In My Name Is Emily, Evanna Lynch is a teenage girl on a mission to find her visionary writer father (Martin McCann) who has been ‘sectioned’/ locked up in a mental health institution following a mental breakdown.
A young girl’s father? Suddenly being carted off to a psychiatric institution? I’m simply too curious to forego this one.
My Name Is Emily Release Dates: February 17th, 2017 (US)…
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G
A shootout between two gangs in a deserted Boston warehouse, in 1978 is what happens in director Ben Wheatley’s new movie Free Fire.
Starring Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson and Sharlto Copley, we hopefully have a rather stylish movie on the way – especially if we’re to believe the well edited trailer before us.
Right Away, Guy Ritchie’s style of film making came to mind as this trailer played – from Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998) to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and beyond.
I’m just hoping that Wheatley’s film is as good as the style and great stories that inspired it. Bring on the thrills great camera work, story and all else. Please, thank you and no pressure.
What great choices Mr Copley makes in the roles he plays. So many pleasant surprises and many more to come, let’s hope.
Michael Smiley, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay and Sam Riley also star.
Free Fire Release Dates: 2017 (US); March 31st, 2017 (UK)…
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G
Starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz, The Lobster is a sci-fi/comedy/romance set in a world that looks like Earth but there are very different rules that govern how to live. One rule is that you have to live in a couple. If single, you’re sent to a hotel where you’ll have 45 days to find a partner. Should you fail to do so, you get turned into an animal of your choosing.
‘Delightfully nuts’ were the words that came to mind when I first saw the trailer for The Lobster. After finally experiencing it, I’d say that my words were accurate.
There is one thing I didn’t expect and that is just how dark the film actually gets. I found myself very happily amused from the start to around halfway through. Then the darkness set in and I didn’t laugh again until very close to the end.
The film’s trailer led me to expect more humour than the horror I soon found myself confronted with. As such, I found myself somewhat disappointed with the end result. Not to say that The Lobster isn’t good because it’s true what many critics have said, the writing and the concept is original. The film is generally well executed and the movie is funny. I simply just had more fun during the funny moments and much less fun during the dark phase.
The people who love horror and comedy, maybe in equal measure are the ones who will have the best time. My favourite thing about writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos’ movie is that you can hardly accurately guess where the plot will take you next and that, as I’m sure you know is very rare indeed.
Also starring John C. Reilly, Lea Seydoux, Olivia Coleman, Ben Whishaw and Ashley Jensen, watch The Lobster for the humour and the element of difference. Just don’t expect to laugh throughout. And if I’m really honest, there actually isn’t that much stopping me from properly labelling The Lobster as a ‘comedy/horror’ film. Then again, I am generally quite the wuss, so…
Have you seen The Lobster? If so, what do you think?
Happy Film Loving,
G
Colin Farrell’s latest is on the way. And…
Read my spoiler-free movie review of The Lobster (2015).
‘Delightfully nuts‘ seems like the perfect phrase to describe new drama/sci-fi/romance, The Lobster. I can’t wait to see how things turn out for Farrell’s character. However, perhaps the title of the movie may have given it away.
Personally, I’d want to be a Snow Leopard. You?
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, the rest of the cast includes Olivia Coleman, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ashley Jensen, Lea Seydoux and Ben Whishaw.
The Lobster Release Dates: October 16th 2015 (US & UK)
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G
The Movie My Life 