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‘Spy Kids’ at 20 – Review
Spy Kids (2001) Director: Robert Rodriguez Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez Starring: Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Danny Trejo, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, Terri Hatcher, George Clooney As with many films from the early noughties, it will probably come as a surprise to few that Spy Kids has not aged well. Forget any memories…
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Godzilla (2014) Review
This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Godzilla (2014) Director: Gareth Edwards Screenwriters: Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Carson Bolde, CJ Adams 67 years ago, Japanese studio Toho burst onto the international stage with Godzilla, an…
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No Ordinary Man (2020) Review – BFI Flare
No Ordinary Man (2020) Directors: Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt Screenwriters: Aisling Chin-Yee, Amos Mac The right wing media would like us to believe that trans people are a new thing. But as No Ordinary Man shows, this is simply not the case. Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt’s collaborative documentary No Ordinary Man tells the story of…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Review
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriter: Wes Anderson Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, Owen Wilson, Léa Seydoux, Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, F. Murray Abraham Following the release of the acclaimed Moonrise Kingdom in 2012,…
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Fugitive Dreams (2020) Review – MANIFF
Fugitive Dreams (2020) Director: Jason Neulander Screenwriter: Jason Neulander Starring: April Matthis, Robbie Tann, Scott Shepherd, O-Lan Jones, David Patrick Kelly, Joey Hood, Soleil Patterson, Sean Avery Huber Next to the Western, the road movie has been the preeminent, nay the default, American movie genre for forever and a day. Journeys in the Land of…
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Promising Young Woman (2021) Review
Promising Young Woman (2021) Director: Emerald Fennell Screenwriter: Emerald Fennell Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Molly Shannon, Max Greenfield, Chris Lowell Statistics vary depending on location, but, on average, one in every five women will experience some form of sexual assault in their lifetime. It’s…
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Rebel Dykes (2021) Review – BFI Flare
Rebel Dykes (2021) Directors: Harri Shanahan, Sian Williams Rebel Dykes is the feature length version of the 2016 documentary that explores the lesbian subculture of the same name born out the punk movement in 1980s London. The documentary explores how being a lesbian was not only a sexual orientation but a political identity; presenting the…
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My First Summer (2021) Review- BFI Flare
My First Summer (2021) Director: Katie Found Writer: Katie Found Starring: Markella Kavenagh, Maiah Stewardson, Katherine Tonkin, Edwina Wren, Harvey Zielinski, Steve Mouzakis, Arthur Angel My First Summer captures first love; the kind of love that feels as though you are the only two people in the world. Unfortunately, like all cliché LGBTQ+ cinema, this…
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) Review
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) Director: Zack Snyder Screenwriters: Chris Terrio, Zack Snyder, Will Beall Starring: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ciarán Hinds, Amy Adams, Amber Heard, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Diane Lane, J.K. Simmons, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto In 2017, Warner Bros. suffered something of a catastrophic…
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She’s the Man (2006) – 15th Anniversary Review
She’s the Man (2006) Director: Andy Fickman Screenwriters: Ewan Leslie, Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith Starring: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, Julie Hagerty, David Cross, Robert Hoffman, Alexandra Beckenridge, James Kirk, Robert Torti Before the ceaseless cycle of sequels, remakes and superhero franchises, there was once a time when Hollywood attempted to trick…