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Review in Brief: Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
After the sickly style and horrible humanity of NIGHTCRAWLER, I thought Dan Gilroy partnered with Jake Gyllenhaal could do no wrong. And yet, VELVET BUZZSAW turns out to be a load of pretentious cobblers. Art critics can be empty and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Gilroy, Darren Aronofski, Horror, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mystery, Nicolas Winding Refn, Nightcrawler, Rene Russo, The Ring, Velvet Buzzsaw
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Review: Wildlife (2018)
I’m not yet 30 but WILDLIFE makes me feel old. Paul Dano was the stroppy teenager in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, now he’s directing movies. The ever-youthful looking Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal are now old enough to be playing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carey Mulligan, Drama, Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Little Miss Sunshine, Paul Dano, Wildlife, Zoe Kazan
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Review: Okja (2017)
I’ve loved the work of South Korean genre-manipulator Bong Joon-ho since university. Criminally, we never got his last film SNOWPIERCER in the UK (at least not officially), so the fact that his latest, OKJA, has gone straight to Netflix is … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahn Seo-Hyun, Bong Joon-ho, Cannes Film Festival, Jake Gyllenhaal, Okja, Paul Dano, Satire, Sci-fi, Snowpiercer, The Host
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Review: Nightcrawler (2014)
NIGHTCRAWLER skewers the news industry mercilessly, perhaps the most brutal deconstruction of the business since Sidney Lumet’s superlative NETWORK. It’s hard-hitting and often shocking, but it also works as an example of the very murkiest of black comedies. Louis Bloom … Continue reading
Place Your Bat-Bets Now!
UPDATE 2 – 10 Aug: Scott Adkins, according to some sources, has had an audition. The British stuntman/martial artist certainly has the physical ability to portray The Dark Knight (following impressive fight choreography in THE WOLVERINE and THE EXPENDABLES 2) … Continue reading →