Licorice Pizza (2022)
Licorice Pizza By Calum Whitfield Beautiful, funny, and charming, Licorice Pizza is a spectacular film barring one serious gripe. 3.5/5 Cameras Written and directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, at el Where to find it: In cinemas now No Copyright Infringement Intended I was excited going into Licorice Pizza. The trailer had given promise to something joyful and fun, and with a masterful writer/director like Paul Thomas Anderson and a cast with some fresh faces for its leads (Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman) but with big names in support (Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper and more) I thought I was set for a wonderful experience in the cinema. For the most part, this came true yet walking out I couldn’t help but feel some disappointment and annoyance. Licorice Pizza follows Gary (Cooper Hoffman), a fifteen-year-old in LA coming to the end of his career as a child actor looking for a new angle for his life. He meets Alana (Ala...