Willem Dafoe

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Review Round-up – Dumbo, Lords of Chaos, Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

07/04/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Antonio Aakeel, Asim Chaudhry, At Eternity's Gate, Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, Carol Morley, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Dumbo, Eaten by Lions, Jack Carroll, James Caan, Jason Wingard, Jonas Åkerlund, Julian Schnabel, Lords of Chaos, Michael Keaton, Out of Blue, Patricia Clarkson, Review Round-up, Rory Culkin, Steve Sullivan, Tim Burton, Willem Dafoe

Reviews of the week’s new releases, including Tim Burton’s new take on Dumbo and the gruesome black metal biopic Lords of Chaos.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – ‘Aquaman’ goes straight in as a top-end DC film

22/12/201821/12/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Amber Heard, Aquaman, Certificate: 12, DC, December 2018, Dolph Lundgren, Fantasy, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Julie Andrews, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Rating: Pop, Superhero, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Aquaman, directed by horror maestro James Wan, is a mad and unhinged superhero blockbuster, but it’s up there with the best of DC.

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DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – ‘The Boondock Saints’ is blood-soaked vigilantism with a darkly comic edge

11/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Billy Connolly, Blu-ray, Carlo Rota, Certificate: 18, David Della Rocco, July 2018, Norman Reedus, Rating: Pop, Ron Jeremy, Sean Patrick Flanery, The Boondock Saints, Thriller, Troy Duffy, Willem Dafoe

Troy Duffy’s controversial vigilante thriller has lost none of its edge in the 20 years since it first exploded onto screens.

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DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ is Wes Anderson under the sea

27/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Blu-ray, Cate Blanchett, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Drama, Henry Selick, Jeff Goldblum, June 2018, Michael Gambon, Noah Baumbach, Owen Wilson, Rating: Pop, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe

Wes Anderson goes underwater, with Henry Selick in tow, for The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, which has a new Criterion Blu-ray.

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Review – The Florida Project

30/11/201706/12/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Caleb Landry Jones, Certificate: 15, Christopher Rivera, Drama, Macon Blair, November 2017, Rating: Pop, Sean Baker, The Florida Project, Valeria Cotto, Willem Dafoe

Sean Baker brings his freewheeling directorial style to the outskirts of Disney World for child’s eye view drama The Florida Project.

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Review – Murder on the Orient Express

14/11/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Certificate: 12, Crime, Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi, Drama, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Leslie Odom Jr, Lucy Boynton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Murder on the Orient Express, Mystery, November 2017, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Tom Bateman, Willem Dafoe

Kenneth Branagh – and more importantly, his moustache – board a luxury train, where a murder promptly takes place in this Agatha Christie adaptation.

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Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – Death Note

03/09/201705/09/2017 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2017, Adam Wingard, August 2017, Certificate: 18, Death Note, Fantasy, Horror, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Nat Wolff, Paul Nakauchi, Rating: Poop, Shea Whigham, Willem Dafoe

Netflix takes on a beloved anime amidst allegations of whitewashing in the dark fantasy Death Note.

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Featured Reviews 

Review – The Great Wall

03/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Andy Lau, Certificate: 12, Eddie Peng, Fantasy, February 2017, Jing Tian, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Rating: Poop, The Great Wall, Willem Dafoe, Zhang Hanyu, Zhang Yimou

Matt Damon leads a mammoth US-China co-production with this fantasy action romp.

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Reviews 

Review – John Wick

24/05/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Action, Adrianne Palicki, Alfie Allen, April 2015, Certificate: 15, Chad Stahelski, David Leitch, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Rating: Pop, Willem Dafoe

Review of 2015 action thriller John Wick, starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist and Alfie Allen.

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Review – A Most Wanted Man

28/09/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2014, A Most Wanted Man, Anton Corbijn, Certificate: 15, Daniel Brühl, Grigoriy Dobrygin, John Le Carré, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Rating: Poop, Robin Wright, September 2014, Thriller, Willem Dafoe

Review of the 2014 espionage thriller A Most Wanted Man, featuring a great performance from the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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Review – The Fault In Our Stars

18/06/2014 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2014, Ansel Elgort, Certificate: 12, Drama, John Green, Josh Boone, June 2014, Laura Dern, Nat Wolff, Rating: Pop, Romance, Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars, Willem Dafoe, Young Adult

Review of 2014 romantic drama The Fault In Our Stars, based on the John Green novel, starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort.

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