Sally Hawkins

HIFF Report 1: SPENCER, NINJABABY, FACELESS, & BEING BEBE
SPENCER Trailer

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.

ETERNAL BEAUTY: Sally Hawkins Does It Again
ETERNAL BEAUTY: Sally Hawkins Does It Again

Eternal Beauty is nonetheless an enjoyable film with admirable intentions, elevated by the sensitive work of Hawkins and her supporting cast.

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Trailer
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Trailer

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the next chapter in the cinematic MonsterVerse, which pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop culture history.

The Shape of Solidarity: Guillermo del Toro's Vision for America
The Shape Of Solidarity: Guillermo Del Toro’s Vision For America

We explore how Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar nominated period piece The Shape of Water accurately reflects the prejudices still held in contemporary American society.

THE SHAPE OF WATER: A Wondrous Fantasy Romance That Falls Short Of Greatness
THE SHAPE OF WATER: Del Toro’s Wondrous Fantasy Romance Falls Short Of Greatness

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s 10th feature, is loaded with qualities to praise, including beautifully-lit cinematography, a haunting score, and exceptional performances, but as a whole it’s not quite as impactful as it could’ve been.

MAUDIE: A Showcase For The Spectacular Sally Hawkins
MAUDIE: A Showcase For The Spectacular Sally Hawkins

Maudie works due to the central performance by Sally Hawkins, though the troubled relationship portrayed is occasionally too downtrodden.

PADDINGTON: Weird and Wonderful

Pretty much every big screen reboot of a beloved childhood TV show has been terrible. Yet for people with a certain nostalgia for it, they will end up loving it regardless of quality. I never watched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was growing up, which is why I can recognize that the recent Michael Bay-produced reboot is terrible, but a worrying amount of people I’m friends with can’t see it as anything other than an extension of what they loved when they were younger.