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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: Dunkirk
Review: Darkest Hour (2017)
DARKEST HOUR left me cold. Yes, Gary Oldman will probably win the Oscar for portraying Winston Churchill. Yes, he probably should. And yet, something about the presentation of the film around him left me feeling pretty empty and disconnected. May … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Ben Mendelsohn, Biopic, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Gary Oldman, Historical Drama, Joe Wright, John Lithgow, Lily James, Netflix, Oscars, Ronald Pickup, The Crown, War Film
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Review: A Ghost Story (2017)
A GHOST STORY is completely and utterly its own thing. Films have explored these themes before, but rarely have we had an extended narrative from a spirit’s perspective that didn’t use that fact as a twist. M (Rooney Mara) loses … Continue reading
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Tagged A Ghost Story, Baby Driver, Casey Affleck, Daniel Hart, David Lowery, Drama, Dunkirk, Romance, Rooney Mara
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Review: Dunkirk (2017)
Some directors just need to get a film out of their systems. For Steven Spielberg it was SCHINDLER’S LIST, for Christopher Nolan it is surely DUNKIRK. The French coastline, May 1940. With the Allied army surrounded and with the sea … Continue reading