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Sam Sewell-Peterson
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Tag Archives: Netflix
Review in Brief: The House (2022)
THE HOUSE is an unexpected, twisted delight and is unlikely to be unseated as the most striking animated feature of 2022 until ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE arrives towards the end of the year. This is an anthology of stories revolving around … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Emma De Swaef, Jarvis Cocker, Marc James Roels, Mia Goth, Netflix, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza, The House
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Reviews in Brief: Fear Street Trilogy (2021)
Welcome to Shadyside for a trilogy of horror films telling the story of the curse of Sarah Fier. This might have been inspired by the books of RL Stine, but be warned – GOOSEBUMPS this ain’t. FEAR STREET PART 1: … Continue reading
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Tagged Fear Street, Horror, Leigh Janiak, Mystery, Netflix, RL Stine
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Review in Brief: Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
INSIDE is a feature film, no question. At the very least it’s a musical, with elements of documentary and insightful monologue mixed in. Comedy musician Bo Burnham spent over a year crafting a unique special for Netflix and decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bo Burnham, Comedy, Inside, Musical, Netflix
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Review in Brief: Oxygen (2021)
An amnesiac woman (Mélanie Laurent) wakes up in a sci-fi cryo pod and has to figure out why she is there and how to escape using her logic and an only intermittently helpful AI (Mathieu Amalric). There have been lots … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Aja, Mathieu Amalric, Mélanie Laurent, Mystery, Netflix, Oxygen, Sci-fi, Thriller
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Review in Brief: Army of the Dead (2021)
Zack Snyder is clearly relieved to be done with superheroes for now and has returned to the genre that broke him through: the zombie movie. Unfortunately ARMY OF THE DEAD is an over-stuffed and largely ponderous affair. The promising premise … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Army of the Dead, Matthias Schweighöfer, Netflix, Tig Notaro, Zack Snyder, Zombie Movie
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Review in Brief: The Dig (2021)
If it wasn’t on Netflix, THE DIG would be destined for Sunday afternoon TV circulation in perpetuity. That’s not to disparage the craft and passion that went into it, from Simon Stone’s steady direction to Mike Eley’s pristine cinematography and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cary Mulligan, Historical Drama, Lily James, Mike Eley, Netflix, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Stone, The Dig
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Malcolm & Marie (2021) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Drama, John David Washington, Malcolm & Marie, Netflix, Sam Levinson, Zendaya
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Review in Brief: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Aaron Sorkin’s greatest strengths as a writer and a filmmaker are also his greatest weaknesses, but he’s probably the kind of idealistic voice the world needs right now. This is never truer than in watching THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Drama, Mark Rylance, Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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Review in Brief: My Octopus Teacher (2020)
Nature documentary makers are told never to interfere with the natural order of things, to be neutral observers only. MY OCTOPUS TEACHER is the magical story of a man with a camera forming an unlikely and unbreakable bond with another … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, My Octopus Teacher, Netflix
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Review in Brief: His House (2020)
HIS HOUSE tells a familiar enough haunted house story but filters it through the real experience and plight of refugees and is all the sadder and hard-hitting for that. The lead performances of Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku are raw, … Continue reading
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Tagged His House, Horror, Netflix, Remi Weekes, Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku
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