Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Hollywood Goth drama undone by misanthropy and poor source material
Tim Burton, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007) US film director Tim
Reviews of films made in Canada and United States including all films made by Hollywood.
Tim Burton, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007) US film director Tim
Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” (2015) On rare occasions Hollywood can still demonstrate an ability to make
Adam McKay, “The Big Short” (2015) How do you tell the story behind the sub-prime
Charles Chaplin, “The Gold Rush” (1925, revised 1942) In reality, the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush
James Vanderbilt, “Truth” (2015) An ambitious film for James Vanderbilt’s directorial debut, though he is
Charles Chaplin, “The Great Dictator” (1940) It’s over-long and the slapstick comedy is laid on
“Let Your Life Be A Friction To Stop The Machine” (Class War Films, 2012) It’s
Volker Schlöndorff, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990) Based on the dystopian novel by Canadian writer Margaret
Stanley Kubrick, “Fear and Desire” (1953) Stanley Kubrick’s debut feature film may be an awkward
Avi Lewis, “This Changes Everything” (2015) Billed as a film about climate change, this documentary