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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: Birdman
10 Must-See One-Shot Films
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged 1917, Birdman, Boiling Point, Irreversible, Lost in London, One Cut of the Dead, One-Shot Film, Rope, Russian Ark, Utøya, Victoria
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Review: The Revenant (2015)
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
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Academy Awards, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman, Drama, Film, Forrest Goodluck, Hugh Glass, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movies, Oscars, The Revenant, The Wolf of Wall Street, Thriller, Tom Hardy, Western
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Oscar Review: Boyhood (2014)
BOYHOOD is not a masterpiece. And yet it’s probably still worthy of an Oscar in 2014, a pretty patchy year in film overall. Judging by the pattern awards shows so far seem to be following it’s all-but a shoe-in for … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Birdman, Boyhood, Drama, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Film, Foxcatcher, Lorelei Linklater, Movies, Oscars, Outnumbered, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater, The Theory of Everything
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Review: Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Often the films that are not entirely successful end up being the most interesting, especially when they are attempting something new. BIRDMAN is one such creature, an ambitious and sometimes jarring exploration of the id and the ego filmed as … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough, Armando Bo, Batman, Birdman, Comedy, Darren Aronofsky, Drama, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Emmanuel Lubezki, Film, Gravity, Michael Keaton, Movies, Naomi Watts, Nicolás Giacobone, Robert Downey Jr, Spike Jonze, Zach Galifianakis
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2014
Well, it’s been an interesting year on the Big Screen. Last year, I said that 2014 would be the cinematic pits. I’ll admit that I wasn’t entirely correct. Some of the films I dreaded did indeed turn out a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Adam Wingard, Bill Nighy, Birdman, Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, Chris O'Dowd, Dan Stevens, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Disney, Dylan Moran, Film, Foxcatcher, Frank, Gareth Edwards, Gareth Evans, Gladiator, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, How to Train Your Dragon 2, I Frankenstein, John Michael McDonagh, Kelly Reilly, Life Itself, Marion Cotillard, Marvel, Michael Bond, Michael Fassbender, Movies, Paddington, Paul Verhoeven, Paul W S Anderson, Pompeii, Resident Evil, RoboCop, Roger Ebert, Sony, Steve James, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Guest, The Raid, The Raid 2, Toby Kebbell, Two Days One Night
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