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Review in Brief: The King (2019)
There’s a fine balance between under-acting and over-acting and THE KING doesn’t always manage to strike it. They cram every hot English-speaking character actor in there somewhere, with Joel Edgerton as a tragicomic Falstaff, Ben Mendelsohn a mad king, Sean … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Ben Mendelsohn, Drama, Historical Epic, Joel Edgerton, Monty Python, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, The King, Timothée Chalamet
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Review in Brief: Benjamin (2018/19)
You don’t really get gay romcoms. Why don’t you really get gay romcoms? You get gay characters in rom-coms, plenty of hard-hitting gay dramas and romances but not many films focussing on gay relationships in a comedic context. Simon Amstell … Continue reading
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Review
Review in Brief: John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
I’ve never been a JOHN WICK stan (am I using that right?). I like the films just fine – the first considerably more than the second – but I don’t quite see them as the action art form that some … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Action, Halle Berry, John Wick, John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum, John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeves, The Raid 2, Thriller
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Review: Joker (2019)
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the festival circuit that JOKER was somehow profound. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad. It’s fine. But if it wasn’t for Joaquin Phoenix’s pained, spellbinding lead performance there’d be very … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Brett Cullen, Drama, Frances Conroy, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, King of Comedy, Robert DeNiro, Taxi Driver, Thriller, Todd Phillips, Zazie Beetz
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The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Dakota Johnson, Drama, Road Movie, Shia LaBeouf, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Zack Gottsagen
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Review: Bait (2019)
It’s an interesting idea, reviving the 16mm shot film, I’ll give them that. BAIT has to be the most unique film of 2019, first-time feature writer-director Mark Jenkin getting himself out there, in the UK and the film festival circuit … Continue reading
Review in Brief: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
EL CAMINO is a decent epilogue to BREAKING BAD, but is far from the essential viewing its forbear was. Essentially Vince Gilligan has crafted an indulgently extended episode that ties up what few loose ends remained from the rise and … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television
Tagged Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, Charles Baker, El Camino, Matt Jones, Vince Gilligan
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Review: Ready or Not (2019)
READY OR NOT is a good really time at the movies. No, it’s not revelatory or particularly groundbreaking or the next big thing, it’s just good and a lot of fun. As tradition dictates, any new member of the wealthy … Continue reading
