Category Archives: Film

‘Beauty and the Beast’ at 30 – Review

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Sam S-P

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Ali & Ava (2021) Review

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: Titane (2021)

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Sam S-P

TITANE, isn’t that the car-f***ing movie? Yes, and so much more. Writer-director Julia Ducornau (RAW) has, within five years, unleashed on the world two of the most transcendent, bold and both warm and messed up films of the 21st century … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Jungle Cruise (2021)

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Sam S-P

There’s a ridiculous moment in Disney’s JUNGLE CRUISE where the Rock is using a wrestling move to pin a jaguar between a scrapping scorpion and a tarantula – that’s probably the highlight. Muddy action, inane comic exchanges and bad slapstick … Continue reading →

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Review: Eternals (2021)

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Sam S-P

Remember when I said not to worry about a distinctive director’s style being smothered in a huge Marvel project? Well maybe we should have worried about Chloé Zhao’s distinctive director’s style being smothered by a huge Marvel project. Whatever the … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Last Night in Soho (2021)

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Sam S-P

Edgar Wright’s latest is another dazzling, musically-lead genre cocktail that might not feel quite as singular as BABY DRIVER but still demonstrates that he is the best there is at this sort of thing. Thomasin McKenzie is Eloise, a fashion … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Old (2021)

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Sam S-P

OLD is the kind of movie that makes you wonder, was M Night Shyamalan ever that good? The film follows several families trapped on an inescapable beech where time passes at such a rapid rate that children become adults in … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Dune (2021)

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Sam S-P

At long last we finally have Denis Villeneuve’s dream project of DUNE, or at least half of it. It’s unwieldily and hard to penetrate like Frank Herbert’s novel, but it’s a tactile, rich and essential big screen experience as well. … Continue reading →

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Original vs Remake: Let the Right One In vs Let Me In

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: Freshman Year/Shithouse (2020/21)

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Sam S-P

SHITHOUSE is a much better name, why’d they have to ruin our fun for the UK release? For anyone who has gone to university in the last decade or so, this ceaselessly honest portrayal of uni life – the highs … Continue reading →

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