Peik's Film Corner

 Hello and welcome back. I am back once again with a new review, but this time on a fairly old movie. Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator was written, directed and acted in by Charlie Chaplin and it was released in 1940. Now this review is going to contain spoilers to the film, but you know it was made like 80 years ago, but now you have been warned so let's get right into it. Theatrical release poster (The Great Dictator) Synopsis: After getting wounded in the Great War a Jewish barber (Charlie Chaplin), he spends years in an army hospital, whilst a fascist dictator Adenoid Hynkel also (Charlie Chaplin) rises to power. When the barber returns to his neighborhood he finds out about the brutal changes that have taken place, whilst he was recovering and now he among his Jewish friends try to avoid persecution.  My thoughts: I have always been a fan of Charlie Chaplin, ever sense my grandmother showed me City Lights for the first time and this film is just pure genius especially...

 I am once again back with a new movie review and this time we are taking a look at Knives Out written and directed by Rian Johnson and stars everyone, I mean there are so many amazing movie stars in this film such as Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Ana De Armas etc. This was the second time I saw this film and damn did I like it, maybe even more than the first time around. Knives Out (2019) Synopsis: Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is called to investigate the death of a famous crime author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). The cause of death appears to be suicide, however Benoit Blanc suspects foul play and everyone else is a suspect. My thoughts:  This film is a brilliant murder mystery brought to the modern day. I mean this is such an ingenious film, the writing is great, the characters were really good and there was a lot of things I missed the first time around seeing it. And the thing I most like about it is the fact that it is not based on already existin...