Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Hold Back the Dawn (Arrow Academy)
Directed by Mitchell Leisen and with a screenplay credit for Billy Wilder, this multiple Academy Award nominee gets the HDContinue Reading
Author: Marie O'Sullivan
The Jake Effect – Part Five: The MCU Beck-ons
Marie takes a look at Jake Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man: Far From Home – but can’t do it without spoilers … considerContinue Reading
Film Review: An Acceptable Loss (2019)
What could have been a thought-provoking story of national betrayal and personal regret becomes a pedestrian tale of political posturing.Continue Reading
The Jake Effect Part Four – Great Jake, Great Film
We’ve reached the final (for the moment) part of The Jake Effect and it’s time to take a look atContinue Reading
The Jake Effect Part Three – Good Jake, Interesting Movie
It’s time for part three of The Jake Effect, and we’ve reached that selection of films that Marie likes aContinue Reading
The Jake Effect Part Two – Love or Leave it: A Matter of Taste
Marie returns to the oeuvre of Jake Gyllenhaal for the next installment of The Jake Effect, and explains how sheContinue Reading
Film Review: Robert the Bruce (2019)
Not the film with Chris Pine, but with the same central character, Robert The Bruce is a quieter, more thoughtfulContinue Reading
The Jake Effect: Part One – Jake, What Were You Thinking?
Marie’s first report from the filmography of Jake Gyllenhaal covers some forgettable and unfortunate forays into film, mostly (but notContinue Reading
The Jake Effect: An Introduction
As Marie eagerly awaits the arrival of Spider-Man: Far from Home next month, she’s been killing time by going throughContinue Reading
Film Review: The Captor aka Stockholm (2019)
The Captor aka Stockholm: a curiosity of a film which suggests one thing, presents another, and ultimately disappoints – despiteContinue Reading