Tag: Laura Dern

Film review: ‘LITTLE WOMEN’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Little Women, directed by Greta Gerwig, is the seventh cinema adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s bestselling semi-autobiographical 1868 novel; the first film version having appeared in 1917. Gerwig’s adaptation, like Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 version, intelligently combines historical fiction, romance, comedy, tragedy and feminism for a very pleasing, if at times slow-moving film. Little Women tells the story of the March

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Film review: WILD, from ‘Built For Speed’

With its factual story of a troubled young woman trekking through rugged wilderness, the engrossing drama Wild evokes immediate comparisons with Sean Penn’s Into The Wild and the recent Australian film Tracks.  While not quite as moving as Into the Wild, this film is much more successful than Tracks in conveying a story of a young woman’s quest for fulfilment

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Film review: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, from Built For Speed

It’s easy to be cynical about a film like The Fault in Our Stars, a story of teen romance and terminal illness that updates Love Story for the smart phone generation. Yes, it’s often clichéd and emotionally manipulative but largely due a strong central performance from Shailene Woodley, the film holds together and offers at least a few moments of

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