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‘Minority Report’ at 20 – Review
This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Minority Report (2002) Director: Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Scott Frank, Jon Cohen Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Steve Harris, Neal McDonough, Kathryn Morris, Lois Smith, Peter Stormare, Tim Blake Nelson Far more than just another Tom Cruise running and jumping movie…
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‘Hercules’ at 25 – Review
Hercules (1997) Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker Screenwriters: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don McEnery, Bob Shaw, Irene Mecchi Starring: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Danny DeVito, Rip Torn, Bobcat Goldthwait, Matt Frewer, Hal Holbrook, Barbara Barrie, Paul Shaffer Following their latest attempt to get their dream project Treasure Planet off the starting blocks (which…
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Jurassic World Dominion (2022) Review
Jurassic World Dominion (2022) Director: Colin Trevorrow Screenwriters: Emily Carmichael, Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Isabella Sermon, Omar Sy, BD Wong Dinosaurs, nostalgia and locusts… oh my! We’re not in the park anymore. The dinosaurs have escaped, and for the first time…
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One Fine Morning (2022) Review
One Fine Morning (2022) Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Screenwriter: Mia Hansen-Løve Starring: Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory, Camille Leban Martins When asked about her inspiration for 2022 Cannes International Film Festival entry One Fine Morning, writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve said: “it came from my own observation of sometimes opposite things happening at the same time in…
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Men (2022) Review
Men (2022) Director: Alex Garland Screenwriter: Alex Garland Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin, Sarah Twomey, Zak Rothera-Oxley, Sonoya Mizuno Men, or as it should have been titled, ‘Grass-lighting’, sees Alex Garland attempt what is best described as an M.R. James story directed by Darren Aronofsky. We take Jessie Buckley’s Harper, give…
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Ex Machina (2014) Review
This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Ex Machina (2014) Director: Alex Garland Screenwriter: Alex Garland Starring: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno We had waited such a long time for a film to truly deliver on the promise of an AI thriller. 2001: A Space Odyssey’s most memorable passage…
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The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022) Review
The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022) Director: Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman Screenwriters: Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith Starring: H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, John Roberts When it comes to animated sitcom films, audiences want the same show they love but more cinematic. This can bring together the two contradictory goals of TV (stability)…
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Review
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Director: Joseph Kosinski Screenwriters: Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie, Eric Warren Singer Starring: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Bashir Salahuddin, Charles Parnell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez Do you remember how movies used to feel when you were a kid? This is…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Review
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Directors: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Screenwriters: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr, Tallie Medal The last time Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Daniels) graced us with a film, Paul Dano was surfing on…
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The Innocents (2022) Review
The Innocents (2022) Director: Eskil Vogt Screenwriter: Eskil Vogt Starring: Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Morten Svartveit Stephen King adaptations are a dime a dozen at the moment. But slow-burning, art-house Norwegian films with King’s childhood influences – like a cross between Uncle Steve’s novels…