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Sam Sewell-Peterson
I'm not paid to write about film - I do it because I love it. Favourites include Sam Mendes, Guillermo del Toro, Bong Joon-ho, Steven Spielberg, Danny Boyle, Edgar Wright, Taika Waititi and the Coen Brothers. All reviews and articles are original works owned by me. They represent one man's opinion, and I'm more than happy to engage in civilised debate if you disagree.
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Tag Archives: Paul Verhoeven
Review: Ready Player One (2018)
A thought kept occurring to me while watching Steven Spielberg’s READY PLAYER ONE: what would a director like Paul Verhoeven have done with this material? The movie would certainly have had more bite. Spielberg isn’t prepared to step over that … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Elle (2016)
ELLE is like the darkest soap opera you’ve ever seen. You get all the extra-marital affairs and mummy and daddy issues you might expect from nightly soft drama telly of the like of EAST ENDERS, but it also subjects us … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Black Comedy, Drama, East Enders, Elle, Gaspar Noé, Isabelle Huppert, Lars von Trier, Paul Verhoeven, Soap Opera
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Review: Chappie (2015)
In a world where we already have ROBOCOP, then why do we need actually need a CHAPPIE? Not only was the morality of robotic law enforcement already explored in fine fashion in Paul Verhoeven’s classic (and somewhat undermined in the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Chappie, Dev Patel, Die Antwoort, District 9, Elysium, Film, Hans Zimmer, Hugh Jackman, Movies, Neill Blomkamp, Ninja, Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop, Sci-fi, Sharlto Copley, Sigourney Weaver, Yolandi Visser
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2014
Well, it’s been an interesting year on the Big Screen. Last year, I said that 2014 would be the cinematic pits. I’ll admit that I wasn’t entirely correct. Some of the films I dreaded did indeed turn out a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Wingard, Bill Nighy, Birdman, Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, Chris O'Dowd, Dan Stevens, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Disney, Dylan Moran, Film, Foxcatcher, Frank, Gareth Edwards, Gareth Evans, Gladiator, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, How to Train Your Dragon 2, I Frankenstein, John Michael McDonagh, Kelly Reilly, Life Itself, Marion Cotillard, Marvel, Michael Bond, Michael Fassbender, Movies, Paddington, Paul Verhoeven, Paul W S Anderson, Pompeii, Resident Evil, RoboCop, Roger Ebert, Sony, Steve James, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Guest, The Raid, The Raid 2, Toby Kebbell, Two Days One Night
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Remake Victim: Paul Verhoeven
Paul Verhoeven is an underrated filmmaker in Hollywood. Many think of him as simply a purveyor of trash, and it is true that he’s the man responsible for SHOWGIRLS and BASIC INSTINCT. But the Dutchman is also behind three of the smartest, most important American science-fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Basic Instinct, Colin Farrell, Film, Hollow Man, José Padilha, Len Wiseman, Movies, Paul Verhoeven, Remake, RoboCop, Sci-fi, Showgirls, Starship Troopers, Total Recall
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