Tag Archives: Biopic film

Film Review: A complete Unknown (2025) ~ (Timothee Chamalet)

Posted on January 22, 2025 by odeboyz

A Complete Unknown is the worst Dylan biopic I’ve seen.1 It’s a Memory Lane sing-a -long. And the plot/narrative? Negligible. Quite how Dylan’s story can be emptied into a series of brooding scenes is beyond me. Elle Fanning (Sylvie Russo)2 … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Napoleon (2023) (Joaquin Phoenix)

Posted on December 6, 2023 by odeboyz

I shouldn’t go to historical biopic films. I tut-tut and nit-pick and definitely don’t enter into the spirit of the thing. Oppenheimer lulled me into a false sense of security. Disaster! I hated it and nearly walked out. Why? The … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Bank of Dave (NetFlix) (Rory Kinnear) (2023)

Posted on March 2, 2023 by odeboyz

This is the biopic of Dave Fishwick, a self-made millionaire, from Burnley, Lancashire. He lives and works there and is grounded in the community. As a wealthy man he was often asked for loans. No paperwork just a handshake. None … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Elvis (Austin Butler and Tom Hanks) (2022)

Posted on August 1, 2022 by odeboyz

At 2 hours 40 this film had to be brilliant, otherwise it would have been a nasty self-indulgent mess. Director Baz Luhrmann is notorious for long films, which can be flabby. This isn’t one of them. 2 hours 40 wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Stan and Ollie (Steve Coogan and John C Reilly)

Posted on January 14, 2019 by odeboyz

This film resonated on so many levels that it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly why I was bowled over. The final scene in Ireland showed the debt that Morecambe and Wise owed to them but there was so much more. The … Continue reading →

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