Category Archives: Film Review

Review in Brief: Red Rocket (2021)

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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 →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Comedy, Drama, Red Rocket, Sean Baker, Simon Rex, Suzanna Son | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: RRR (2022)

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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 →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Action, Blockbuster, Bollywood, NT Rama Rao Jr, Ram Charam, RRR, SS Rajamouli, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: X (2022)

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

You think X is just going to be another in a long line of TEXAS CHAINSAW riffs, and while it certainly wears that influence proudly it undoubtedly treads its own ground as well. Rural Texas, 1979 and a group of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Horror, Jenna Ortega, Mia Goth, Pearl, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Ti West, X | Leave a comment

Nope (2022) Review

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/nope-2022-movie-review-peele-kaluuya/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Daniel Kaluuya, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Nope, Sci-fi, Thriller | Leave a comment

‘Black Narcissus’ at 75 – Review

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/black-narcissus-75-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Black Narcissus, Classic Film, Deborah Kerr, Emeric Pressburger, Historical Drama, Kathleen Byron, Michael Powell, Powell and Pressburger | Leave a comment

Prey (2022) Review

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dan Trachtenberg, Predator, Prey, Sci-fi, Thriller | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The cinema of kindness is always the most affecting for me, and Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth is a doozy in that regard. Films that cause tears to start flowing but not in a calculated and cynical way, instead … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Cha Cha Real Smooth, Comedy, Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Drama | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

DOMINION is in the awkward position of being both a little too complicated for kids and a little too stupid for adults. You get your dinosaur action (involving both old and new prehistoric beasties) in spades and the original trio … Continue reading →