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Review: Tenet (2020)
Turn the music down when people are talking Nolan – you’ve been told before! TENET is perhaps Christopher Nolan’s most elusive film after MEMENTO, and not always for the reasons intended. Strap yourselves in for a thrilling, but frustrating ride. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blockbuster, Christopher Nolan, Inception, Interstellar, John David Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Memento, Robert Pattinson, Sci-fi, Tenet, Thriller
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Review: Missing Link (2019)
By Laika’s incredibly high standards, MISSING LINK isn’t quite up there. Saying that, even bottom-drawer Laika is still top-drawer animation, so there’s still plenty to recommend here. In an effort to prove himself to a stuck-up explorers’ society, noted man … Continue reading
Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
The problem with Marvel is that a lot of their characters have the same origin story. “Arrogant prig becomes selfless hero” is almost as commonplace as DC’s “Death of family gives hero guilt-driven purpose”. Stephen Strange’s story may not be … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman Begins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Blockbuster, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Nolan, Dark City, DC, Doctor Strange, Film, Inception, Mads Mikkelsen, Marvel, Movies, Rachel McAdams, Sci-fi, Scott Derrickson, Steve Ditko, Superhero Movie, The Matrix, Tilda Swinton, Warcraft
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Blade Runner & Inception: “Questions, yes?”
This piece contains spoilers for BLADE RUNNER and INCEPTION. Two of the most iconic Science Fiction films of all time, two distinctive and revolutionary directors putting their vision on screen, two of the biggest questions we as a species can … Continue reading
10 Years, 10 Spectacular Sci-fi Films (2005-2014)
Science fiction has become a film genre increasingly derivative and dispiritingly inconsistent in quality in recent years. 2012’s TOTAL RECALL was a terrible remake and PROMETHEUS was arguably guilty of cheapening its own source material, the ALIEN series, by existing … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Garland, Alfonso Cuarón, Alien, Alive in Joberg, Andy Serkis, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Burtt, Bong Joon-ho, Children of Men, Christopher Nolan, Clive Owen, Colin Trevorrow, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Danny Boyle, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, District 9, Film, Firefly, Fox, Inception, Interstellar, Joss Whedon, Jurassic World, Looper, Mad Max, Mark Duplass, Movies, Neill Blomkamp, Pixar, Predestination, Prometheus, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Safety Not Guaranteed, Sarah Snook, Sci-fi, Serenity, Sharlto Copley, Snowpiercer, Spierig Brothers, Sunshine, Total Recall, WALL-E
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Downbeat Marion Cotillard Double Bill: Rust and Bone & Two Days, One Night
Marion Cotillard is rapidly becoming notorius for her drastic transformations of body and presence on film. She excels playing strong women worn down or broken by trauma, from the increasingly frail Edith Piaf in LA VIE EN ROSE to Mal’s steady … Continue reading
Review: Interstellar (2014)
Well, you can’t say Christopher Nolan lacked ambition with his latest endeavor, but I find myself wishing he’d attempted a little less so he could actually pull off a little more in practice. INTERSTELLAR will surely go down as Nolan’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Blockbuster, Christopher Nolan, David Gyasi, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Event Horizon, Film, George Lucas, Hans Zimmer, IMAX, Inception, Interstellar, Jessica Chastain, Jonathan Nolan, Josh Stewart, Matthew McConaughey, Memento, Michael Caine, Movies, Philip Glass, Robot Chicken, Sci-fi, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Dark Knight, The Forbidden Planet, The Prestige
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Greatest Oscar Injustices 2004-2013
The selection of the Academy Awards is an unfair, flawed system. Everyone knows that. Not long to go now before this year’s awards, so here’s my pick of the biggest mistakes the Academy made over the last decade, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Years a Slave, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, American Hustle, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Black Swan, Brave, City of God, Colin Firth, Coraline, Drive, Fernando Meirelles, Film, Forest Whitaker, Gary Oldman, Gravity, Half Nelson, Heath Ledger, Inception, Infernal Affairs, Jean Dujardin, Laika, Little Miss Sunshine, Martin Scorsese, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Movies, Once, Oscars, Paranorman, Pixar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Ryan Gosling, Steven Spielberg, The Artist, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Fighter, The Hunt, The King's Speech, The Last King of Scotland, The Return of the King, The Social Network, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson, Up, War Horse
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Review: 12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 YEARS A SLAVE is a beautifully crafted film about an abhorrent subject. It’s quite an endurance test all-in-all, and I’m not sure whether I’ll ever be able to put myself through it again; not because of the quality of the film, … Continue reading
The Obligatory End of the Year Top 10 (2013)
2013 has been a bit of a downbeat year for the film world, as we’ve lost a depressing number of talented individuals before their time – Roger Ebert, Richard Griffiths, James Gandolfini, Karen Black, Paul Walker. Peter O’Toole and Ray Harryhausen passed … Continue reading
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Tagged A Field in England, Alfonso Cuarón, Behind the Candelabra, Ben Kingsley, Ben Wheatley, Brad Pitt, Christopher Nolan, Cloud Atlas, Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Brϋhl, Daniel Day-Lewis, Danny Boyle, David Lynch, David Mitchell, David Strathairn, Drew Pearce, Drive, Edgar Wright, Film, Gravity, Guy Pearce, Inception, Iron Man 3, James Cameron, James Gandolfini, James Spader, Jim Rash, Karen Black, Kristin Scott Thomas, Liam James, Lincoln, Marc Forster, Matt Damon, Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Douglas, Minority Report, Movies, Nat Faxon, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, Park Chan-wook, Paul Walker, Peter Jackson, Peter Morgan, Peter O'Toole, Ray Harryhausen, Reece Shearsmith, Richard Griffiths, Rob Lowe, Robert Downey Jr, Roger Ebert, Ron Howard, Rush, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Bullock, Shane Black, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, Stoker, The Avengers, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Way Way Back, The World's End, Tolkien, Tom Tykwer, Trance, Vithaya Pansringarm, Wachowskis, World War Z
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