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Cost of Living (2022) Short Film Review
Cost of Living (2022) Editor: Andy Burns We are living through a cost of living crisis that is causing sleepless nights for millions, affecting the health of millions more, and halting the progress of so many young minds. And yet, rather than gifting public voices to those most affected, or providing any meaningful confrontation to…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) Review
About 40 minutes into this latest take on Pinocchio you might be feeling like it’s a pretty standard re-telling of the story using the most labour-intensive form of animation there is. But then the wooden boy ends up in a kind of limbo, escorted by undead rabbits to an audience with the sphinx-like Angel of…
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‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ at 30 – Review
Gonzo and Rizzo being one of the main sources of the film’s comedy illustrates the intuitive casting of The Muppet Christmas Carol: human and Muppet. This is the first of the Muppets’ feature length movies in which the fuzzy puppets aren’t the narrative focus of the plot; the movie is more akin to ‘The Muppet…
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The Polar Express (2004) Review
The story even toys with the existence of ghosts. Later, after the train crashes into the frozen lake and skids across the surface, the Hobo grabs the Hero Boy by his housecoat and saves him, the Conductor, and the Hero Girl from flying off the locomotive. When the boy looks back at his saviour, the…
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Violent Night (2022) Review
Violent Night (2022) Director: Tommy Wirkola Writers: Pat Casey, Josh Miller Starring: David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Leah Brady, Beverly D’Angelo, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Alexander Elliot Christmas has many meanings. To some, it’s about spending time with family. To others, it’s a holiday to show their loved ones how much they…
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‘Juno’ at 15 – Review
Juno (2007) Director: Jason Reitman Screenwriter: Diablo Cody Starring: Elliot Page, Michael Cera, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Olivia Thirlby As Juno reaches the ripe old age of fifteen, it seems a fitting time to review the coming-of-age teen dramady. With so many of the genre’s well-trodden tropes, this movie is an…
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Falling for Christmas (2022) Review
Falling for Christmas (2022) Director: Janeen Damian Writers: Jeff Bonnett, Ron Oliver Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young A spoiled rotten heiress falls (quite literally) for a down-on-his-luck small business owner, a case of amnesia results in a charming shift in perspective, a social media-obsessed boyfriend snaps a #selfie instead of breathing in the…
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‘Aladdin’ at 30 – Review
Aladdin (1992) Directors: John Musker, Ron Clements Screenwriters: John Musker, Ron Clements, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio Starring: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale, Jim Cummings After they successfully revitalised Disney’s animation department with The Little Mermaid in 1989, directing team John Musker and Ron Clements turned their…
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The Menu (2022) Review
The Menu (2022) Director: Mark Mylod Writers: Seth Reiss, Will Tracy Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, John Leguizamo, Arturo Castro, Mark St. Cyr, Rob Yang, Janet McTeer Somewhere between a hellish Ratatouille and a horror-comedy a la Ready or Not, The Menu is a potluck of familiar dishes. Though it serves sharp-witted humor…
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Review
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Director: Ryan Coogler Screenwriters: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Martin Freeman On 28 August 2020, the world woke to the heartbreaking news that Chadwick Boseman had passed away. He was…