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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Review in Brief: Minari (2020)
There’s no debate, MINARI is an American story – what could be more American than a film about a family buying a farm and dreaming of living off the land? It’s astounding that the film features two of the first … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Drama, Lee Isaac Chung, Minari, Oscars, Steven Yeun, Youn Yuh-jung
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Godzilla vs Kong (2021) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Adam Wingard, Blockbuster, Godzilla, Godzilla vs Kong, Monster Movie
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Review in Brief: Ammonite (2020)
AMMONITE is a labour-intensive, impeccably detailed and tender film, the second from tactile master Francis Lee. This is not really a love story in the truest sense, but it is a story of passion. Direct comparisons to PORTRAIT OF A … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Ammonite, Francis Lee, God's Own Country, Historical Drama, Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan
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Review in Brief: Life in a Day 2020 (2021)
Despite a worldwide pandemic, in 2020 life went on. Ten years on from crowd-sourced documentary LIFE IN A DAY Kevin Macdonald and his team did it again, this time picking 25 July 2020 as the date of record. This world-spanning … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Documentary, Kevin Macdonald, Life in a Day, Life in a Day 2020
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Fugitive Dreams (2020) Review – MANIFF
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged April Matthis, Fugitive Dreams, Jason Neulander, Road Movie, Robbie Tann
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Showa Era Godzilla Movies Ranked (1954-1975)
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged Godzilla, Ishiro Honda, Kaiju Movie, Monster Movie, Toho
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Review in Brief: Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
Exhausted as so many of us might be by all the needlessly aggressive online discourse attached to this, it’s finally here, what is apparently the closest we are ever going to get to seeing Zack Snyder’s original vision for JUSTICE … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Space Sweepers (2021)
SPACE SWEEPERS is an ambitious, vibrant, zongo Korean space opera that runs a bit long and perhaps suffers from being overstuffed with too many ideas, but you go with it because you grow to love this dysfunctional crew/family of misfits … Continue reading
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Tagged Jo Sung-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Richard Armitage, Sci-fi, Space Sweepers, World Cinema
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MANIFF Review in Brief: The Catch (2020)
This film was watched at a Manchester International Film Festival Virtual Screening. Gritty family drama THE CATCH is firmly rooted in a distinct sense of place. The plot steadily drifts but the raw emotionality frequently spills over in this tale … Continue reading