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Soul (2020) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Animation, Fantasy, Pixar, Jamie Foxx, Pete Doctor, Soul
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Review in Brief: Time (2020)
TIME is a must-see documentary about injustice and inequality in the US penal system, one that makes you wonder how much longer urgently-needed reforms can be avoided if films like this keep getting made and scores of victimised citizens’ stories keep … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Babyteeth (2019/20)
With a premise that could have either been maudlin or saccharine (teenager with cancer falls for a bad boy) BABYTEETH instead ends up being bittersweet, often joyous and lyrical. This is musical filmmaking without actually being a musical with its … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Babyteeth, Ben Mendelssohn, Drama, Eliza Scanlen, Essie Davis, Shannon Murphy
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Review in Brief: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Aaron Sorkin’s greatest strengths as a writer and a filmmaker are also his greatest weaknesses, but he’s probably the kind of idealistic voice the world needs right now. This is never truer than in watching THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Drama, Mark Rylance, Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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Review in Brief: Mangrove (2020)
MANGROVE, Steve McQueen’s furious opening salvo in his SMALL AXE film anthology is powerful, poignant and essential Black British storytelling. The film remembers the Mangrove Nine and their very public 55 day trial for supposedly inciting a riot by protesting … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Drama, Malachi Kirby, Mangrove, Shaun Parkes, Small Axe, Steve McQueen
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Mank (2020) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Biopic, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Mank
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Peninsula (2020) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Action, Peninsula, Train to Busan, Yeon Sang-ho, Zombie Film
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Review in Brief: Possessor (2020)
We’re all just meat puppets really, that’s the message here. POSSESSOR is as stylish and extreme and disturbing as expected from Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, but it’s very much its own thing as well. Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Andrea Riseborough, Brandon Cronenberg, Horror, Possessor, Sci-fi
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Review in Brief: Scare Me (2020)
SCARE ME is an absolute joy, full of mischief and creativity and completely different to every other horror anthology film out there. A simple enough premise – an aspiring horror writer waits out a power cut in an isolated cabin … Continue reading
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Tagged Aya Cash, Comedy, Horror, Josh Ruben, Scare Me
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Review in Brief: Eternal Beauty (2019/20)
I always love films that look unflinchingly at mental illness but are also brave enough not to perpetuate the fallacy that someone with a mental health problems automatically becomes a saint. In Craig Roberts’ second complex directorial feature, Jane (a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Alice Lowe, Billy Piper, Craig Roberts, David Thewlis, Drama, Eternal Beauty, Penelope Wilton, Robert Pugh, Sally Hawkins
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