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Cherry (2021) Review
Cherry (2021) Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Screenwriters: Angela Russo-Otstet, Jessica Goldberg, Nico Walker Starring: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Forrest Goodluck, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg Prologue – A New Cinema What we have here, is a New Cinema. An American drama through the lens of superheroes. Cherry will show you the gore of…
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Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (2021) Review
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (2021) Director: R.J. Cutler In November 2015, at the age of thirteen, Billie Eilish posted the track “Ocean Eyes” to SoundCloud. The release of this dreamy ballad was the start of something bigger than any of us could imagine: over the space of six years, Billie Eilish has…
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The Witch (2015) Review
The Witch (2015) Director: Robert Eggers Screenwriter: Robert Eggers Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson On the fifth anniversary of its UK release date, The Witch is still a dominant figure of female empowerment and gruelling societal tension in cinema. And with lead actress Anya Taylor-Joy taking a…
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The Winter Lake (2021) Review
The Winter Lake (2021) Director: Phil Sheerin Screenwriter: David Turpin Starring: Charlie Murphy, Anson Boom, Emma Mackey, Michael McElhatton, Mark McKenna A turlough is a type of lake that disappears and reappears, useful for burying unwanted things in the deep, usually in the hope that said things get sucked away with the water. But what…
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Get Carter (1971) – 50th Anniversary Review
Get Carter (1971) Director: Mike Hodges Screenwriter: Mike Hodges Starring: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, Geraldine Moffat, Dorothy White, Bryan Mosley, Alun Armstrong, Petra Markham 50 years after its release, you would imagine that Get Carter would have lost some of its initial sting, especially as the social perception of this film has now been…
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Moxie (2021) Review
Moxie (2021) Director: Amy Poehler Screenwriters: Tamara Chestna, Dylan Meyer Starring: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, Josephine Langford, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Poehler, Marcia Gay Harden Moxie takes place at East Rockport High, a school in which misogyny thrives. Seriously, none of the boys at East Rockport High have any respect…
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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Review
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Directors: Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs, John Ripa Screenwriters: Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim Starring: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Benedict Wong, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Alan Tudyk With the release of Raya and the Last Dragon comes a sigh of relief. A breath…
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Coming 2 America (2021) Review
Coming 2 America (2021) Director: Craig Brewer Screenwriter: Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Wesley Snipes, Jermaine Fowler, Shari Headley, KiKi Layne, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, James Earl Jones Coming to America (1988) was truly something fresh – a John Landis comedy that lovingly poked fun at New York…
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‘Fargo’ at 25 – Review
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Screenwriters: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: William H Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell, Kristin Rudrüd, Larry Brandenburg, John Carroll Lynch The Coen Brothers famously claimed “This is a true story” before the main titles of their 1996 black comedy crime film Fargo. Many of the film’s…
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Surge (2021) Review – GFF
Surge (2021) Director: Aneil Karia Screenwriters: Rupert Jones, Rita Kalnejais Starring: Ben Whishaw, Jasmine Jobson, Ellie Haddington Ben Whishaw’s role in Surge could not be further away from the fluffy Peruvian bear we’ve all come to know and love. In fact, it’s very different from almost anything else he has ever done. As Joseph, Whishaw…