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Review in Brief: Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
WILLY’S WONDERLAND is proof positive that nobody needs to make a FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S movie now. Nicolas Cage is a silent janitor with borderline superhuman capabilities seemingly imbued by energy drinks fighting animatronic mascots possessed by a cannibal cult. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Horror, Kevin Lewis, Nicolas Cage, Willy’s Wonderland
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Review in Brief: The Reckoning (2020)
It’s hard to put your finger exactly on what went wrong with THE RECKONING. It’s director Neil Marshall firmly back in his comfort zone, hybridising horror with another well-trod genre (in this case a historical witchfinder film) and he still … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Charlotte Kirk, Historical Drama, Horror, Neil Marshall, The Reckoning
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Where to Start with Bong Joon-ho
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged Bong Joon-ho, Parasite, Snowpiercer, The Host
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Review in Brief: Black Bear (2020/21)
There have been plenty of meta, reality-bending films about writing a screenplay, many from this century made by Charlie Kaufman. BLACK BEAR boasts a wonderful performance from Aubrey Plaza as an actor turned-writer-director looking for inspiration, but asks you to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear, Black Comedy, Christopher Abbott, Drama, Lawrence Michael Levine, Sarah Gadon
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Review in Brief: Mortal Kombat (2021)
Maybe rather than trying to stumble upon the secret formula for a successful game-to-film adaptation, it should be agreed that the answer remains “don’t”. MORTAL KOMBAT looks visually impressive for the most part, and fans of the games will doubtless … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief, Video Games
Tagged Action, Mortal Kombat, Simon McQuiod, Video Game
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Review in Brief: I Care a Lot (2020/21)
You can easily see why I CARE A LOT has been a divisive film. One ever-reliable truism to fall back on when talking about what makes a compelling film is that a protagonist doesn’t have to be likeable but they … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Comedy, Chris Messina, Diane Wiest, I Care a Lot, J Blakeson, Peter Dinklage, Rosamund Pike, Thriller
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Review in Brief: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
Between INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE and now THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES, Sony Pictures Animation are in a league of their own. Nobody else is creating animated features with this energy, emotion and visual uniqueness quite like them. Aspiring filmmaker Katie’s … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Nomadland (2020)
Arguably no filmmaker since Agnés Varda has blended elements of documentary and fiction together as effectively as Chloé Zhao. NOMADLAND’s narrative is loose and meandering, but only to reflect the Nomad on-the-move, purposeful and yet purposeless lifestyle. Following industrial collapse … Continue reading
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Tagged Chloé Zhao, Drama, Frances McDormand, Joshua James Richards, Nomadland, Oscars, Road Movie
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