
The Lego Movie
BBB (out of 5) A nameless face in the crowd dreams of being unique, and thanks to luck and happenstance ends up becoming the hero for a nation: it’s a tale as old as time, and one that animated films have been mining countlessly since A Bug’s Life (or maybe earlier if I actually give…
Seraphim Falls
B (out of 5) Liam Neeson and his posse chase Pierce Brosnan relentlessly through the forests and across the desert of post-Civil War USA in this uninteresting drama. Why he’s after him is left a complete mystery until long after you’ve realized that you don’t have a single emotion invested in either of these characters. Along the…
Shining Through
BBB.5 (out of 5) This war drama provides a thrilling look back to the more innocent spy movies of the forties, and it’s possible that this pie-eyed attitude about it that convinced film critics to tear it to shreds. Melanie Griffith excels as a half Irish, half Jewish secretary who willingly puts herself in danger when…
The Good Mother
BB (out of 5) A strong performance by Diane Keaton just can’t save this incredibly dull drama. She plays a divorced, single mother whose conservative ex-husband (James Naughton) objects to the way she’s raising their daughter, particularly considering that she’s got her stud of a boyfriend (Liam Neeson) living with her. When her ex discovers that…
Batman Begins (2005)
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2005. Warner Bros., Syncopy, DC Comics, Patalex III Productions Limited. Story by David S. Goyer, Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, based on characters created by Bob Kane. Cinematography by Wally Pfister. Produced by Larry J. Franco, Lorne Orleans, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas. Music by James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer. Production Design by Nathan…
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA/United Kingdom, 2012. Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, DC Entertainment, Syncopy, DC Comics. Story by David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, based on characters created by Bob Kane. Cinematography by Wally Pfister. Produced by Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas. Music by Hans Zimmer. Production Design by Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh. Costume Design…
Ethan Frome
JOHN MADDEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom/USA, 1993. American Playhouse, British Broadcasting Corporation, Richard Price. Screenplay by Richard Nelson, based on the novel by Edith Wharton. Cinematography by Bobby Bukowski. Produced by Stan Wlodkowski. Music by Rachel Portman. Production Design by Andrew Jackness. Costume Design by Carol Oditz. Film Editing by Katherine Wenning. If you could handle the depression of The Age…
