Roger reviews ROOM, starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay based on the novel by Emma Donoghue, and directed by Lenny Abrahamson, this powerful thriller/drama makes for harrowing and compelling viewing.
RWD reviews SING STREET written and directed by Irish filmmaker John Carney whose breakthrough movie was ‘Once’ its the very likable tale of a young Dublin schoolboy in the 1980’s who started a Band just so that he could ask a girl out.
Roger reviews the film SPOTLIGHT starring Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton. Based on the true story of The Boston Globe’s investigation into the pedophile priests that won them a Pulitzer Prize and caused the Vatican to remove Boston’s Cardinal Law from office.
Roger reviews the Focus Features release SUFFRAGETTE, starring Carey Mulligan in a historical fiction of the fight by women to gain the vote in England.
Roger reviews Eddie Redmayne’s performance as he shines in The Danish Girl, a fictionalized account of the very real story of Einar Wegener the Danish artist who prepares to undergo one of the very first sex-change operations with support from his loving wife Gerda, superbly played by Alicia Vikander.