Serving as an unofficial sequel to Hal Ashby’s 1973 film, The Last Detail, director Richard Linklater’s latest offering, Last Flag Flying, tells the story of three Vietnam veterans brought together… Continue reading "Last Flag Flying (2017) – Review."
From the early 1980s through to the mid ‘90s there were really only two real big hitters when it came to the action movie genre. Sure you had Van Damme,… Continue reading "Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Face/Off and a possible alternate reality."
With the recent second season of Netflix’s Stranger Things garnering as much praise as the original, Season 3 is rumoured to drop in 2019. Much of the plot for the third… Continue reading "Stranger Things cast and crew discuss the show’s third season."
*** SPOILER WARNING *** Downsizing stars Matt Damon as down on his luck Paul Safranek. When we first meet Paul he’s working as an occupational therapist who once had dreams… Continue reading "Downsizing (2017) – Review."
Yesterday saw the announcement of the nominees for the 2018 Academy Awards. As predicted in the second episode of the Film ‘89 Podcast, and to the surprise of pretty much no… Continue reading "The 2018 Academy Award Nominations in full…"
For those who’ve been following Film ‘89 since it went live, it will come as no surprise whatsoever that we’re all big fans of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 Action/Sci-fi classic RoboCop.… Continue reading "A new RoboCop film is in the works. Here’s some suggestions…"
Halfway through The Shape of Water a major event takes place. Eliza, the mute protagonist played exquisitely by Sally Hawkins, has hatched a plan, and she’s now putting it into… Continue reading "The Shape of Water (2017) – Review."
For the final film in our look at the recent Eureka Masters of Cinema Buster Keaton Collection we have the 1928 masterpiece Steamboat Bill, Jr., a film which marked the end of Buster Keaton Studios and was the great man’s… Continue reading "Masters of Cinema Buster Keaton Collection: Part 3 – Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – Review."
In 1971 the New York Times published details of a secret report which unequivocally stated that the United States were going to lose the war in Vietnam, that this was something that was known to successive administrations and, knowing this, American soldiers were… Continue reading "The Post (2017) – Review."
Christopher Nolan’s retelling of the events of Dunkirk opens with a group of boys in a deserted town, scavenging for perhaps food but most certainly water. Before long the silence… Continue reading "Directors Series – Christopher Nolan, Part 6 – Dunkirk (2017)."
