The Movie Addict

The Bikeriders is a film that proves that whilst Biker gangs might seem fun and cool, in reality that isn’t the case. It suffers from having a trailer that makes it appear to be something that its not. The trailer seemed to suggest (to me at least) that it was going to be a Sons of Anarchy type film. I don’t know if its just because both feature bikes but that is what the trailer suggested which is one of the many reasons why I don’t watch trailers (except at the cinema). The film is based on a true story about a motorcycle club lead by Johnny (played by Tom Hardy) and Benny (Austin Butler) as the biker gang goes from a few guys on bikes having fun to a Sons of Anarchy type group with drug runs, prostitution etc. The action takes place over the course of about 10 years with Jodie Comer’s Kathy doing a voice over narration that reminded me of Goodfellas or Casino. I think that with this being based on a true story meant that a potential rivalry sub-plot between Benny and Johnny didn...

I have become a recent fan of Yorgos Lanthimos. Ever since Poor Things, I have been watching whatever Lanthimos film I can find. Normally when a director makes a film, it would be a while before we get their next film. It might be a year or even a few years but with Lanthimos its been four months and apparently Lanthimos made this whilst they were in post production with Poor Things. This film is a trilogy (or triptych if you want to be fancy) of stories which all feature Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau & Mamoudou Athie in different roles. The set up of the three stories is the same. Someone has something and they then lose it before reaching desperate levels to get it back. That's not a critiscm by the way but just a quick outline of the film because I think that would be the simplest way of putting it. The first story is called "The Death of R.M.F" (by the way I don't think its explained what R.M.F stands for). This one is mo...

I will be honest that normally I wouldn't have seen this film at the cinema but rather have waited for it to come out on streaming but its been a few weeks since my last visit (Furiosa) and it was just nice to see something and this seemed to be the only thing on that a) I hadn't seen and b) was on at a decent time. Normally early on a Saturday morning is ideal for me. This was one of those rare instances where I was the only one in the screening, that's the first time since 'A Haunting in Venice' back in September 2023. This tells of a possibly true story where Sigmund Freud (played by Anthony Hopkins) has a discussion/debate with C.S. Lewis. We know that this may not be true because the text at the very end says that Freud met up with an 'Oxford Don' but there was no name and it possibly could have been Lewis. The film largely centres around religion and faith with Lewis being a believer and Freud not. There are some interesting scenes where they discuss t...