Tag Archives: Armie Hammer

Review in Brief: Rebecca (2020)

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I really liked Ben Wheatley’s REBECCA. With the impossible task of competing with Hitchcock’s Oscar-winning black-and-white classic, Ben Wheatley and co take a different path, turn a modern eye to a vintage tale and have produced something sumptuous, grand and … Continue reading →

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Review: Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I was just starting to think the 90th Academy Award nominations weren’t all that impressive. Then I watched CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, and thank goodness I did. This is one of the most powerful, thoughtful and heartfelt dramas of … Continue reading →

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Review: Free Fire (2016/17)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Does Ben Wheatley ever sleep? Over the past eight years the British polymath has produced kitchen sink drama, folk horror, black comedy, Avant-garde, period-sci-fi-satire and DOCTOR WHO. He never does the same project twice and tends to mix it up … Continue reading →

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Review: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

2015 has been a busy year for the spy genre. Between the anarchic KINGSMAN, the thrilling MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, and the much-hyped SPECTRE lurking round the corner,  THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. had it all to prove. Guy Ritchie is in the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It’s rare thing that a film so completely divides critics in the USA from the rest of the world. Star Armie Hammer claimed that “If you go back and read the negative reviews, most of them aren’t about the content … Continue reading →

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Place Your Bat-Bets Now!

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

UPDATE 2 – 10 Aug: Scott Adkins, according to some sources, has had an audition. The British stuntman/martial artist certainly has the physical ability to portray The Dark Knight (following impressive fight choreography in THE WOLVERINE and THE EXPENDABLES 2) … Continue reading →

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