Tag Archives: Scarlett Johansson

Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Review

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Review: Black Widow (2021)

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Sam S-P

Those worried about a talented director’s distinctive style being smothered after a Marvel hire need not be concerned here. Though it ends up with pretty much the same final act as most MCU movies (fight atop something big falling from … Continue reading →

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Marriage Story (2019) Review

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/marriage-story-movie-review-netflix-noahbaumbach/ SSP

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Review: Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Sam S-P

There was no way I was expecting JOJO RABBIT to be this sweet. It’s a film with a massive heart, and a massive heart is what’s needed to fight Nazis. To borrow Spider-Man Noir’s self-descriptor, Taika Waititi likes fighting Nazis, … Continue reading →

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Review: Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Sam S-P

Eleven years ago the Marvel Cinematic Universe was born when Nick Fury turned up at Tony Stark’s house to talk to him about the Avengers Initiative. It’s been a long road to this point, but much like the three-hour AVENGERS: … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Sing (2016)

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Sam S-P

SING is a pleasant surprise. It may be a clichéd underdog/competition story retold with singing animals, but it’s got a lot of pep and ends up being the most soulful and best-realised animations Illumination have produced so far. The characters are … Continue reading →

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5 Years On: The Avengers (2012)

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Sam S-P

In 2012 it finally arrived – the blockbuster to end all blockbusters (as if). There was so much riding on THE AVENGERS, so many moving parts and so many things that could have gone wrong. Thankfully they didn’t, and it … Continue reading →

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Review: Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Sam S-P

Out of the two unnecessary live-action remakes released this month, I’ll take the one with some evident passion behind it. Mamoru Oshii’s anime GHOST IN THE SHELL worked because it allowed you time to think. For every iconic image, brutally … Continue reading →

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Review: The Jungle Book (2016)

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Sam S-P

Last year I asked on this very blog what Disney were playing at in remaking their animated back catalogue. I might have to eat my words soon because I’ve really liked most of this production cycle. MALEFICENT was reprehensible but … Continue reading →

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Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Sam S-P

This might be staying the obvious, but the problem with setting the bar ever higher is that each time it’s a harder task to clear it. Marvel might well have now reached that stage. The studio has become synonymous with … Continue reading →

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