25 February 2022. By Neptune THE GODFATHER **** Speaking of classics, for the film’s 50th anniversary the Empire cinema is showing a remastered version of this finest of Mafia films (1972) directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Mario Puzo. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan and Diane Keaton among a strong cast, […]
FILM: RICHARD JEWELL
Neptune’s film picks 21 February 2020. By Neptune. RICHARD JEWELL *** Jewell by name and a jewel by nature. Richard Jewell is a an excellent film to add to the long list of Clint Eastwood’s excellent films and it is a credit to his energy, physical and mental, that at nearly ninety years old he […]
FILM: JUST MERCY – American criminal injustice
31 January 2020. By Neptune. JUST MERCY (La voie de la justice) ***1/2 This account of the terrible, continued injustice in the American criminal and judicial system is a more up to date version of such excellent films as “Selma” or “12 Years a Slave”. And like those two works, it is a true story, […]
Everest, Les deux amis, Etre et devenir
25 September 2015 Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. LES DEUX AMIS ***1/2 (vo French) Here is a film that creates an ambiance that is very French. There is a […]
Floride; Victoria; Dheepan; Southpaw; We Are Your Friends
Floride **** (vo French) Jean Rochefort, the veteran French actor, is probably one of the most charming men anywhere. Growing more attractive with age, his elegance of manner, his abundant grey mane, chic attire and naughty humor make one laugh along with him. In this film he plays a man quite like himself, one in […]
