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Review: Bait (2019)
It’s an interesting idea, reviving the 16mm shot film, I’ll give them that. BAIT has to be the most unique film of 2019, first-time feature writer-director Mark Jenkin getting himself out there, in the UK and the film festival circuit … Continue reading
Review in Brief: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
EL CAMINO is a decent epilogue to BREAKING BAD, but is far from the essential viewing its forbear was. Essentially Vince Gilligan has crafted an indulgently extended episode that ties up what few loose ends remained from the rise and … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television
Tagged Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, Charles Baker, El Camino, Matt Jones, Vince Gilligan
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Review: Ready or Not (2019)
READY OR NOT is a good really time at the movies. No, it’s not revelatory or particularly groundbreaking or the next big thing, it’s just good and a lot of fun. As tradition dictates, any new member of the wealthy … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Arctic (2018/19)
What kind of a madman would star in both movies called POLAR and ARCTIC in the same year? A Mads-man, that’s who (excuse the pun, or don’t, I don’t care). Despite the etymologically similar titles they couldn’t be more different … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Arctic, Mads Mikkelsen, Polar, Survival Movie, The Revenant, Thriller
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The Farewell (2019) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Awkwafina, Diana Lin, Drama, Lu Hong, Lulu Wang, The Farewell, Tzi Ma, Zhao Shuzhen
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Review in Brief: Knock Down The House
Why is American politics so fascinating? Because it’s a real event. KOCK DOWN THE HOUSE is also one hell of an underdog story. The ideal candidate, and the only one with any real chance of success against an entrenched New … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Documentary, Knock Down the House
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Review: It Chapter Two (2019)
Two years have just flown by haven’t they? The first IT floated high above all expectations and had pretty much everyone clamoring for more. CHAPTER TWO is good…but only just. Stephen King’s novel isn’t an easy one to adapt and … Continue reading
Border (2018) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Ali Abbasi, Black Comedy, Border, Eero Milonoff, Eva Melander, Fantasy, Horror
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Review in Brief: The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2018/19)
You don’t tend to see chamber pieces about big men with guns, but that’s exactly what THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK is, which is pretty novel. Someone in this militia has opened fire at a cop’s funeral and everyone is … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Chris Mulkey, Drama, Gene Jones, Henry Dunham, James Badge Dale, Mystery, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
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