You Were Never Really Here brings us Joaquin Phoenix, an actor with so much gravitas, but who rarely appears in films which are widely seen. Here, he’s Joe, a private eye who can’t escape traumatic memories from his childhood, which still haunt him to this day. However, he still feels indebted to his sick mother, […]
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No Comments »The Sisters Brothers is based on Patrick DeWitt‘s novel, with Joaquin Phoenix as Charlie Sisters, and John C Reilly as Eli Sisters, and it’s not too long in the trailer before someone picks up on the fact that they’re brothers, yet they’re called Sisters. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve […]
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot continues the wonderful tradition that streaming services Amazon and Netflix have managed which is making some of the most offbeat and original films around. This one comes from Amazon and centres around John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix), who became paralysed after a car accident at age 21, and […]
Mary Magdelene stars Rooney Mara in the titular role and is currently listed on IMDB with a premise that simply states: The story of Mary Magdalene. Well, duh! I figured that out! Joaquin Phoenix takes on the role of Jesus with Tahar Rahim as Judas Iscariot, and, whatever happens, it’s got to be better than […]
Inherent Vice is a very bizarre film which is difficult to describe, but I’ll dig it a go. Joaquin Phoenix plays private eye Larry “Doc” Sportello, who specialises in looking for people. First he’s looking for a man called Glenn Charlock (Christopher Allen Nelson), then Glenn’s employer Mickey Z Wolffman (Eric Roberts) gets kidnapped, then […]
Posted in Blu-ray, Movies, Reviews Tags: Alina Gatti, Amy Ferguson, Anders Holm, Andrew Simpson, Belladonna, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Haena Kim, Charley Morgan, Christian Williams, Christopher Allen Nelson, Daniel Lupi, David Prak, Delaina Mitchell, Elaine Tan, Emma Dumont, Emmet Unverzagt, Eric Roberts, Erica Sullivan, Eva Fisher, Hong Chau, Inherent Vice, Jack Kelly, Jackie Michele Johnson, Jeannie Berlin, Jefferson Mays, Jena Malone, Jillian Bell, JoAnne Sellar, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Joe Dioletto, Jonny Greenwood, Jordan Christian Hearn, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Katie Schwartz, Keith Jardine, Liam Van Joosten, Madison Leisle, Martin Dew, Martin Donovan, Martin Short, Matt Doyle, Maya Rudolph, Michael Cotter, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michelle Sinclair, Owen Wilson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter McRobbie, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Jaeger, Samantha Lemole, Sasha Pieterse, Serena Scott Thomas, Shannon C Sullivan, Shannon Collis, Taylor Bonin, The Growlers, Timothy Simons, Vivienne Khaledi, Wilson Bethel, Yvette Yates, by Thomas Pynchon No Comments »Irrational Man stars Joaquin Phoenix as Abe, an irrational man…, well, a tormented philosophy professor who finds a will to live when he commits an existential act. Also starring Emma Stone, the trailer shows it to be rather a daft-looking film, but one that the two leads will excel in, and also stars Jamie Blackley, […]
The Immigrant is a forthcoming drama set in 1920 where, in search of a new start and the American dream, Ewa Cybulski (Marion Cotillard) and her sister Magda sail to New York from their native Poland. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is […]
