Tag Archives: Academy Awards

Review: Moonlight (2016)

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It took winning the big Oscar for it to come to my local cinema, but MOONLIGHT was well worth the wait. The life and times of Chiron (Alex R Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes) as he tries to find … Continue reading →

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Review: Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The Oscars are almost upon us and once again I’ve only managed to see about half of the movies in the running. LA LA LAND might be the bookies’ favourite, but MANCHESTER BY THE SEA is my pick to take … Continue reading →

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Review: 13th (2016)

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Anyone under the misapprehension that film can’t impact the real world, that it’s escapism and nothing more, should take note of the moment in Ava DuVernay’s documentary highlighting how DW Griffith’s THE BIRTH OF A NATION not only revitalised the … Continue reading →

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Review: La La Land (2016)

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Every so often a film comes along that captures the public imagination and wows critics alike. Usually in the lead-up to the Oscars, critics and cinephiles have plenty to talk about but the public can be left cold. Between the … Continue reading →

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Review: Arrival (2016)

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

ARRIVAL is nothing like the way it was marketed (though you can’t blame the marketing guys for trying to get people through the door by making it out to be a disaster movie). Denis Villeneuve’s latest is a razor-sharp conceptual … Continue reading →

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Review: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It becomes clear very quickly that KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS is a thematic title rather than a literal one, pretty much from the very first time you see the said instrument. The writers and animators at Laika know how … Continue reading →

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Review: Zootropolis (2016)

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

ZOOTROPOLIS (which has the much better title of ZOOTOPIA in the States) is not only the best film of 2016 so far but also may well be the most important. It’s the usual pristine, vibrant and peppy animation from the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Revenant (2015)

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I’m one of a rapidly shrinking camp that still thinks that BIRDMAN deserved to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards last year. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu is an iconoclast out to shake things up in Hollywood by being stylistically … Continue reading →

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Review: Life Itself (2014)

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

LIFE ITSELF is an incredible documentary made by a film lover, about a film lover, for film lovers. It’s about love, about passion more than anything else, and I like to think Roger Ebert would have approved of this take … Continue reading →

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