Bria Lou Reviews

  I had been looking forward to seeing this for a really long time, regardless of it being Oscar nominated, so I'm really glad that it was released through the Sky Premiere channel. Cassie (Carey Mulligan) is not who everyone thinks she is. But when she gets the chance to finally get justice for a traumatising event from her past, can she pass up the opportunity? I loved this film! I always liked the concept, but I loved the way it was executed. The opening scene was such a great way to introduce both the story and the character of Cassie. We are thrown in at the deep end, which was the best way to start the story. Cassie is a really interesting character, particularly because she's not typically 'likeable'. She has not been created as a character that you fall in love with, because she is so complex. There are so many layers to her that the feelings of the audience change many times the more we see her. The story itself is really intriguing. I was hooked from the first...

  I've wanted to see this for such a long time, long before I heard that it was nominated for any Oscars. It's out on Amazon Prime Video, and it's definitely worth watching. Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed) is a drummer whose life completely changes when he begins to lose his hearing. One of the reasons that I was so keen to see this film was because I loved the concept. I thought it was a really good idea, and I wanted to see how it would be executed. It goes without saying that sound is really important to the film, but the film uses sound really uniquely and effectively to tell this story. Ruben is such an interesting, fully fleshed-out, well-written character. I also really loved his relationship with Lou (Olivia Cooke). I've been a fan of Riz Ahmed for a while now, and this is one of the best performances of his that I've seen. He is amazing as Ruben.  Watching the journey of this character is extremely thought-provoking. It also feels really important to see him in rel...

  I'm trying not to give my thoughts away in my intro, but to be honest I wasn't sure when to upload this because I don't really want to talk about it, in the current climate or otherwise. But I saw it, I wrote some notes, and it won an Oscar. So I thought that I might as well share my thoughts before everyone forgets about it. This is the story of a black man who gets stuck in a time-loop that involves a confrontation with a white police officer that results in his death.  If my intro wasn't that clear, I didn't like this short film. In fact, if it had been a feature-length film, I would never have watched it. But because it was only half an hour, I thought I could probably handle it. Now what I will say is that I enjoyed this take on the time-loop premise. I've reviewed a few time-loop movies recently, and it's a concept I like when it's done in an original way, and this was original. I also really liked the protagonist, Carter James, played by Joey Ba...