Category Archives: Film Review

Review in Brief: The Quiet Girl (2022)

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Sam S-P

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 →

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Review in Brief: Brian and Charles (2022)

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Sam S-P

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 →

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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) Review

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-2022-review/ SSP

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Review in Brief: The Outfit (2022)

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Sam S-P

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 →

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The Orphanage (2007) Review

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/the-orphanage-2007-review/ SSP

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Review

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/rocky-horror-picture-show-review/ SSP

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Review in Brief: The Sea Beast

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Sam S-P

If you had to deliver THE SEA BEAST as an elevator pitch, it would be PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN meets HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, though this beautiful animation on Netflix is easily as fun as the former and as … Continue reading →

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Pinocchio (2022) Review

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/pinocchio-2022-review/ SSP

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Review in Brief: Red Rocket (2021)

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Sam S-P

Following TANGERINE and THE FLORIDA PROJECT, Sean Baker has delivered another sun-kissed tragicomic deconstruction of the American Dream focussed on another marginalised community. Moving from shining the spotlight on the experiences of trans sex workers to hotel homeless in his … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: RRR (2022)

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Sam S-P

SS Rajamouli’s RRR will get a reaction from you, that’s for sure. Never mind the latest from Marvel, DC or Tom Cruise, this is the big film with the most awesome imagery of 2022 and it’s not even close. Said … Continue reading →

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