Tagged: rupert everett

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 14, 2022

She Will: What’s the Matter?, by David Bax

It’s a fact, overlooked or denied by most of your more superficial film critics, that it’s possible for a bad screenplay to be saved by good direction and filmmaking. I mean, James Cameron has made a whole career out of...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 13, 2019

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi: Blase-Heart, by David Bax

With the exception of veteran scenery chewers Rupert Everett (as British Army officer Sir Hugh Rose) and Derek Jacobi (as Prime Minister Henry John Temple, also known as Lord Palmerston), the performances in Swati Bhise’s The Warrior Queen of Jhansi...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 9, 2018

The Happy Prince: Intentions, by David Bax

To call Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince a vanity project would be both obvious and an understatement. It’s not just that he’s used his long fought for directorial debut to give himself the role he feels he was meant to...

2018 / david bax / LA Film Fest / la film fest 2018 / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 4, 2018