Bina007 Movie Reviews

French writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE is a body horror film that also works as social satire.  It is visually and aurally stunning and features a career-defining and award-worthy performance from Demi Moore that veers between MOMMIE DEAREST and heartbreak. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The … Con...

Bina007 reviews director Ellen Kuras’ Lee starring Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard (25s), documentarian Peter Middleton’s immersive Apollo 13: Survival now on Netflix (8m8s), Firebrand starring Jude Law as late period Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr (11m28s) and Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Har...

Bina007 reviews director David Leitch’s action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt before moving onto the sexy sports film Challengers starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist and directed by Luca Guadagnino. Both are on global release now. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full … Continue r...

Bina007 reviews Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s stunning and lavish costume drama Heeramandi, showing on Netflix. It stars Manisha Koirala as the madam Mallikajaan, running an ultra-luxurious house of courtesans in Lahore’s diamond bazaar in 1920’s British ruled India. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] T...

Bina007 reviews writer-director Alex Garland’s near-future political dystopian drama, Civil War.  It stars Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura as journalists travelling by car from New York to Washington DC to interview a fascist president of the USA.  Meanwhile, the Western Forces of Texas and California are readying to invade DC and retake the Capitol. Along … Continue reading B007 Ep 185...

Bina007 reviews director Sam Taylor-Wood’s biopic of Amy Winehouse, based on a script by Matt Greenhalgh. The film features a stunningly good performance from Marisa Abela as Amy and an equally compelling Jack O’Connell as her vilified husband Blake Fielder-Civil. This film firmly anchors Amy’s story in her love of jazz and her family’s musical … Continue reading B007...

Bina007 reviews the latest iteration of Patricia Highsmith’s stunning crime procedural The Talented Mr Ripley. It is written and directed by Steve Zaillian and stars Andrew Scott as Tom, Johnny Flynn as Dickie and Dakota Fanning as Marge. The eight-part miniseries is out on Netflix today. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this … Continue reading B007 Ep 183 &#...

Bina007 reviews the brave, hilarious, and deeply moving new film Silver Haze, directed by Sacha Polak and starring Vicky Knight. Out in the UK on March 29th. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews the new Netflix miniseries from Guy Ritchie. It stars Theo James of White Lotus fame as Eddie Horniman, an aristocratic ex-soldier who inherits his family estate only to discover its housing one of the biggest ganga farms in the UK.  [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org … Continue reading B007 Ep 181 – The Gentle...

Bina007 reviews the new Sky/Starz historical drama Mary & George. It stars Julianne Moore as Mary Villiers, who groomed her son George (Nicholas Galitzine) to seduce King James I of England. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at … Continue reading B007 Ep 180 &...

Bina007 reviews the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s reboot of the iconic Frank Herbert religio-sci-fi epic. The film excels in spectacle and sound but falls down on performance and narrative choice. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals … Continue r...

Bina007 reviews British writer-director Sean Durkin’s deeply affecting wrestling drama The Iron Claw. It tells the real life story of the Von Erich family and deals with toxic masculinity and sibling love. This is an award-worthy movie featuring an astonishing performance from Zac Efron. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on … Continue readi...

Bina007 reviews Daniel Kaluuya’s London-set dystopian drama The Kitchen starring Kano.  Then she reviews  the urgent documentary The Disappearance of Shere Hite at 5m30s. Note the latter is not appropriate listening for children. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina...

Bina007 reviews Spanish director J A Bayona’s new recreation of the famous 1972 Andes air crash disaster, now showing on Netflix. In doing so, Bina discusses the crash and its aftermath in detail that could be a spoiler, and that some listeners might find disturbing. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page … Continue reading B007 Ep 176 – S...

Bina007 reviews writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos blistering dark comedy Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly A[Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews writer-director Jonathan Glazer’s stunning adaptation of Martin Amis’ novel set in Auschwitz. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews the sequel to the beloved family comedy adventure, Chicken Run. In this stop-motion animation sequel, this time the chickens need to break IN to a nugget factory. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews the Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper as the conductor, and Carey Mulligan as his long-suffering wife. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews Ridley Scott’s Napoleon starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic military leader and Vanessa Kirby as Empress Josephine. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews Todd Haynes’ May December starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews David Fincher’s stylish thriller The Killer starring Michael Fassbender. At 3m30s in she reviews Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting In Venice, starring Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Kelly Reilly. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] M...

Bina007 reviews Sofia Coppola’s biopic of Priscilla Presley starring Jacob Elordi as Elvis. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of Kingsgrave

Bina007 reviews Alexander Payne’s glorious slow-burn dramedy The Holdovers starring Paul Giamatti before (5m15s) reviewing Christos Nikou’s near-future social satire Fingernails starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vass...

Bina007 reviews Garth Davis’ sci-fi dystopian relationship drama, Foe, starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, and at 4m40s, Errol Morris’ documentary interview with Cold War spy novelist John Le Carre. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina at Vassals Of …...

Bina007 reviews Martin Scorsese’s epic true crime drama about a space of racially motivated murders in Osage County in the 1920s and 30s, starring Leonardo di Caprio, Robert de Niro and Lily Gladstone. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly [Archive] View this episode’s page on Archive.org [Bina007] The full Bina007 movie review website [VOK] More from Bina … Continue reading B00...