Mac's Movies

UK Release Date:  17 May 2021 Certification:  15 Director:  Darius Marder Cast:  Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff Rating:   81% Review: It goes without saying that Riz Ahmed is outstanding. He rightfully received an academy award nomination for best actor for his performance as deaf drummer, Ruben Stone. Ahmed took time out to prepare for the role - spending seven months learning how to play the drums as well as learning American Sign Language (ASL). He even went as far as to wear modified hearing aids that played white noise into his ears so that he couldn't hear himself speak.   A lot of care was put into enhancing the realism of the performance. It's a powerhouse in emotion.  Sound of Metal simply wouldn't work without Riz Ahmed. The dedication put in by Riz Ahmed contributes to the  phenomenal sound design of Sound of Metal . The way Darius Marder's direction conveys noise is a masterstroke. Intercu...

UK Release Date: 31 October 2014 Certification: 15 Director: Dan Gilroy Cast: Riz Ahmed, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton Rating: 93% One of the best movies of the last decade. Review:  Dan Gilroy's directorial debut is a phenomenal thriller depicting the life of an unreliable narrator who has the occupation of a crime journalist (Louis Bloom played extraordinary by Jake Gyllenhaal) who becomes sadistic and starts creating his own stories to earn money.  I don't know how Jake Gyllenhaal didn't win an Oscar or even get nominated for his role, as Louis Bloom, in Nightcrawler because it's one of the best performances in the last decade. He's able to make the audience care for a psychopath and his slow but inevitable downfall. He also has some dialogue heavy scenes where he's able to carry the movie all on his own.  His form of method acting also goes quite unnoticed but he lost thirty pounds for the role by eating only kale salad and chewing gum whilst a...