LAST NIGHT IN SOHO MOVIE REVIEW

Director/writer Edgar Wright (“Shaun of the Dead”) returns with a different type of film from what he’s known for: a downright serious horror film. Thomasin McKenzie plays Ellie, a fresh-faced and excited young lady just starting at a prestigious fashion college in London. After some unpleasantness from cliquey dorm students, she finds off-campus housing and all seems wonderful as she starts having luxurious dreams at night where she’s in the body of a promising ingenue singer in the 60s named Sandy (Anya Taylor-Joy). All the 60’s fashion and music inspires her, she starts making her teachers happy with her designs, and who cares what the cliquey girls think? But then, the dreams start to turn into nightmares as Sandy’s life becomes hellish and Ellie starts to realize that it may not be just dreams she’s experiencing but the actual past, and it starts to penetrate horrifyingly into her waking life. Chris, Frank, Alan, and Wright had nothing but glowing praise for this new chapter in Edgar Wright’s career. Listen to them marvel.

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DIRECTED BY: Edgar Wright

STARRING: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Rita Tushingham, Jessie Mei Li, Synnøve Karlsen, Margaret Nolan, Lisa McGrillis, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps

 

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Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to ...