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Review in Brief: Tell Me Who I Am (2019)
TELL ME WHO I AM hits like a train. A captivating true story that asks questions about memory, deception, morality and perspective, you won’t be able to shake this one off for a good long while. The crazy true story … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Hail Satan? (2019)
Forget what you think you know about Satanism and Satanists. With engaging voices, convincing arguments and self-aware humour HAIL SATAN? exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of the Land of the Free – freedom of religious expression…as long as you’re … Continue reading
Review: Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Fans, as a rule don’t really know what they want – only what they don’t. A lot of Star Wars fans didn’t want things to go the way they did in THE LAST JEDI, so JJ Abrams seems primarily concerned … Continue reading
Marriage Story (2019) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Adam Driver, Drama, Laura Dern, Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach, Ray Liotta, Scarlett Johansson
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Tokyo Godfathers (2003) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Anime, Aya Okamoto, Christmas Movie, Satoshi Kon, Tôru Emori, Tokyo Godfathers, Yoshiaki Umegaki
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Review in Brief: Booksmart (2019)
BOOKSMART is the funniest film of the year, no contest. The sheer rate at which the gags arrive will shatter your defences, the breezy energy and easy charm of the leads will win you over. It’s great, and staggeringly rare … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Beanie Feldstein, Billie Lourd, Booksmart, Comedy, Diana Silvers, Kaitlyn Dever, Olivia Wilde
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Review in Brief: I Lost My Body (2019)
What an achingly beautiful, melancholy animation about memory and mistakes this is. I LOST MY BODY has more honesty and imagination and wit than most films of 2019, and it does it all in about 80 minutes. We get a … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Dolemite is My Name (2019)
With DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, Eddie Murphy gets his mojo back. In this colourful biopic, we see that Rudy Ray Moore (Murphy) was born in the wrong era for his style of performance: “Vaudeville is dead. I don’t need an … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Biopic, Blaxploitation, Dolemite, Dolemite is My Name, Eddy Murphy, Netflix, Rudy Ray Moore
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