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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: JK Rowling
Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 2
Before I get down to looking at the very best and the very worst films of 2018 (Part 1 of this list can be found here) I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention a couple more that weren’t necessarily my … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Driver, Avengers: Infinity War, BlackKklansman, David Yates, Extinction, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, JK Rowling, John David Washington, Kathryn Hahn, Mandy, Marvel, Meet the Feebles, Michael Peña, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, Paul Giamatti, Peter Jackson, Private Life, Shoplifters, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Happytime Murders, They Shall Not Grow Old, Tom Hardy, Venom, Widows
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Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
JK Rowling is just making this nonsense up as she goes along isn’t she? If that makes me sound like I’m anti-Potter, nothing could be further from the truth. As a 90s kid I devoured Rowling’s books and I see … Continue reading
Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
I was just the right age for HARRY POTTER. The books were coming out in the years when I was really into my reading and I’ve grown up simultaneously with the cast of the films. Even with the involvement of … Continue reading
We Need to Talk About Warner Bros
Warner Brothers have not had a good year at the movies. Between steadily disintegrating franchises like their relentlessly grim take on DC superheroes, villains and anti-heroes and complete non-starters like LEGEND OF TARZAN, it’s been ludicrously expensive with nowhere near … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Film, Harry Potter, Jared Harris, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Justice League, Kong: Skull Island, Marvel, Movies, Suicide Squad, The Legend of Tarzan, Warner Brothers, Wonder Woman
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“Alas…he won’t be joining us for the rest of his life” (RIP Alan Rickman)
January 2016 will go down as a cruel time for the arts. Just days after transcendent musician David Bowie passed away at 69 from cancer, character actor extraordinaire Alan Rickman has died at the same age from the same dreadful … Continue reading →