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‘Wayne’s World’ at 30 – Review
Wayne’s World (1992) Director: Penelope Spheeris Screenwriter: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner Starring: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ed O’Neill, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf 1992 was a year of returning heroes and new starlets coming to the fore. From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone to Julia…
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‘Cabaret’ at 50 – Review
Cabaret (1972) Director: Bob Fosse Screenwriter: Jay Allen Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helen Vita When it first made its debut on stage in the late 1960s, ‘Cabaret’ was (historically-rooted subject matter aside) very much like other musicals in its style. That changed with famed…
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Jackass Forever (2022) Review
Jackass Forever (2022) Director: Jeff Tremaine Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ehren McGehey, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Spike Jonze We go to the movies to see things we’ve never seen before, to be taken to exotic locations we can’t even imagine visiting on holiday, to escape the drab or even…
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Flag Day (2022) Review
Flag Day (2022) Director: Sean Penn Screenwriters: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth Starring: Sean Penn, Dylan Penn, Addison Tymec, Katheryn Winnick, Jaydn Rylee, Josh Brolin, Hopper Penn With seemingly the whole Penn family involved in this story of a fractured family, centred on the relationship between father John Vogel (Sean Penn) and his daughter Jennifer (Dylan…
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Nightmare Alley (2022) Review
Nightmare Alley (2022) Director: Guillermo del Toro Screenwriters: Guillermo Del Toro, Kim Morgan Starring: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Richard Jenkins A Guillermo del Toro film is an event, a spectacle which has the potential to transcend cinema and become something more. In his return to the big…
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Scream (2022) Review
Scream (2022) Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Screenwriters: James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick Starring: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Marley Shelton, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Dylan Minnette, Jack Quaid, Jasmin Savoy Brown Once again it’s back to Woodsboro. After eleven years away from the silver screen, Ghostface returns to slash and stab and slice and…
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Licorice Pizza (2021) Review
Licorice Pizza (2021) Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Benny Safdie, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, John Michael Higgins, Christine Ebersole, Harriet Sansom Harris, Danielle Haim, Este Haim The latest film from Californian auteur Paul Thomas Anderson – his ninth feature –…
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‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ at 15 – Review
Pan’s Labyrinth/El laberinto del fauno (2006) Director: Guillermo del Toro Screenwriter: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo “A long time ago, in the Underground Realm, where there are no lies or pain, there lived a princess who dreamt of the human world”. Mexican…
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Titane (2021) Review
Titane (2021) Director: Julia Ducournau Screenwriter: Julia Ducournau Starring: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier, Myriem Akheddiou, Bertrand Bonello In the leadup to its debut and eventual Palme d’Or triumph at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Julia Ducournau’s second feature Titane was shrouded in mystery, the first synopsis released to the press simply being the…
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‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ at 75 – Review
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Director: Frank Capra Screenwriters: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers Despite it bombing and falling short of its budget in its initial box office run in 1946, It’s a Wonderful Life has slowly and surely grown in popularity over…