Jack (Richard E. Grant) and Sarah (Imogen Stubbs) are a happily married couple – they are about to move into a large suburban house, and are expecting their first child, a daughter with whom they are so excited to spend their lives. However, when tragedy strikes, Jack loses his wife in childbirth, and has to…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Mid90s (2018)
Nostalgia is a powerful drug, and the entertainment industry seems to be addicted. In recent years, we’ve seen the trend where artists attempt to emulate the past in order to stir up memories and create a sense of warmth and familiarity. Some of these works turn out to be lifeless and uninspired when the nostalgia…
Burning (2018)
A working-class young man who makes a living doing odd jobs for a variety of people in order to compensate for his father’s impending imprisonment, a woman from his past forcing herself into his future in her own search for a deeper meaning, and a mysterious man she meets on her travels with a sinister…
Wildlife (2018)
Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Jeanette Brinson (Carey Mulligan), along with their son Joe (Ed Oxenbould) are the quintessential 1960s suburban family – he works a menial but solid job, she is a dedicated housewife and mother, and their son is a hard-working student with wide ambitions. They are a nomadic family, constantly moving, a result…
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
In contemporary cinema, there are few names quite as exciting as David Lowery – a filmmaker who rose from relative obscurity a few years ago, evolving into one of modern cinema’s most talented auteurs, for a number of reasons, crafting exuberant masterpieces such as the gritty crime drama Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, the exceptional philosophical…
Blindspotting (2018)
Cinema is an art form that primarily strives to entertain, to tell stories that allow audiences to escape for a brief period of time and often sit in blissful ignorance to the outside world. However, there are many instances where cinema also intends to educate the audience by conveying a certain message that has real-world…
Mystic River (2003)
Clint Eastwood, for better or for worse, has made a substantial impact on cinema, both as an iconic actor and as a director whose works span over five decades and include a number of significant accolades and positions within the canon of great American filmmaking. One could argue that Eastwood’s work is very much hit-and-miss,…
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
There is a great deal to love about Sorry to Bother You, one of the year’s most audacious films, and a great debut from musician Boots Riley, but the most impressive aspect of this film is its ability to be incredibly to the point and direct in what it is intending to convey – so…
Beautiful Boy (2018)
Beautiful Boy is not a good film. It is not a comfortable film, nor is it particularly pleasant. It is often extremely heavy-handed and in many instances, it may be dour enough to qualify as being the most miserable film of the year. However, Beautiful Boy is still an extraordinary film simply on its premise,…
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
Eli Sisters (John C. Reilly) and his brother, Charlie (Joaquin Phoenix) are a pair of hitmen in the Gold Rush era. They are in the service of a mysterious but wealthy man known only as The Commodore (Rutger Hauer), who sends them on a quest for Hermann Kermit Warm (Riz Ahmed), a chemist who has…
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