Filmrecensies van Bob Mann

YET another lacklustre horror-lite, this time from Blumhouse. Recensie

Thought provoking and moving, this is one of the best on the shortlist that I’ve seen. Recensie

This is a cleverly animated short using a combination of traditional animation and stop-motion animation. Recensie

I wasn’t very impressed with this one when it first started, but then when the concept of the piece made itself clear, I warmed to it. Recensie

There’s no doubting the quality of the artwork, animation and innovation here, but narratively, if the film had stuck to its knitting, I would have enjoyed it more. Recensie

The cast also deliver splendid performances, with lots of real tricky technical acting on show. Recensie

The short film, only 23 minutes long, is really helped along by an excellent performance from Brittany Snow and an even more engaging performance by young Juliet Donenfeld. Recensie

This is an engaging drama infused with moments of deliciously black humour in typical Scandi-style as the story goes off into surprising territory. Recensie

It’s got an astonishingly proficient performance by Léokim Beaumier-Lépine who reminded me in terms of acting intensity of a young River Phoenix. Recensie

This is all held together by a solid performance by Oyelowo who really has to act! Recensie

Good documentaries should lift a veil and educate you on a subject that you know nothing about, and this one did just that. Recensie

Given that the Academy tend to be more left-leaning in their views and given the feelgood nature of many of the stories in this documentary, this one feels like it might have legs for the win as well! Recensie

Here, a relative of the old dynamic duo visits their home and as a result the pair goof around to the camera in an endearing manner. Recensie

And it really hits the touchy-feels with the background stories of the repair shop workers as well as touching portrayals of how much the school-kids they help value their musical instruments. Recensie

It is a very topical and hard hitting subject though, and I think it will resonate with the more left-leaning Academy members. Recensie

Action, adventure, revenge, death, new-life, love, loss and religion. Denis Villeneuve has delivered a heady mix of all of these against the epic sand-scape of the unforgiving Arrakis desert. It’s epic in scope and utterly engrossing. Recensie

This is pretty poor. Best avoided imho unless you are a Marvel completist. Recensie

It’s a fun, terribly British, comedy of manners and embarrassments. Imagine the dinner party scene from Notting Hill and then add some very (VERY) dark themes. But I enjoyed this one: it’s smart, cutting and devilishly made. Recensie

A British film that turns the air blue in a very funny way. Recommended. Recensie

The film is targetted at kids under 10 and it well hit the mark in the packed screening that I attended. All of the kids were very attentive and roared with laughter at the right times. Recensie

Some of the visual imagery in this film is both startling and superb. Recensie

The animations of the woolen creations are very well done and match the words being spoken as a voiceover. Very clever. The music is also very pleasant. Recensie

The short film has a tremendous amount of heart and the simple but effective story of compassion and a father’s acceptance of his son for being ‘different’ I found to be very moving indeed. Recensie

Sean Mathias has turned upside down your expectations of how Hamlet should be done with this stunning and contemporary age-blind, colour-blind and gender-blind version. It’s simply stunning. Recensie