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Matthias and Maxime (2019) Review
Matthias et Maxime (2019/20) Director: Xavier Dolan Screenwriter: Xavier Dolan Starring: Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas, Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Harris Dickinson, Marilyn Castonguay, Antoine Pilon, Pier-Luc Funk, Catherine Brunet, Samuel Gauthier, Adib Alkhalidey, Camille Felton Over the past decade or so, one name has become synonymous with the melodrama: Xavier Dolan. Emulating the achievements of great…
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Barry Lyndon (1975) Review
Barry Lyndon (1975) Director: Stanley Kubrick Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Ryan O’Neal, Michael Hordern, Marissa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leon Vitali, Marie Kean Stanley Kubrick is synonymous with some of the greatest cinematic achievements of the past 70 years, be that his takes on the war genre with Paths Of Glory and Full Metal Jacket, his…
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The New Mutants (2020) Review
The New Mutants (2020) Director: Josh Boone Screenwriters: Josh Boone, Knate Lee Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Alice Braga In April 2018, a new and different X-Men movie was due to be released. Based on a game-changing run of the comics by Chris Claremont, Bob McLeod and Bill Sienkiewicz, The…
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Review
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriters: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman Starring: Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Amara Karan, Waris Ahluwalia, Natalie Portman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray “Yes, the past happened. But it’s over, isn’t it?” – one of the many very poignant lines in Wes Anderson’s emotionally charged The Darjeeling…
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Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Review
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Director: Agnès Varda Screenwriter: Agnès Varda Starring: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank If a brief Google search is to be believed, it is not an exaggeration to state that Agnès Varda was the only female film director of the French New Wave, a highly influential film…
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Tenet (2020) Review
Tenet (2020) Director: Christopher Nolan Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Himesh Patel, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Time is up. Or, is it? The latest time-bending sci-fi leaning action blockbuster epic from the world’s leading director of high budget original fare has sought to invite audiences…
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Da 5 Bloods (2020) Review
Da 5 Bloods (2020) Director: Spike Lee Screenwriters: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Starring: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Mélanie Thierry, Johnny Tri Nguyen, Paul Walter Hauser, Jean Reno 2020 has been far from an ideal year for film fans. Delayed releases and theater…
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Get Duked! (2020) Review
Get Duked! (2019/20) Director: Ninian Doff Screenwriter: Ninian Doff Starring: Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Lewis Gribben, Rian Gordon, Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo When taking a look at British Cinema over the past two to three decades, a few names have notably risen to prominence; the likes of Danny Boyle, Edgar Wright and Christopher Nolan leading…
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Host (2020) Review
Host (2020) Director: Rob Savage Screenwriters: Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd, Rob Savage Starring: Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova, Caroline Ward, Edward Linard, Seylan Baxter 2020 has changed the way the world communicates, perhaps irrevocably. Out of necessity and practicality, video calling services like Skype and especially Zoom have kept people sane.…
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Babyteeth (2020) Review
Babyteeth (2020) Director: Shannon Murphy Screenwriter: Rita Kelnejais Starring: Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis, Eugene Gilfedder, Emily Barclay Set in the enveloping warmth of Sydney’s golden sunshine, Babyteeth, Shannon Murphy’s debut feature, gloriously radiates the heart-fluttering ecstasy of falling in love for the first time. We start with a freshly extracted baby…