Tag Archives: Jeff Bridges

‘Hell or High Water’ at 5 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/hell-or-high-water-review/ SSP

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Review: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Drew Goddard clearly loves genre storytelling, but in a sideways manner. His films aren’t really spoofs or pastiches, they’re twists and re-jigs. The essential elements that make a genre recognisable are all there, but arranged in a pattern you’ve never … Continue reading →

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A Few Thoughts More: Guardians Vol. 2

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This following contains spoilers for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2. I still stand by my initial review of Guardians Vol. 2. It’s definitely a better film on the second pass, and better still on IMAX. No, I still don’t think … Continue reading →

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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2016, Part 2

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Here are the very best, and the very worst films I’ve seen this year. MOONLIGHT, LA LA LAND and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA aren’t out in the UK for another few weeks, so don’t look for them here. Absent also … Continue reading →

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Review: Hell or High Water (2016)

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Where this this one come from? HELL OR HIGH WATER arrived with plenty of established talent involved, but very little fanfare. It turns out to be one of the best releases this year, and among the most enlightening and relevant. … Continue reading →

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Film Confessional: Seventh Son

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I have a confession to make…I rather liked SEVENTH SON. But this isn’t going to be one of those times where I’m going to defend a much-derided work to the ends of the Earth. Seventh Son is pretty bad, there’s … Continue reading →

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Series Retrospective: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Ten films, six years, and two distinct phases later and Marvel are sitting pretty as kings of the proverbial movie castle. Try and cast yourself back to before Tony Stark strapped on his first scrappy suit of armour to escape … Continue reading →

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“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to” (RIP Robin Williams)

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

As Jeff Bridges’ self-hating DJ Jack Lucas says of Robin Williams’ Parry in THE FISHER KING, “You’re a psychotic man…a very nice psychotic man”. With the most affection possible, that would accurately describe Robin Williams’ public persona – a mad … Continue reading →

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