Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Director: Taika Waititi Delightful New Zealand film starring Sam Neill and written/directed by the mind that brought you What We Do In The Shadows, Taika Waititi, this film is about a foster kid who finds a home with an odd couple. But when his foster mother dies, rather than return to… Continue reading Hunt For The Wilderpeople (2016)
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105 Must See Films: Terms Of Endearment (1983)
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels Director: James L Brooks It's all about the mother-daughter relationship in this delightfully funny tear jerker. Aurora (MacLaine) is the most picky, difficult person. When her adult daughter Emma (Winger) gets married, she finds it hard to let go, but over time she finds herself starting… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Terms Of Endearment (1983)
105 Must See Films: Days Of Heaven (1978)
Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepherd Director: Terrence Malick Terrence Malick doesn't make a lot of films, but this one, much like his previous film Badlands, feels so iconically 70's to me, with it's golden colours, imagery of America and it's young female voice over. More like a visual poem than a film, it… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Days Of Heaven (1978)
Midnight Special (2016)
Starring: Michael Shannon, Jaeden Leiberher, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst Director: Jeff Nichols Jeff Nichols has made a name for himself as a very emotive and intelligent director, with films like Mud and Take Shelter. Here he earns more stripes as a man to watch, teaming up again with Michael Shannon to bring you a subtle sci… Continue reading Midnight Special (2016)
105 Must See Films: Secrets & Lies (1996)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall Director: Mike Leigh A movie about class and race relations in Britain, this film is from acclaimed director Mike Leigh. It follows the story of two women, a successful black woman who is in search of her biological mother, and the woman who gave birth to her, a lower class… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Secrets & Lies (1996)
105 Must See Films: Grave Of The Fireflies (1988)
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi Director: Isao Takahata Although I loved this film, after it finished I needed a drink! It's very sweet and very sad. The film is about a boy Setsuko and his little sister Seita, at the end of WW2 in Japan. During an air raid their mother is badly injured and… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Grave Of The Fireflies (1988)
105 Must See Films: The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman Director: Lawrence Kasdan Macon (Hurt) is a travel writer. He writes books about where to go and how to travel seamlessly. But one day he comes home to find that his wife (Turner) wants a divorce, because she is not coping with the death of their… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: The Accidental Tourist (1988)
105 Must See Films: Five Easy Peices (1970)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black Director: Bob Rafelson Robert (Nicholson) works on doing odd jobs, roving from bars, his home with his girlfriend Rayette (Black) and the beds of other women, never settling anywhere, til his sister lets him know that his father is dying. With his girlfriend tagging along, he heads back to his… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Five Easy Peices (1970)
105 Must See Movies: Ordinary People (1980)
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch Director:Robert Redford Directorial debut for Robert Redford, this film cleaned up at the Oscars that year, and with good reason. A subtle drama involving a family struggling to cope with the loss of their eldest boy through an accident. The mother is trying to maintain… Continue reading 105 Must See Movies: Ordinary People (1980)
Maggie (2015)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson Director: Henry Hobson Highly underrated, this film has Schwarzenegger really outdoing himself as a father whose daughter has come home to spend her last days before she turns into a flesh eating zombie. I think perhaps the zombie element disappointed audiences, because this film is more about a dystopian… Continue reading Maggie (2015)
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