Tag: colin firth

1917 isn't a film that revolutionizes war cinema with storytelling, but with technique that refuses to relent or offer a reprieve.

Mountain Momma Kingsman’s sequel moves from suave, British cool action into a deliriously kooky, inherently phony adult cartoon celebrating casual violence. It works. Golden Circle acts like a Chuck …

Bond – Lots of Bonds Stupendously violent – and a bit perverse – Kingsman comes signed by director Matthew Vaughn. Action scenes could be labeled courageous, maybe whimsical, but …

Emotive silhouettes, peering sunlight, and subtle wide angle shots erect a feature with few cinematic boundaries.

Devil's Knot has the feel of an expensive movie made for Lifetime's movie of the week or Dateline.

... the original three and a half hour cut Richard Curtis was working with would have been okay.

Like many great films, King's Speech is a wealth of emotion, tenderness, sorrow, and celebration.

The immediate question for Disney's 2009 adaptation of A Christmas Carol is the necessity of it all.

Emma Thompson is the show stealer here as the title character, even behind the layers of make-up.

At times, it is a bit much, overdone, and even gaudy, although there is a reason for it.