NativeGuilt's Movie Reviews

"I just feel a bit down or something. … I don't know. Don't you ever feel like: you've just done a whole amazing day, and then you come home and feel tired and down, and it feels like your bones don't work? They're just tired, and everything is tired—like you're sinking." Written & Directed:  Charlotte Wells Composer:   Oliver Coates Cinematographer:   Gregory Oke Editor:   Blair McClendon Production Designer:  Billur Turan  Genre:   Drama MPAA Rating: R, for some language and brief sexual material Starring:       Paul Mescal as Calum     Frankie Corio as Sophie An adult Sophie relives the childhood memory of her eleven-year-old birthday trip to tourist trap Turkey with her father Calum Aaron Patterson, also to celebrate his thirtieth-first birthday. At that stage in her life, Sophie's parents were separated, and Calum no longer lived in their hometown of Edinburgh, so this time together was so precious to her. Calum, how...

1879. The Civil War is over, and the resulting economic explosion spurs the great migration west. Farmers, ranchers, prospectors, killers and thieves seek their fortunes. Cattle drovers turn cow towns into armed camps with murder rates higher than those of modern-day New York or Los Angeles.  Out of this chaos comes legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, retiring his badge and gun to start a peaceful life with his family. Earp’s friend, John ‘Doc’ Holliday—a Southern gentleman turned gunman and gambler—also travels west, hoping the dry climate will relieve his tuberculosis.  Silver is discovered in Arizona. Tombstone becomes queen of the boomtowns, where the latest Paris fashions are sold from the backs of wagons. Attracted to this atmosphere of greed, over one hundred exiled Texas outlaws band together to form a ruthless gang recognized by the red sashes they wear. They emerge as the earliest example of organized crime in America. They call themselves ‘the Cowboys.’ Directed:   Ge...

When I think of my wife, I always  think of her head.   I picture cracking her lovely  skull, unspooling her brain, trying to get answers.  The primal questions of a marriage: What are you thinking?   How are you  feeling?    What have we done to each  other?  Directed:   David Fincher ( The Social Network, Fight Club, Se7en, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ) Original Novel and Screenplay by:   Gillian Flynn Original Score:   Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross ( Watchmen [2019], The Social Network, Book of Eli, Soul ) Cinematographer:   Jeff Cronenweth ( The Social Network, Fight Club, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ) Editor:   Kirk Baxter ( The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network ) Production Designer:  Donald Graham Burt  ( Hostiles, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network ) Genre:   Drama, Mystery, Thriller MPAA Rating: R, for a scene of bloody violence, some strong se...

A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. Directed:   Denis Villeneuve ( Blade Runner: 2049, Dune: Part I & II, Sicario ) Original Novel by:   Ted Chiang ( Story of Your Life ) Writer:   Eric Heisserer ( Bird Box ) Original Score:   Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario, The Theory of Everything, Prisoners) Cinematographer:   Bradford Young ( When They See Us, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Selma ) Editor:   Joe Walker ( Dune: Part I & II, Blade Runner: 2049, Sicario, 12 Years a Slave ) Production Designer:  Patrice Vermette  ( Dune: Part I & II, Vice, Sicario, Prisoners ) Genre:   Drama, Sci-Fi MPAA Rating:   PG-13 for brief strong language Staring:        Amy Adams   as Louise Banks      Jeremy Renner  as Ian Donnelly      Forest Whitaker  as Colonel Weber Plot I used to think this was the...

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.  Written & Directed:   Frank Darabont ( The Green Mile ) Original Novel by:   Stephen King  ( Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption ) Original Score:   Thomas Newman ( Scent of a Woman, The War, Meet Joe Black, WALL-E, & so much more ) Cinematographer:   Roger Deakins  ( Blade Runner 2047, Skyfall, 1917, A Beautiful Mind, and so much more ) Editor:   Richard Francis-Bruce  ( Se7en, The Green Mile ) Production Designer:  Terence Marsh  ( The Green Mile, Clear and Present Danger, Spaceballs, A Bridge Too Far ) Genre:   Drama MPAA Rating:   R, For language and prison violence Starring:        Tim Robbins   as Andy Dufresne      Morgan Freeman   as Red      Bob Gunton   as Warden Norton      Clancy Bro...

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. Directed:   Gus Van Sant Writers:   Matt Damon & Ben Affleck  (The Town, The Last Duel) Original Score:   Danny Elfman  ( Spider-Man, Nightmare Before Christmas, kinda a lot ) Cinematographer:   Jean-Yves Escoffier  (Music Video for  Johnny Cash's "Hurt" ) Editor:   Pietro Scalia  ( The Martian, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Solo, Kick Ass ) Production Designer:  Missy Stewart  ( Legally Blond ) Genre:   Drama, Romance MPAA Rating:   R,  For strong language, including some sex-related dialogue Starring:        Matt Damon  as Will      Robin Williams  as Sean      Ben Affleck  as Chuckie      Stellan Skarsgård  as Professor Lambeau      Minnie Driver  as Skylar Plot One of these day...