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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: Keanu Reeves
Review in Brief: The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Well this is about as good as a really meta belated follow-up to THE MATRIX was ever going to be, which given Lana Wachowski’s return to direct the project means, pretty damn good. Decades after the events of the Matrix … Continue reading
Review in Brief: John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
I’ve never been a JOHN WICK stan (am I using that right?). I like the films just fine – the first considerably more than the second – but I don’t quite see them as the action art form that some … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Halle Berry, John Wick, John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum, John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeves, The Raid 2, Thriller
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Review: Toy Story 4 (2019)
How many really good fourth movies are there? After STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME and, depending on your 80s tolerance, ROCKY IV, I’m drawing a blank. TOY STORY 4 did not need to be a thing, and yet it … Continue reading
Review in Brief: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 loses some of the original’s freshness, but it retains a tonne of entertainment value. The action scenes are inventive and bloody, of particular note a glossy ENTER THE DRAGON homage (yes, it’s a homage, not a … Continue reading
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Tagged Enter the Dragon, Ian McShane, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeves, Peter Serafinowicz, Thriller
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Review: The Neon Demon (2016)
The fashion industry really is taking a kicking from film this year. Far from the silly and playful taunts in ZOOLANDER 2 and ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, now Nicolas Winding Refn goes for the jugular with THE NEON DEMON. Being a Nicolas … Continue reading
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Tagged Abby Lee, Absolutely Fabulous, Alessandro Nivola, Bella Heathcote, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Christina Hendricks, Cliff Martinez, Desmond Harrington, Drive, Elle Fanning, Film, Horror, Jena Malone, Keanu Reeves, Movies, Natasha Braier, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer, Ryan Gosling, The Neon Demon, Zoolander 2
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Playing Catchup
I’ve loved films for a long time. All my life really. I try and see as many, and as varied movies as I possibly can. But you can only watch so much in a year, and there are still a … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Cult Film, Face/Off, Film, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, Ichi the Killer, Jeffrey Combs, John Travolta, John Woo, Kathryn Bigelow, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Mary Shelley, Movies, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Swayze, Peter Jackson, Point Break, Re-Animator, Sam Raimi, The Crow, The Hurt Locker, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, W. Peter Iliff
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