Neon Camera Reviews

Don't Look Up By Calum Whitfield  Satirical feature with an important message, Don’t Look Up is funny and relevant though a little heavy-handed and overlong. 3.5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥.5 Directed by: Adam McKay  Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, et al Where to find it: Netflix  No Copyright Infringement Intended  Political satire can be a dangerous game, particularly in recent times with political opinion in western society being the most divided it has been for decades. This makes a film like Don’t Look Up a risky venture almost guaranteed to be divisive. But with a large budget, a stellar cast, and a strong marketing push from Netflix, Don’t’ Look Up should be a sure-fire hit. But is it any good? Don’t Look Up focuses on a Ph.D. student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and her teacher Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) who work in the field of astronomy. Kate notices a previously undiscovered comet in the sky which Randal...

Little Women  By Emily Hubbard Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women sets the gold standard for classic novel retellings 4.5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥.5 Directed by: Greta Gerwig Starring:  Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Timoth é e Chalamet Where to find it: Netflix No Copyright Infringement Intended  Whenever a film adaptation of a classic novel is announced, there always seems to be a certain sense of doubt surrounding the eventual quality of the finished product. This overwhelming feeling of nervousness is largely due to many on-screen retellings being ultimately disappointing, with previous iterations of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel, Little Women, being no exception. It seems though, that on Hollywood’s 17 th try (yes you heard that right) at adapting the much-beloved story, they finally got it right. Little Women is at the forefront, and arguably created the blueprint, for coming-of-age stories and tells the tale of the March sisters; Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Amy (Fl...