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The Fabelmans (2022) Review
The Fabelmans (2022)Director: Steven SpielbergScreenwriters: Steven Spielberg, Tony KushnerStarring: Gabriel LaBelle, Mateo Zoryan, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Keeley Karsten, Alina Brace, Julia Butters, Birdie Borria, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, Oakes Fegley Steven Spielberg’s rich and diverse filmmaking oeuvre has been analysed and dissected so many times over the past six decades…
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Babylon (2022) Review
Babylon (2022)Director: Damien ChazelleScreenwriter: Damien ChazelleStarring: Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Li Jun Li, Jovan Adepo, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire, Ethan Suplee, Olivia Hamilton, Spike Jonze, Katherine Waterston, Lukas Haas, Rory Scovel, Eric Roberts, Jeff Garlin, Flea The indulgence and extravagance of Hollywood’s Old West is deconstructed and then re-evaluated in the latest examination…
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Tár (2022) Review
Tár (2022)Director: Todd FieldScreenwriter: Todd FieldStarring: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Mark Strong There is something of a European sensibility to Todd Field’s long-awaited return to the director’s chair, Tár (2022); a hint of Ruben Östlund in its tightly weaved story elements and profound use of epilogue, a touch of Thomas Vinterburg…
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Empire of Light (2022) Review
Empire of Light (2022)Director: Sam MendesScreenwriter: Sam MendesStarring: Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke Sam Mendes has returned following the critical success of his exceptionally thrilling and award winning World War I movie 1917 to set his lens upon a British drama surrounding staff at…
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White Noise (2022) Review
White Noise (2022)Director: Noah BaumbachScreenwriter: Noah BaumbachStarring: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Henry Moore, Dean Moore, Jodie Turner-Smith, Andre 3000 It’s 2023, what’s more “in” than Adam Driver’s comedic acting and a healthy fear of death? While Noah Bambauch’s Netflix Original film adaptation of “White Noise” isn’t airtight,…
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Enys Men (2022) Review
Enys Men (2022)Director: Mark JenkinScreenwriter: Mark JenkinStarring: Mary Woodvine, John Woodvine, Edward Rowe With his breakthrough feature, 2019’s Bait, Mark Jenkin earned plenty of critical acclaim, crafting an intimate drama so specific to a small area of England that it spoke to many the world over. Naturally, after making such an impact, many of his…
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M3GAN (2023) Review
M3GAN (2023)Director: Gerard JohnstoneScreenwriters: Aleka CooperStarring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis Following their collaboration on 2021’s Malignant, writing duo Aleka Cooper and James Wan (Saw) have re-teamed for another crack at the whip, this time attacking the evil robot theme that has so long been a staple of the horror…
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‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ at 15 – Review
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Director: Tim Burton Screenwriter: John Logan Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener, Ed Sanders Gruesome, disturbing, and tragic, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street still sends shivers down our…
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‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ at 85 – Review
There’s a fair amount of nightmare fuel in this particular kid’s movie, from Snow White’s escape through a psychedelic dark forest to pretty much every scene with the Evil Queen. The moment where she takes a magic potion to alter her appearance to fool Snow White, transforming into an old crone in a cloud of…
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Review
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Director: James Cameron Screenwriters: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore After thirteen years (unlucky for some), the box office juggernaut that is Avatar finds itself with a sequel, The Way of Water (2022), the first of…