After having seen Hacksaw Ridge, I can’t decide if I liked or disliked, or outright hated, this film. Its a strange situation, because it truly is an average film, not because it is mediocre throughout, but because there are some moments of brilliance, and some truly terrible moments, so it all balances out and makes…
Category: biography
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
There is a moment towards the end of The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) where our two protagonists get on a boat and sail down a river. In front of them, on the island they just departed, stand dozens of lepers, all waving towards these two men. It is single-handedly the most heartbreakingly emotional moment…
The Sound of Music (1965)
I have a confession to make – until two days ago, I had never seen The Sound of Music. It wasn’t that I was opposed to seeing it – by all means, I did have every intention of seeing it. How can one not want to see one of the most iconic films in cinematic…
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
There is never a shortage of biopics made, with multiple films about various historical figures, either incredibly famous or utterly obscure, coming out every year. Many of these films seem to star Meryl Streep. This year, we were given Florence Foster Jenkins, a bizarre subject for a film biopic, but one that was destined to…
Elvis & Nixon (2016)
There have been some bizarre films made, and sometimes some truly peculiar real-life stories are translated into films. Elvis & Nixon is one of the strangest concepts of a film I’ve ever seen, mainly because the source material is a photograph – but not just any photograph, the world-famous photograph of the fateful meeting between…
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Despite being one of the most iconic and recognizable men on Earth, only once before has there been a biopic about Stephen Hawking, a 2004 TV movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch. That hardly seems worthy for the incredible man that is Stephen Hawking, so I was so happy to discover that a proper biopic of the…
The Postmodern Pelican 