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The Aeronauts (2019) Review
This review was written by Holly Weaver and originally published at Screen Queens. The Aeronauts (2019) Director: Tom Harper Screenwriter: Jack Thorne Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Himesh Patel Tom Harper’s biographical adventure film The Aeronauts puts fiction before fact from the moment the words ‘inspired by true events’ flash onto the screen. It is not a…
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The Shining (1980) Retrospective Review
The Shining (1980) Director: Stanley Kubrick Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd Most people’s first thought of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining will be one of three images: the twins, the woman in the bath and Jack Nicholson axing his way through the bathroom door. Few western horrors, except for perhaps The…
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Sorry We Missed You (2019) Review
Sorry We Missed You (2019) Director: Ken Loach Screenwriter: Paul Laverty Starring: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Katie Proctor, Rhys Stone Ken Loach has returned to the big screen with his latest intimate drama to tell of the woes of a generation, the all-time great filmmaker behind the likes of Kes (1969) and I, Daniel Blake (2016) taking his…
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Countdown (2019) Review
Countdown (2019) Director: Justin Dec Screenwriter: Justin Dec Starring: Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold How often do you go to a movie and come out with a hot take? It’s pretty easy when it’s the center of controversy like Joker, or clearly in poor taste and objectively poor like Slender Man. Seeing Countdown…
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The Lighthouse (2019) Snapshot Review
The Lighthouse (2019) Director: Robert Eggers Screenwriter: Robert Eggers, Max Eggers Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeria Karaman It’s always a pleasure when a film is able to remain entrancing from the first shot to the last. Which aspects of The Lighthouse contribute to that? A better question is; which parts don’t? This is one…
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The Cell (2000) Review
The Cell (2000) Director: Tarsem Singh Screenwriter: Mark Protosevich Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio When I scroll through streaming movies, I look for things I’ve never heard of. What usually gets me to click are the things that sound so ridiculous that I have to watch the trainwreck. When I came across The…
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Waves (2019) Review
Waves (2019) Director: Trey Edward Shults Screenwriter: Trey Edward Shults Starring: Taylor Russell, Sterling K. Brown, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alexa Demie, Lucas Hedges, Bill Wise, David Garelik, Justin R. Chan A24 is having a year. Between The Farewell, Midsommar, The Lighthouse and the forthcoming Uncut Gems, the New York-based film company has established itself as not…
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The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Review
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Director: Tyler Nilson, Mike Schwartz Screenwriters: Tyler Nilson, Mike Schwartz Starring: Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, Thomas Hayden Church, Jake Roberts, Mick Foley, Jon Bernthal, John Hawkes Being seen on screen is an invaluable kickstart to greater representation and diversity in film. The Peanut Butter Falcon is…
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Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) Review
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) Director: Ruben Fleischer Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, David Callaham Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Zoey Deutch Around halfway through Zombieland: Double Tap, Jesse Eisenberg’s Columbus says “I don’t want to toot my own horn”. It’s in reference to his ‘rules’ for surviving Zombieland – a quirk…
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Jexi (2019) Review
Jexi (2019) Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Screenwriter: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Starring: Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Peña, Rose Byrne People these days… always on their phones. Just look at yourself! What kind of person stares at a screen? A mindless zombie sheep that can’t stop consuming media to have a real experience, that’s…