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Cop Secret (2021) Review – BFI Flare
Cop Secret (2021) Director: Hannes Þór Halldórsson Screenwriters: Nína Pedersen, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson, Hannes Þór Halldórsson Starring: Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir Icelandic buddy cop comedy Cop Secret comes to us from professional footballer-turned filmmaker Hannes Þór Halldórsson and is based on a spoof film trailer made for TV a…
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Long Live My Happy Head (2022) Review – BFI Flare
Long Live My Happy Head (2022) Directors: Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan Screenwriters: Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan Long Live My Happy Head is a wonderful new documentary exploring impending death through art, and telling a story of love and perseverance that would have been against the odds even if a good chunk of it didn’t take…
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The Bubble (2022) Review
The Bubble (2022) Director: Judd Apatow Screenwriter: Judd Apatow, Pam Brady Starring: Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Pedro Pascal, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Kate McKinnon, Guz Khan, Peter Serafinowicz, Maria Bamford, Vir Das, Maria Bakalova Judd Apatow has had a long, sturdy career in film and television comedies. His work, in films…
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Morbius (2022) Review
Morbius (2022) Director: Daniel Espinosa Screenwriters: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless Starring: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Al Madrigal Morbius the Living Vampire first appeared in “Spider-Man” comics in 1971 after the American Comics Code Authority lifted their bizarre ban on horror-based and supernatural characters. Unless you grew up in the…
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True Things (2022) Review
True Things (2021/22) Director: Harry Wootliff Screenwriters: Molly Davies, Harry Wootliff Starring: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider, Frank McCusker Love, romance, sex. Three things that mean different things to different people, that can be experienced as a combination or separately. Barely discussed yet ever-present, forever-motivating parts of our society. Measurements by which…
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‘The Godfather’ at 50 – Review
The Godfather (1972) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Screenwriter: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Lenny Montana The Godfather is one of the most significant films in the history of American cinema. The film was popular both critically and commercially, winning three out of ten Oscars at the…
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Robin Robin (2021) Short Film Review
Robin Robin (2021) Directors: Daniel Ojari, Michael Please Screenwriters: Daniel Ojari, Michael Please, Sam Morrison Starring: Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, Adeel Akhtar, Amira Macey-Michael Aardman Animation are world-renowned for offering some of the most imaginative and critically acclaimed stop motion animated films ever made. Their repertoire in the feature length realm includes…
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‘Liar Liar’ at 25 – Review
Liar Liar (1997) Director: Tom Shadyac Screenwriter: Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur Starring: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Amanda Donohoe, Jennifer Tilly, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes Liar Liar (1997) was Jim Carrey’s first original comedy outing since his incredible 1994 when he burst onto the scene with three mainstream classics at once to display his zany, off-the-wall…
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The Windshield Wiper (2021) Short Film Review
The Windshield Wiper (2021) Director: Alberto Mielgo Screenwriter: Alberto Mielgo Starring: Eboni Adams, Kara Dyan Whitfield, Fanny Rosen, Charlie Bean, Jake Bercovici, Zachary Rosencrantz, Andrew Calder, Anca Tiribeia, Alberto Mielgo Spanish animator and artist Alberto Mielgo has offered a beautiful pastel-aesthetic animated short project in The Windshield Wiper that has been so articulately put together and…
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King Richard (2021) Review
King Richard (2021) Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green Screenwriter: Zach Baylin Starring: Will Smith, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Aunjanue Ellis, Mikayla Lashae Bartholomew, Daniele Lawson, Layla Crawford, Erika Ringor, Tony Goldwyn, Jon Bernthal King Richard is the best sports movie of 2021. It is possibly in the top five sports movies made this century. The Williams…