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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: Baby Done (2020/21)
A lot of New Zealand comedies have a very distinct feel, and BABY DONE from writer-director team Curtis Vowell and Sophie Henderson echoes the voice of its producer Taika Waititi. This is deadpan-funny, heartfelt and unafraid to make its protagonist … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Baby Done, Comedy, Curtis Vowell, Matthew Lewis, Rose Matafeo, Sophie Henderson, Taika Waititi
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Review in Brief: Judas and the Black Messiah (2020)
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH tells a heightened version of a story that everyone should know, and tells it with righteous anger. Unfortunately some elements of the film’s abundant style do admittedly get in the way, like the depiction of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Daniel Kaluuya, Drama, Judas and the Black Messiah, LaKeith Stanfield, Martin Sheen, Shaka King
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Review in Brief: Minari (2020)
There’s no debate, MINARI is an American film – what could be more American than a tale of 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 a story of passions, of the agony of being starved of them, of being kept from them. Direct comparisons to PORTRAIT OF … Continue reading
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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