Tag: Historical

• Mary Queen of Scots Review — Yaaasss Kween

  

  Mary Queen of Scots wants to be a big feminist picture. A brutal excoriation of the wrongs done to women, powerful before their time, brought down by men who cannot counteance their position. In truth I have little idea how historical a work it is, writer Beau Willimon (of House of Cards, among others) adapted…

  E Warren

  January 24, 2019

  Female Filmmakers, Film, Review

  Beau Willimon, Cinema, Costume, David Tennant, Film, Films, Historical, Josie Rourke, Margot Robbie, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Saoirse Ronan, Two Stars

• The Promise: Declawed horror

  

  If there was any promise evident in Terry George and Robin Swicord’s often clunking screenplay before production started, it is not apparent in the final film. It has been stolen away, in these flat, overlit scenes edited with a clear mandate to keep the running time low and accompanied by this overwrought score.

  E Warren

  May 4, 2017

  Film, Review

  Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Cinema, Drama, Film, Films, Historical, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Oscar Isaac, Period, Review, Reviews, Terry George, The Promise, Two Star