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Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Some of you may remember THOR: THE DARK WORLD wasn’t that good. It wasn’t that bad either, but between storytelling falling over itself to cram in more of a certain God of Mischief after the fact and the worst villain … Continue reading
Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Good things come to those who wait. Sometimes they’re really good. BLADE RUNNER 2049 not only builds on the world created by Philip K Dick and visualised by Ridley Scott, but it takes the ideas behind both much further and … Continue reading
Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2016, Part 1
2016 has been a terrible year in the multiplexes, not to mention a particularly black one for art and entertainment in general. Blockbusters have rarely been so lacklustre or downright awful. Mercifully the indie film scene has had a far … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Cloverfield Lane, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Amy Adams, Anna Kendrick, Arrival, Bill Nighy, Blockbuster, Craig Roberts, Dad's Army, Dan Trachtenberg, David Lynch, Denis Villeneuve, Film, Independent Film, Jim Ward, Lotje Sodderland, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Movies, My Beautiful Broken Brain, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, Special Correspondents, The Fighter, The Fundamentals of Caring, The Neon Demon, Under the Shadow, Zac Efron
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Review: Arrival (2016)
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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Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, Academy Awards, Amy Adams, Arrival, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Heisserer, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Jeremy Renner, Oscars, Sci-fi, The Thing, Up
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2015
It’s that time of year, where every critic professional and amateur alike publishes some sort of Best of the Year list. This time last year, I thought 2014 was a mixed bag. 2015 may have been even more so. There … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Driver, Alan Bennett, Alex Garland, Alex Jennings, Alicia Vikander, Aloha, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Benicio del Toro, Bill Condon, Bradley Cooper, Bridge of Spies, Cameron Crowe, Carol, Cate Blanchett, Cop Car, Daisy Ridley, Denis Villeneuve, Domhnall Gleeson, Elizabeth Olsen, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Ex Machina, Fantastic Four, Film, Focus, George Miller, Harrison Ford, Ian McKellen, James Cameron, JJ Abrams, Josh Trank, Joss Whedon, Kevin Bacon, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Mad Max: Fury Road, Maggie Smith, Margot Robbie, Mark Rylance, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mortdecai, Movies, Mr. Holmes, Oscar Isaac, Paul Bettany, Rooney Mara, Sicario, Spectre, Star Wars Episode VII, Terminator Genesis, The Force Awakens, The Lady in the Van, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Tom Hanks, Turbo Kid, Will Smith
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Review: Sicario (2015)
In case you were wondering, SICARIO opens with a card establishing that the term is derived from a Roman slur for violent Hebrew zealots and translates as “hitman” from Spanish. These dual definitions hint at two of the many … Continue reading
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Tagged Benicio del Toro, Daniel Kaluuya, Denis Villeneuve, Drama, Emily Blunt, Film, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Jon Bernthal, Josh Brolin, Movies, Sicario, Thriller
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