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WUTHERING HEIGHTS – Anthony Willis, Charli XCX
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Heathcliff, it’s me, I’m Cathy, I’ve come home…
Wuthering Heights is one of the undisputed classics of British literature. Written in 1847 by Emily Brontë, it is a vivid story of all-encompassing love, obsession, cruelty, and revenge, with more than a splash of the English class system and an exploration of the crushing effects of poverty thrown in for good measure. The story chronicles the ill-fated relationship between the spoiled but free-spirited Catherine Earnshaw and the handsome, rugged foundling Heathcliff, who was brought as a child by Catherine’s father to live with them at their ancestral home, the Wuthering Heights of the title, an imposing house sitting atop one of the bleakest parts of the Yorkshire moors. As they grow up, Catherine and Heathcliff’s relationship develops from childhood friendship to adult romance, but circumstances conspire to keep them apart – not least Catherine’s simultaneous relationship with the wealthy Edgar Linton, heir to the neighboring property Thrushcross Grange. Read more…
CITY HALL – Jerry Goldsmith
THROWBACK THIRTY
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
An underrated movie co-written by Nicholas Pileggi, the former investigative journalist best known for his work on Goodfellas, City Hall is a political crime thriller directed by Harold Becker. Set against the murky political landscape of New York City, the film stars Al Pacino as Mayor John Pappas and John Cusack as his idealistic deputy mayor, Kevin Calhoun, alongside a supporting cast that includes Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, and then-recent Oscar winner Martin Landau. The story begins with a tragic shooting in which a young boy is killed during a botched police operation targeting a suspected Mafia figure. The incident appears to be a routine case of excessive force, but Calhoun begins to suspect that the circumstances surrounding the event are more complicated than they initially appear. As he digs deeper, Calhoun uncovers a tangled web of connections linking the police department, the district attorney’s office, organized crime figures, and even members of the mayor’s own administration. Read more…
SOLO MIO – Joy Ngiaw
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Considering that I finished my 2025 review schedule with a score by Joy Ngiaw, it’s perhaps only fitting that I start 2026 with one too. I said in my review of WondLa that ‘somebody needs to give Joy Ngiaw a Star War to score,’ and while I still absolutely stand by that sentiment, that hasn’t actually happened, and what has happened instead is that she has been given a lovely, sunny, romantic comedy drama to work on instead. Solo Mio was made by five of the eight filmmaking Kinnane brothers from Rhode Island – directors Chuck Kinnane and Dan Kinnane, writers John Kinnane and Patrick Kinnane, and editor Pete Kinnane – and it is the latest in several ventures involving actor and comedian Kevin James. In this film, James plays Matt Taylor, whose life is upended when he is ditched at the altar by his fiancée Heather in the middle of his dream wedding in Rome. Despite being crushed and heartbroken by the end of his relationship, Matt is convinced by his friends to take his honeymoon anyway – a tour around the most romantic locations in Italy that becomes an adventure he never expected. Read more…
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