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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: Paul Dano
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: Swiss Army Man (2016)
SWISS ARMY MAN is like one of those weird one-off dreams. It questions humankind’s fear of death by allowing one of us to have a (admittedly skewed) relationship with a symbol of that fear. Hank (Paul Dano) loses it in … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Comedy, Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano, Swiss Army Man
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