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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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Author Archives: Sam Sewell-Peterson
Review in Brief: Do Revenge (2022)
DO REVENGE is MEAN GIRLS meets STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, but with plenty of choice 90s needle drops. After a humiliating sex tape is leaked to her prep school, former queen bee Drea Torres (Camila Mendes) makes a deal with … Continue reading
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Animation, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Pinocchio
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‘Aladdin’ at 30 – Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Aladdin, Animation, Disney, John Musker, Musical, Robin Williams, Ron Clements, Scott Weinger
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Review in Brief: The Quiet Girl (2022)
Colm Bairéad’s unassuming Irish Language drama THE QUIET GIRL completely broke me more than any other film this year. In the 1980s (though it could really be set in any era) timid girl Cáit (Catherine Clinch) is fostered on her … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Carrie Crowley, Catherine Clinch, Colm Bairéad, Drama, The Quiet Girl
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Review in Brief: Brian and Charles (2022)
This simply delightful Wallace and Gromit-riffing absurdist comedy from Jim Archer follows Brian (David Earl), a lonely inventor of useless things who makes himself a robot friend from a mannequin and a washing machine. The AI mind of the robot, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Brian and Charles, Chris Hayward, Comedy, David Earl, Jim Archer
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Friday the 13th Movies Ranked
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged Friday the 13th, Horror, Slasher Movie
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Review in Brief: The Outfit (2022)
THE OUTFIT is one of the best films with one of the worst trailers of 2022. The marketing might have had you fooled that you had it all figured out, but this tense little chamber piece about a British cutter … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Graham Moore, Mark Rylance, Mystery, The Outfit, Thriller, Zoey Deutch
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