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Sam Sewell-Peterson
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Tag Archives: Gore Verbinski
Review in Brief: A Cure for Wellness (2016/17)
A CURE FOR WELLNESS is clean and cold, calculated and stylish horror. It’s about time we had a psychological scarer about that oft-heard euphemism “Going to Switzerland”. I think it’s aiming to be a scathing critique of non-stop modern work … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged A Cure for Wellness, Gore Verbinski, Gothic Horror, Horror, Psychological Horror, The Wicker Man, Thriller
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Is it Wrong to Have it in for a Movie?
It’s always a tough one to discuss, the subject of critical objectivity. In an ideal world every film critic, every viewer even, would be completely objective when watching a film. But alas, there are always external forces working against us, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Apocalypse Now, Brad Pitt, Disney, Film, Gore Verbinski, JJ Abrams, Johnny Depp, Marc Forster, Marc Webb, Movies, Sony, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Lone Ranger, World War Z
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Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)
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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Tagged Armie Hammer, Chinatown, Comedy, Disney, Film, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Little Big Man, Movies, New Hollywood, Planet Terror, The Lone Ranger, Western, William Tell Overture
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Johnny Depp, Acting Stagnation and the Promise of Retirement
Today brought the news that Johnny Depp has an eye on retirement in the not too distant future. This will devastate some, and please others (myself included) who think Depp hasn’t really looked passionate about his chosen profession for a … Continue reading →