Browsing Archives of - 2019 August
Amazing Grace
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★1/2 Rated: G Realised and Produced by: Alan Elliott Feature-Film Director: Sydney Pollack Original Album Produced by: Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler Originally Recorded Live At: The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles. A documentary filmed in 1972, Amazing Grace is the recording of Aretha Franklin singing in The New Temple... Read More »
The Australian Dream
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★1/2 Rated: MA15+ Directed by: Daniel Gordon Written by: Stan Grant Produced by: Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell, John Battsek Key Interviewees: Adam Goodes, Stan Grant, Brett Goodes, John Longmire, Tracey Holmes, Nova Peris, Nathan Buckley, Nicky Winmar, Eddie McGuire, Linda Burney, Gilbert McAdam, Andrew Bolt, Paul Roos, Natalie Goodes and Michael... Read More »
Late Night
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.7/5) Rated: M Directed by: Nisha Ganatra Written by: Mindy Kaling Produced by: Mindy Kaling, Howard Klein, Jillian Apfelbaum, Ben Browning Starring: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Amy Ryan, Hugh Dancy, Denis O’Hare, Ike Barinholtz. They say that the 1970s was the decade that fashion forgot, but I’ve always thought it... Read More »
Midsommar
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ 3.7/5 Rated: R18+ Written and Directed by: Ari Aster Produced by: Patrik Andersson, Lars Knudsen Director of Photography: Pawel Pogorzelski Editor: Lucian Johnston Music by: Bobby Krilic Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia, Hampus Hallberg, Gunnel Fred, Isabelle Grill, Lars Väringer, Henrik... Read More »
Horror and Humour in Cinema – A Neuroscientific Understanding of Why Dark Humour Tickles
What makes dark humour so funny? I’ve been thinking about writing this article since watching the thought-provoking horror, Us (2019). Featuring doppelgängers, the film shows the horror of a reflection taking the place of our self. Scary stuff. But what I enjoyed most about this film was the humour. The film juxtaposes normal behaviour set... Read More »
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★ Rated: G Written, Directed and Produced by: Pamela B. Green Co-Written by: Joan Simon (Writer, Executive Producer) Executive Produced by: John Ptak, Joan Simon, Geralyn Dreyfous Narrated by: Jodie Foster Cast Including: Alice Guy-Blaché, Patty Jenkins, Diablo Cody, Ben Kingsley, Geena Davis, Ava DuVernay, Michel Hazanavicius, and Julie Delpy. Be Natural is... Read More »