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Review in Brief: Another Round (2020)
Alcohol: the great social liberator and the great destroyer, or as Homer Simpson famously put it “the cause of, and solution to all of life’s problems”. ANOTHER ROUND follows a group of middle-class friends and teachers in Denmark who experiment … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Another Round, Comedy, Drama, Mads Mikkelsen, Oscars, Thomas Bo Larsen, Thomas Vinterberg, World Cinema
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‘Planet of the Apes’ at 20 – Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Wahlberg, Planet of the Apes, Sci-fi, Tim Burton
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Review in Brief: The Woman in the Window (2021)
The most annoying thing about THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW is that Amy Adams gives a good performance. The next is that the film, about an agoraphobic child psychologist who is convinced she witnesses a murder in the house across … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Adams, Joe Wright, Mystery, The Woman in the Window, Thriller
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Reviews in Brief: Fear Street Trilogy (2021)
Welcome to Shadyside for a trilogy of horror films telling the story of the curse of Sarah Fier. This might have been inspired by the books of RL Stine, but be warned – GOOSEBUMPS this ain’t. FEAR STREET PART 1: … Continue reading
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Tagged Fear Street, Horror, Leigh Janiak, Mystery, Netflix, RL Stine
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Deerskin (2019) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Adèle Haenel, Black Comedy, Deerskin, Jean Dujardin, Quentin Dupieux, World Cinema
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Review: Black Widow (2021)
Those worried about a talented director’s distinctive style being smothered after a Marvel hire need not be concerned here. Though it ends up with pretty much the same final act as most MCU movies (fight atop something big falling from … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Supernova (2020)
SUPERNOVA is a drama as much about what is left unsaid to loved ones as it is about living with dementia. We follow Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) an artistic couple who are on holiday in the Lake … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Firth, Drama, Harry Macqueen, Stanley Tucci, Supernova
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