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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Tag Archives: A Monster Calls
Review in Brief: I Kill Giants (2017/18)
I KILL GIANTS is worth watching for many reasons, but one of the simpler pleasures on offer is the offhand way a character says the line “My older brother was misbegotten”. It feels like A MONSTER CALLS meets BRIDGE TO … Continue reading
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Tagged A Monster Calls, Bridge to Terabithia, Drama, I Kill Giants, Imogen Poots, Madison Wolfe, Sydney Wade, Zoe Saldana
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Review: A Monster Calls (2016)
I read A MONSTER CALLS over Christmas in preparation for this. What took me so long? Conor (Lewis MacDougall) doesn’t have the luxury of a happy childhood. Between his mother (Felicity Jones) losingĀ her battle against cancer, his icy grandmother … Continue reading