Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Movie Review

Brilliantly unsettling drama.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is one of those movies where you are never allowed to get comfortable. Every time you think you know what it’s about, there’s another twist which turns all of its themes on its head. And that’s impressive for a drama, a drama about police relations, racism, homophobia, bigotry, and a parent’s grief about the death of a child.		2017 Directed by: Martin McDonagh Screenplay by: Martin McDonagh Starring: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell

Colossal: Movie Review

Unique, interesting and entertaining.

If you have ever wanted to have a discussion about extremely self-destructive people, then you need to watch Colossal. A movie that’s more clever than it has any right to be. Gloria (Anne Hathaway) spends her nights getting drunk and then waking up in the morning (or afternoon) with a hangover unable to remember what happened the night before, and then rinse and repeat. Meanwhile there’s a giant monster terrorizing Seoul, South Korea. Interestingly, these two events are intimately connected.		2017 Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo Screenplay by: Nacho Vigalondo Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis

Lady Macbeth: Movie Review

A dark and twisted tale of love and murder.

Lady Macbeth is a film deserving of its namesake, in that there are no likable characters. This is a film filled with sociopathic people completely devoid of empathy – and yet there is something compelling about the murderess protagonist. The film itself is based on the Russian novella "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" (which of course borrows its title from the Shakespearean character), although veers significantly from the original material.		2016 Directed by: William Oldroyd Screenplay by: Alice Birch Based on the novel by Nikolai Leskov Starring: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis