Tag: Dan Stevens

• Her Smell (2018)

  February 10, 2020

  2010s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, Music, Punk, Rock

  If The Rose was Bette Midler performing an unofficial Janis Joplin biopic, Her Smell (2018) feels like a fictional take on Courtney Love and Hole. However, director-writer Alex Ross Perry has said his true inspiration for the character of Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) and her rock band Something She, which is set in the 1990s… Read.

• The Guest (2014)

  December 9, 2019

  2010s, Action, Horror, Thriller

  There’s a knowingness that propels The Guest (2014) into a delightful combination of humour and tension. Director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett (the team behind You’re Next) establish patience with their set-up: a soldier, David (Dan Stevens), turns up on the doorstep of a grieving family whose dead son he served with in the military. Straight… Read.