Browsing Archives of - Natalie Teasdale

Suicide Squad

Suicide SquadGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★ (3.9/5) Rated: M Director: David Ayer Writer: David Ayer Starring: Will Smith, Jimenez Fitzsimons, Ike Barinholtz, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Cara Delevingne, Jai Caurtney, Joel Kimaman, Adewale Akinnuoge-Agbaje, Viola Davis, Ben Affleck, James McGowan, Jim Parrack, Ezra Miller; Jay Hernandez. With such a huge amount of hype my expectations were duly high... Read More »

Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie

Louis Theroux: My Scientology MovieGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.2/5) Rated: M Writer and Director: John Dower Writer and Presenter: Louis Theroux Featuring: Marty Rathbun, Steve Mango, Marc Headley, Tom De Vocht, Jeff Hawkins, Andrew Perez (as David Miscavige) and Rob Alter (as Tom Cruise). After 25 TV specials focusing on some of the most intimate and angst-ridden aspects of the... Read More »

Lights Out

Lights OutGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.6/5) Rated: M Directed By: David Sandberg Screenplay: Eric Heisserer Based on a Short Film by: David F. Sandberg Cast: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Billy Burke, Maria Bello, Alicia Vela-Bailey, Andi Osho, Rolando Boyce; Maria Russell. Although a sometimes tense horror-thriller, Lights Out felt lightweight. This is a difficult story... Read More »

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek BeyondGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★ Rated: M Director: Justin Lin Story By: Gene Roddenberry Screenplay: Simon Pegs, Doug Jung. Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba; Sofia Boutella. There’s always a moral to a Star Trek story, and this time in, Star Trek Beyond, Captain James T. Kirk... Read More »

Sanpaku Eyes – A Cinematic Device

Sanpaku Eyes – A Cinematic DeviceRecently, I went to see the horror movie, The Witch: A New-England Folktale (2015) and noticed the whites under the iris of the young daughter, Thomasin (Anja Taylor-Joy) were used by director, Robert Eggers to show an impending danger. A subtle device, yet very effective. Seeing the whites under her eyes left me feeling anxious, and I could... Read More »

Sing Street

Sing StreetGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★  Director: John Carney Writer: John Carney Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton, Kelly Thornton, Ben Carolan, Mark McKenna, Percy Chamburuka, Conor Hamilton, Karl Rice; Ian Kenny. Whether it was the Irish accent, the characters or the 80s music (had a buddy with me who couldn’t help... Read More »

Everybody Wants Some!!

Everybody Wants Some!!GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.8/5) Rated: MA15+ Director/Writer: Richard Linklater Starring: Blake Jenner, Juston Street, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Glen Powell, Temple Baker, J. Quinton Johnson, Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Austin Amelio, Tanner Kalina, Forrest Vickery. As suggested by the title (a classic by Van Halen), Everybody Wants Some!! is a tribute to the... Read More »

Goldstone

GoldstoneGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.8/5) Rated: M Director/Writer/Music: Ivan Sen Starring: Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, David Gulpilil, Jacki Weaver and David Wenham. Sequel to Mystery Road (2013), Goldstone is a crime drama set on the backdrop of a desert mining town that gets you thinking about the value of life in isolation where the threat is... Read More »

Me Before You

Me Before YouGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.5/5) Directed by: Thea Sharrock Writer: Jojo Moyes – Screenplay and Novel Starring: Sam Claflin, Emilia Clarke, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Dunwoodie, Pablo Raybould, Gabrielle Downey, Steve Peacocke and Henri Charles. When Lou Clark (Emilia Clarke) loses her job as a waitress at a café, she takes a position as a carer for the cantankerous quadriplegic,... Read More »

Mustang

MustangGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5) Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven Screenplay: Deniz Gamze Erguven and Alice Winocour Starring: Gunes Sensoy, Dogba Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Hayda Akdogan and Erol Afsin. Originally screened in the Director’s Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. Set in Inebolu, a... Read More »