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The Boy and the Heron (2023) Review
The Boy and the Heron (2023)Director: Hayao MiyazakiScreenwriter: Hayao MiyazakiStarring: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Shōhei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Kunimura In 2013, Hayao Miyazaki released The Wind Rises, widely reported to be his final film before retirement. A year later, When Marnie Was There came out along with…
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Ferrari (2023) Review
Ferrari (2023)Director: Michael MannScreenwriters: Troy Kennedy MartinStarring: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell, Patrick Dempsey 2023 was the year of the biopic, with films like Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and Cristopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer aiming to shed light on their respective controversial and fascinating historical figures. Michael Mann’s decades-in-the-making Ferrari has sought to do the…
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Night Swim (2024) Review
Night Swim (2024)Director: Bryce McGuireScreenwriters: Bryce McGuire, Rod BlackhurstStarring: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Heoferle, Gavin Warren The Shining. A story about a family moving to a new location. Sinister things are afoot, hauntings of those long since dead, and the youngest can see it but the older ones don’t seem to acknowledge it. Then…
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One Life (2023) Review
One Life (2023)Director: James HawesScreenwriters: Lucinda Coxon, Nick DrakeStarring: Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn, Ramola Garai, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Olin Perhaps there is something in the air that says that, for the last few years, we as a human race haven’t had the best run of things, and we therefore need something to…
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9 Highest-Scoring Films 2023 – The Film Magazine
In 2023, the work of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers has come to define what many consider to be cinema’s best year of the 2020s so far, with tentpole studio releases earning critical acclaim in greater numbers than in any other year for more than a decade and smaller films earning increased box office…
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Rebel Moon (2023) Review
Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (2023) Director: Zack SnyderScreenwriters: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay HattenStarring: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Charlie Hunnam, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Cleopatra Coleman, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Carey Elwes, Corey Stoll, Jenna Malone, Anthony Hopkins Rebel Moon started life as Zack Snyder’s…
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Anyone But You (2023) Review
Anyone But You Review (2023)Director: Will GluckScreenwriters: Ilana Wolpert, Will GluckStarring: Sydney Sweeney, Glenn Powell, Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powel have chemistry for days in Anyone But You, a delightful romantic comedy that is both hilarious and endearing. While the…
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‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ at 45 – Review
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)Director: Philip KaufmanScreenwriter: W. D. RichterStarring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy This film is about aliens. Technically. But also, it isn’t. This is the second adaptation of “The Body Snatchers” by Jack Finney (following the 1956 Don Siegel adaptation, also titled Invasion of the Body…
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‘The Ten Commandments’ at 100 – Review
The Ten Commandments (1923)Director: Cecil B. DeMilleScreenwriter: Jeanie MacphersonStarring: Theodore Roberts, Leatrice Joy, Richard Dix, Rod LaRocque, Nita Naldi It is impossible to watch the first 45 minutes of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 silent epic The Ten Commandments without your mouth hanging open in awe. The sheer artistry on display is astounding, from the art…
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) Review
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) Director: Sam FellScreenwriters: Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell, Rachel TunnardStarring: Bella Ramsey, Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, David Bradley, Jane Horrocks, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, Josie Sedgwick-Jones, Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Mohammed, Miranda Richardson On the surface, the original Chicken Run (2000) was a fantastic children’s movie and…