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Review: Onward (2020)
Haven’t we been here before? SHREK, BRIGHT, DISENCHANTMENT and many others all present us with a fantasy world that operates by the rules of the world today to some extent. Pixar’s latest, ONWARD, might not be the sharpest or most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bright, Chris Pratt, Dan Scanlon, Disenchantment, Family Film, Fantasy, Indiana Jones, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Onward, Pixar, Shrek, Tom Holland
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Review: The Lighthouse (2019)
THE LIGHTHOUSE is an experience, and no mistake, but it’s an experience I’d struggle to sell. Much like director Robert Eggers’ previous film THE WITCH, it’s fascinating, but it’s an acquired taste. Two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Comedy, Horror, Psychological Drama, Robert Eggers, Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse, The Witch, Willem Dafoe
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The Invisible Man (2020) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Elisabeth Moss, Horror, Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man, Universal
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Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Anime, Fantasy, Hayao Miyazaki, Kiki's Delivery Service, Studio Ghibli
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Review in Brief: Eighth Grade (2018)
Bo Burnham’s EIGHTH GRADE was one of the surprise highlights of last decade. Achingly truthful, deceptively insightful and connected to its teenage characters, it was the best coming-of-age movie in a decade of great coming-of-age movies like THE EDGE OF … Continue reading
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Tagged Bo Burnham, Booksmart, Comedy, Drama, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Mid90s, The Edge of Seventeen
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Review in Brief: Mid90s (2018)
MID90s absolutely feels authentic, of a particular place and time. Any skater, or wannabe skater will see some truth here. You really grow to care for these kids, despite the often stupid decisions they make. They’re boys letting off stream … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Drama, Jonah Hill, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, Mid90s, Sunny Suljic
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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
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
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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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