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Candyman (2021) Review
Candyman (2021) Director: Nia DaCosta Screenwriters: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, Vanessa Williams A Candyman movie produced and co-written by Get Out and Us filmmaker Jordan Peele seemed on paper to be a dream pairing. In all honesty, nobody wanted anyone to touch…
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The Nest (2021) Review
The Nest (2021) Director: Sean Durkin Screenwriter: Sean Durkin Starring: Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche The Nest takes audiences on a twisted, dark journey as a once madly in love couple and their happy children are put to the ultimate test as greed and status become an overpowering presence within their family. …
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Mad God (2021) EIFF Review
Mad God (2021) Director: Phil Tippett Screenwriter: Phil Tippett Starring: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda Phil Tippett is a name that may not be instantly recognisable to some, but his roles in the visual effects departments of the Star Wars and Twilight franchises, as well as movies such as Jurassic Park and RoboCop, mean…
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Annette (2021) EIFF Review
Annette (2021) Director: Leos Carax Screenwriter: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Leos Carax Starring: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg What do you get when you mix together the famously eccentric rock band Sparks with the famously eccentric filmmaker behind Bad Blood (1986) and Holy Motors (2012), Leos Carax? The answer is the 2021 musical Annette,…
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Mandibles (2021) EIFF Review
Mandibles (2020) Director: Quentin Dupieux Screenwriter: Quentin Dupieux Starring: Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adèle Exarchopoulos Making a name for himself with projects such as Rubber, a film about a killer tyre, and Deerskin, a movie about a man’s obsession with his deerskin jacket that causes him to turn to a life of crime, it should…
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Here Today (2021) EIFF Review
Here Today (2021) Director: Billy Crystal Screenwriter: Billy Crystal, Alan Zweibel Starring: Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish Billy Crystal, the acclaimed and beloved actor best known for his turn as Mike Wazowski in Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. and for his role in Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally, marks his second turn behind the camera as director…
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The Beta Test (2021) EIFF Review
The Beta Test (2021) Directors: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Screenwriters: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Starring: Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcombe, PJ McCabe As a beacon of hope for the independent filmmaking community, there is nobody more suited to the job of exposing Hollywood’s underbelly of odious corporate sucklers than Jim Cummings. After winning Best Narrative Feature…
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Censor (2021) Review
Censor (2021) Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Screenwriter: Prano Bailey-Bond, Anthony Fletcher Starring: Niamh Algar, Sophia La Porta, Michael Smiley The moral panic caused by the video nasties throughout the 1980s is a fascinating topic that has remained a subject of much research and fascination for horror and film buffs alike, right through to the modern day.…
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‘Barton Fink’ at 30 – Review
Barton Fink (1991) Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Screenwriters: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, Richard Portnow, Christopher Murney Barton Fink was Joel and Ethan Coens’ fourth film, written at a breakneck pace while they were still struggling with Miller’s…
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Pig (2021) EIFF Review
Pig (2021) Director: Michael Sarnoski Screenwriter: Michael Sarnoski Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin In recent years, Nicolas Cage movies have come to be met with particular expectations. YouTube personalities like Chris Stuckmann have become infamous for their videos on some of the actor’s most over-the-top performances, and Cage has since become something of…