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Firestarter (2022) Review
Firestarter (2022) Director: Keith Thomas Screenwriter: Scott Teems Starring: Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Michael Greyeyes, Gloria Reuben, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley Stephen King remakes seem to be burning quite nicely in the cinematic hearth at the moment. So are remakes/re-adaptations/requels/sequels/cash-ins-on-existing-properties by Blumhouse. Some of these are decent. This travesty of a ninety-minute…
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Dobermann (1997) Review
Dobermann (1997) Director: Jan Kounen Screenwriters: Frederique Dumas, Eric Neve Starring: Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Tcheky Karyo, Antoine Basler The 1980s and 90s brought extremity in cinematic sex and violence to another level thanks to home video, premium cable channels, and decreasing self-censorship in the film industry. Brian De Palma, Quentin Tarantino, Takashi Miike, and…
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The Takedown (2022) Review
The Takedown (2022) Director: Louis Leterrier Screenwriters: Stéphanie Kazandijan Starring: Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Izïa Higelin, Dimitri Storoge, Stéphane Pezerat Buddy cop movies, when done well, can be awesome. On the other hand, when done slap-dash, they’re the sewer blockage of cinematic hell. The Takedown, a Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk; Now You See Me)…
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Review
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Director: Sam Raimi Screenwriter: Michael Waldron Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Stuhlbarg In a seemingly throwaway scene in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, loudmouth newspaper editor J Jonah Jameson and his Daily Bugle staffers are furiously brainstorming what to…
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Doctor Strange (2016) Review
This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Doctor Strange (2016) Director: Scott Derrickson Screenwriters: Jon Spaihts, C Robert Cargill, Scott Derrickson Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins One of the major problems with launching new films in the Marvel…
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‘Jason X’ at 20 – Review
Jason X (2001/02) Director: James Isaac Screenwriters: Todd Farmer Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, Lisa Ryder, Jonathan Potts, Markus Parilo, Peter Mensah, Todd Farmer, David Cronenberg We can’t expect every movie to be cinematic gold. We can’t go in thinking that every film tries for Oscar-winning emotion and world class scriptwriting. That would…
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The Northman (2022) Review
The Northman (2022) Director: Robert Eggers Screenwriters: Sjón, Robert Eggers Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliot Rose, Willem Dafoe, Björk Like a supermodel lovechild of Conan the Barbarian and “Hamlet”, Robert Eggers’ third film, The Northman (2022), delivers guts, glory, and gore-stained abs in wonderful, reckless abandon.…
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‘The Cabin in the Woods’ at 10 – Review
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Director: Drew Goddard Screenwriters: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford The Cabin in the Woods, from long-time friends and writing partners Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon, is an unholy hybrid of The Evil Dead and The…
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Sediments (2021) Review – BFI Flare
Sediments (2021) Director: Adrián Silvestre Screenwriter: Adrián Silvestre Just as the Earth is, our inner selves are made up of many layers that make up our identity and tell the story of our existence. The above is how Sediments was introduced to film festival audiences and is the prevalent theme throughout this documentary on gender transition,…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) Review
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) Director: Jeff Fowler Screenwriters: Pat Casey, Josh Miller, John Whittington Starring: Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, Lee Majdoub, Colleen O’Shaughnessey In 2020, the first Sonic movie from SEGA, Blur Studios and Paramount, Sonic the Hedgehog, built on the success of The…