Historical/period/epic
Jason
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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019). Film review of Armando Iannucci's Dickens adaptation
Child abuse
Great Expectations (1946). Film review of the classic Dickens novel
Mommie Dearest (1981). Film review – 4/5 stars.
Film review by Jason Day of Mommie Dearest, starring Faye Dunaway as movie legend Joan Crawford.
Drama
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016). Find out why the latest J.K. Rowling adaptation wasn’t magic for me.
Film review by Jason Day of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, from the book by J.K. Rowling, starring Eddie Redmayne and featuring Colin Farrell.
Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Spotlight (2015)
Film review of the drama about a newspaper uncovering the sexual abuse of children at the hands of Catholic priests in Boston. Starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo.
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Director: Tom McCarthy. (129 mins). Anonymous Credit/First Look/Participant/Rocklin Faust. (15)
Drama
Room (2015)
Film review of the drama about a young woman and her son who are held captive by a man and how she enriches and informs his otherwise insular, fantasy-led understanding of the world outside. Starring Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
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Director: Lenny Abrahamson. (118 mins). A24/Element Pictures/No Trace Camping. (15)
Drama
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Film review, written as a social services case, by Jason Day of the silent melodrama about a poor, abused girl in Victorian London who is befriended by a Chinese man. Starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthlemess.
Silent
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