2018 – Page 2 – CHRIS PHILPOTT

REVIEW Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018)

On February 11, 2018

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

Oh, it was so close. SO CLOSE.

Hypothetically, if Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – hereafter referred to as Three Billboards because f*** typing out the full title every time – hypothetically, if it had ended five minutes earlier, I’d be giving it a straight ten out of ten, telling you that this is the perfect film, and petitioning you that it should win all of the trophies at the forthcoming Academy Awards. All. Of. The. Trophies.

REVIEW The Shape Of Water (2018)

By cphilpott

On February 6, 2018

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

Let’s get one thing out of the way: The Shape Of Water is every bit as good as you’ve heard.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro, The Shape Of Water follows Elisa (Sally Hawkins), a mute cleaner at a government facility who meets “The Asset” – an amphibian humanoid (part man, part fish) that the government is studying. Elisa begins to spend time with The Asset, leading the security head Strickland (Michael Shannon) to grow suspicious of her motives.

REVIEW The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

By cphilpott

On February 6, 2018

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

There are any number of angles you could use as an entry point in to discussing The Cloverfield Paradox, the third film in the Cloverfield universe (a term used loosely, the way someone might describe a handful of mismatched dining chairs as a “suite”) that was released on Monday a mere two hours after the premiere of its first trailer during the Superbowl.

REVIEW Foo Fighters/Weezer – Auckland, Feb 3

By cphilpott

On February 4, 2018

In Music, Reviews

The rain. Oh, lord, the rain.

We arrived at Mt Smart Stadium around 6.15pm and quickly joined the crowd lined up at Gate S, a small gate giving access to the South Stand, an uncovered, seating-only area at the opposite end of the stadium from the large stage set up to house the Foo Fighters and opening act Weezer.

REVIEW Downsizing (2018)

By cphilpott

On January 25, 2018

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

It is extremely rare to be surprised by a film. The way movies are written – especially those coming out of the Hollywood system – demands foreshadowing for almost every element of a story that might be considered surprising or might feel like it’s coming out of left-field. As a result, most big budget films are predictable. Look for the signs, and you can figure them out.

THIS IS NOT HIM. THIS IS HIS WEBSITE.

Year: 2018

REVIEW Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018)

REVIEW The Shape Of Water (2018)

REVIEW The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

REVIEW Foo Fighters/Weezer – Auckland, Feb 3

REVIEW Downsizing (2018)