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Review: Birds of Prey (2020)
DC now have their DEADPOOL. That’s the headline, that’s the tone of BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) but it’s more than that on its own terms as well. For all the sweary shenanigans and … Continue reading
Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2010-2019
We never did decide on a name for this decade that didn’t sound completely stupid did we? Thank goodness for the insight and escapism that cinema offers because the world has been heading for disaster at an alarming rate as … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged 13th, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, A Ghost Story, Avengers: Endgame, Baby Driver, Best of, Blade Runner 2049, Drive, Ex Machina, For Sama, I Lost My Body, Jojo Rabbit, Nina Forever, Our Little Sister, Parasite, Private Life, Room, Searching, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Tell Me Who I Am, The Farewell, The Hunt, The Illusionist, The Nightingale, The Rider, The Two Popes, We Are the Best!, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Wild Rose
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Review: Parasite (2019)
I fell in love with the genre-hopping, tonally-tromboning work of South Korean firebrand Bong Joon-ho at university and ended up writing my dissertation on how his films represent fractured families and Korean culture. I’ve been waiting for PARASITE for what … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Black Comedy, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Sun-kyun, Parasite, Park So-dam, Song Kang-ho, The Host, Thriller, Trainspotting, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: Atlantics (2019)
I didn’t know what to expect from ATLANTICS. You’re drawn in with a social realist take but what stays with you is the magical realism that comes into this Senegalese story’s second half. Construction worker Souleiman (Traore) protests against unpaid … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Amadou Mbow, Atlantics, Drama, Mame Bineta Sane, Mati Diop, Traore, World Cinema
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Review: Little Women (2019)
There have been plenty of reviews by men that open with “I haven’t read the book but…” and I’m unfortunately going to have to add to that pile. It’s not deliberate ignorance, it’s just a classic I’ve just never gotten … Continue reading
Review: Cats (2019)
I’m not trying to offend anyone who genuinely enjoys Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit musical – I like some strange things too – but I personally found CATS on stage unbearable. Even the better songs on the soundtrack just cling … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats, Francesca Hayward, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, James Corden, Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Musical, Rebel Wilson, Tom Hooper
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1917 (2019) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged 1917, Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Sam Mendes, War Movie
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Review in Brief: For Sama (2019)
How to you begin to describe FOR SAMA? You don’t – you tell others to watch it. It’s not just a documentary, but a chronicle of a remarkable life in the most tragic of circumstances, an important socio-historical document and … Continue reading
