Tag Archives: Timothée Chalamet

Review in Brief: Dune: Part Two (2024)

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Sam S-P

That’s how it’s done. After joining the nomadic Fremen and taking his place as their reluctant messiah to tap into new powers drawn from the planet Arrakis itself, Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) takes the fight to the murderous Harkonnens and … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Dune (2021)

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Sam S-P

At long last we finally have Denis Villeneuve’s dream project of DUNE, or at least half of it. It’s unwieldily and hard to penetrate like Frank Herbert’s novel, but it’s a tactile, rich and essential big screen experience as well. … Continue reading →

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Review: Little Women (2019)

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Sam S-P

There have been plenty of reviews by men that open with “I haven’t read the book but…” and I’m unfortunately going to have to add to that pile. It’s not deliberate ignorance, it’s just a classic I’ve just never gotten … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: The King (2019)

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Sam S-P

There’s a fine balance between under-acting and over-acting and THE KING doesn’t always manage to strike it. They cram every hot English-speaking character actor in there somewhere, with Joel Edgerton as a tragicomic Falstaff, Ben Mendelsohn a mad king, Sean … Continue reading →

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Review: Lady Bird (2017)

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Sam S-P

While we’re up to our eyeballs in father-son stories on film, even pretty frequently seeing father-daughter and mother-son stories (both examples involving sons tend to be dysfunctional, because aren’t we just the worst?), there are relatively few really good mother-daughter … Continue reading →

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Review: Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Sam S-P

I was just starting to think the 90th Academy Award nominations weren’t all that impressive. Then I watched CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, and thank goodness I did. This is one of the most powerful, thoughtful and heartfelt dramas of … Continue reading →

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