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Review: The Assistant (2019/20)
There are plenty of films about the artistic side of the filmmaking process, but very few about the business side of the industry and next-to-none about the daily office work involved in getting films made. Kitty Green’s THE ASSISTANT is … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Drama, Julia Garner, Kitty Green, Matthew Macfadyen, The Assistant
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Uncorked (2020) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Drama, Mamoudou Athie, Netflix, Prentice Penny, Uncorked
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Review in Brief: Butt Boy (2019/20)
Indie horror-mystery BUTT BOY has the schlockiest of schlocky conceits, but approaches it completely straight. Amazingly, it works. It’s a classic tale of a deadbeat alcoholic cop on the hunt for a serial killer, only this serial killer seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged B-movie, Butt Boy, Horror, Mystery, Tyler Cornack, Tyler Rice
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Review in Brief: The Platform (2019)
THE PLATFORM may feel relevant but it’s extremely obvious in its use of metaphor. One character (Zorion Eguileor) has a catchphrase, responding to every passing comment of his cell mate (Iván Massagué) with a derisive “Obviously”. “Obviously” could be this … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Cube, Galder a-Urrutia, Horror, Iván Massagué, Netflix, Parasite, Satire, Sci-fi, The Platform, Zorion Eguileor
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A Field in England (2013) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged A Field in England, Ben Wheatley, Michael Smiley, Reece Shearsmith
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Review: The Clone Wars: Season 7 (2020)
Going forward, Star Wars movies should be more like Star Wars TV. Whereas the movies have largely become overly self-conscious and uninspired, recently THE MANDALORIAN and especially THE CLONE WARS have shown us how character-driven storytelling in a galaxy far, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television
Tagged Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, Disney, Matt Lanter, Sam Witwer, Star Wars, The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, TV
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Arrietty (2010) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Animation, Anime, Arrietty, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Studio Ghibli
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Review in Brief: Bloodshot (2020)
BLOODSHOT looks like it’s going to be about something for a ten minute stretch in the middle when amnesiac supersoldier Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) meets fellow members of his new black ops squad – all servicemen injured in action and … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Bloodshot, Guy Pearce, Superhero Movie, Vin Diesel
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Review in Brief: Emma. (2020)
Rarely has Jane Austen’s work been funnier on film. OK, her work as presented in LOVE & FRIENDSHIP was funnier, but that was mostly because Tom Bennett plays the perfect idiot. EMMA, the film and the character (Anya Taylor-Joy) is … Continue reading
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Tagged Anya Taylor-Joy, Autumn de Wilde, Bill Nighy, Christopher Blauvelt, Comedy, Emma, Jane Austen, Johnny Flynn, Love & Friendship, Miranda Hart, Period Drama, Romance
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