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This is a tough one for me. The more I ponder this picture, the more I dislike it. I think I want to say good things about it because I like all the people that contributed to making it...but the more I think about it, the more I think about the writing and the story...the more I come to the...

This is the key problem with the film. The screenplay is often, well, cringeworthy. Some of the lines that Colman has to deliver are just terrible. The thing is, she is great, so she does an excellent job delivering this forced dialogue. It is awkward because the picture is not focused on any of...

While it is set in a cinema, to me there was not much there that got into the power of movies, other than all of these people seemed to really enjoy working at a cinema. I liked the movies that were referenced, that was fun, but mostly they just amount to references. Mostly, if I were to say...

I finally got around to seeing this. Beautiful to look at, Deakins does his usual stunning work but I did not love it. While there are some cool movie references in this, it is primarily about a woman with some mental illness issues, a couple of affairs she has, and how she impacts the lives of...

I've not seen it yet so can't engage in a discussion about it yet. I love Mendes as a filmmaker and so am very intrigued to see it. Also Roger Deakins shot it, which makes it a must see, for me anyway. I tend not to read much about a picture before seeing it because I want my experience with it...

And of course, Deakins...

Mendes is a helluva filmmaker, I look forward to seeing this.

Title: Empire of Light Tagline: Film. An illusion of life. Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Colin Firth, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Sara Stewart, Adrian McLoughlin, Spike Leighton, Mark Field...