Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread

A famous tailor finds his world thrown out of order when he falls a young woman in Phantom Thread. Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a famous dressmaker in 1950s London, who lives his life to a strict routine, with the help of his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville). On day, Reynolds meets a young waitress named Alma…

Lincoln

Lincoln

Part of me wishes that I went out and saw Steven Spielberg‘s biopic of Abraham Lincoln before the Oscar nominations were announced and Lincoln became the leading film with 12 nominations, including Best Picture.  Whether I wanted to or not, this status was going to affect the way that I viewed the film. Instead of…

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood sticks out from the rest of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films for the very fact that it is a period piece and that it has an overall darker mood than his previous films. The films features Daniel Day-Lewis as an oil baron, who is consumed by greed over a 24 year period….