Glasgow Youth Film Festival · 2021
7 films · 6 reviews
Both female stars are on fine form here, relishing the chance to let go and unleash the full force of their personalities.
(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Robert Zemeckis; Writer: Martin Donovan, David Koepp; Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke)
The madness and the badness is everywhere - the dangerous and the foolish
(Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Spike Lee; Writer: Spike Lee; Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis. Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Rosie Perez, Samuel L Jackson, John Savage, Robin Harris, Steve Park)
Creative licence has been taken with Jamie's story, of course, but the essence of it - and particularly the emotional beats - have a strong ring of truth.
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2021; Director: Jonathan Butterell; Writer: Tom MacRae, Dan Gillespie Sells; Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Richard E Grant, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Samuel Bottomley, Ramzan Miah, Zane Alsaroori, Zion Battles, Gareth Joyner, Alex Anstey, Daniel Wallace, Dannie Pye)
Despite, or perhaps because of this general air of ephemerality, you want to hold on to the moment and particularly to that sweet spot of youth, so deftly portrayed by Clemons, when everything is blossoming with possibility.
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brett Haley; Writer: Brett Haley, Marc Basch; Stars: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Toni Collette, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Alex Reznik, Andrea Morales, Michael Abbott Jr., Harrison Chad)
A storyline that sometimes feels rushed or contrived is balanced here by a solid performance from Hartley and a tender one from Barlow.
(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Marley Morrison; Writer: Marley Morrison; Stars: Nell Barlow, Sophia Di Martino, Ella-Rae Smith, Jo Hartley, Samuel Anderson, Steffan Cennydd)
A few scenes are likely to genuinely terrify younger viewers, but Wonka would be the first to point out that children ought to be terrified now and then.
(Country: US; Year: 1971; Director: Mel Stuart; Writer: Roald Dahl, David Seltzer; Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Nora Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit, Michael Bollner, Diana Sowle, Aubrey Woods, David Battley, Günter Meisner)
(Country: United States; Year: 2020; Director: Christi Cooper-Kuhn; Stars: James Hansen, Julia Olson, James Hansen, Julia Olson)
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