There are combinations of film makers that make you confident, as you pay your ticket price, that you are not going to be terribly disappointed: Steven Spielberg directing; Tom Hanks taking the lead; Janusz Kaminski behind the camera; Michael Kahn editing and a Coen brothers script (with Matt Charmon (Suite Française)). And Bridge of Spies … Read more
Based on the trailer, my anticipation for seeing “The Judge” was high – – Robert Downey Jnr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton… great cast. And whilst the film is still good, it suffered in my view from getting rather bogged down in family melodrama. The film opens with a series of stills of … Read more
This is a very ‘worthy’ film, about an extraordinary moment in history, beautifully photographed by Janusz Kamiński, with a mesmeric performance by Daniel Day Lewis and an equally good performance by Tommy Lee Jones (I was less convinced by Sally Field). But it is very much a ‘Marmite’ film – some will love it, others … Read more