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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: Sci-fi
‘The Truman Show’ at 25 – Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Comedy, Drama, Ed Harris, Jim Carrey, Peter Weir, Sci-fi, The Truman Show
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‘Speed Racer’ at 15 – Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Action, Anime, Christina Ricci, Emile Hirsch, Sci-fi, Speed Racer, The Wachowskis
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Jonathan Majors, Marvel, MCU, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Sci-fi, Superhero Movie
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Review in Brief: Something in the Dirt (2022)
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s follow-up to the weird THE ENDLESS and the (slightly) more mainstream SYNCHRONIC is another low-key, cerebral sci-fi, this time filmed mostly in Moorhead’s own LA apartment out of Lockdown necessity. Two new neighbours discover a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Sci-fi, Something in the Dirt, Synchronic, The Endless
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Nope (2022) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Daniel Kaluuya, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Nope, Sci-fi, Thriller
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Prey (2022) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dan Trachtenberg, Predator, Prey, Sci-fi, Thriller
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Review in Brief: Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
DOMINION is in the awkward position of being both a little too complicated for kids and a little too stupid for adults. You get your dinosaur action (involving both old and new prehistoric beasties) in spades and the original trio … Continue reading
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Review
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Tagged Action, Comedy, Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ke Huy Qwan, Michelle Yeoh, Sci-fi
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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