Jonathan Bradshaw

Jonathan Bradshaw

Favorite films

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Dark Knight
  • Masters of the Air
  • One Day

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • Adolescence

    ★★★★★

  • Last Breath

    ★★★

  • I Was Monty's Double

    ★★★½

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★

    Digital 
    Screen 2
    Cineworld
    Huntingdon

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★★

    Video on Demand
    Netflix

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  • The Gentlemen

    The Gentlemen

    ★★★

    DCP
    Screen 6
    Vue Blackburn
    Blackburn

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    Guy Ritchie returns to the genre that has defined his career. While it’s nice to see this, I feel that this film doesn’t quite get to Snatch levels of entertainment. The colourful cast of characters do delight though, especially Colin Farrell as an ageing boxing coach.
    The film does a good job of showing how modern life has entered and changed the criminal world, such as the ‘taxing’ scene. Saying that, the casual…

  • La Dolce Vita

    La Dolce Vita

    ★★★★

    Video on Demand
    MUBI
    Part of Fellini 100

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    A strange and sprawling epic which delves into the hedonism of 1960s Rome. Mastroianni brings to life Marcello who simply wades through the film in a carefree manner. The narrative follows a loose episodic structure and isn’t afraid to leave loose ends. The location cinematography brings Rome to life leading to many iconic scenes such as the Trevi Fountain. Tonally the film shifts as there’s funny, profound and shocking moments. Rife with symbolism and motifs on life and the people within it, I feel this film needs to be slowly digested over time.

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