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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) Review

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) Director: Armando Ianucci Screenwriters: Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci Starring: Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Ranveer Jaiswal, Daisy May Cooper, Darren Boyd, Gwendoline Christie The idea of the departed looking down upon the world of the living with confusion and exasperation has been a […]

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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Review

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Matthew Macfadyen, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Misty Copeland Plot: After receiving a mysterious egg-shaped box as a gift from her deceased mother, young Clara Stahlbaum finds herself in the magical world of the Four Realms and has to

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Peterloo (2018) Review

Peterloo (2018) Director: Mike Leigh Screenwriter: Mike Leigh Starring: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, John-Paul Hurley, Victor McGuire Veteran British director Mike Leigh returns with a new, big budget historical drama about the massacre of St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, where in the summer of

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Hereditary (2018) Review

Hereditary (2018) Director: Ari Aster Screenwriter: Ari Aster Starring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd I’m a massive scaredy cat, but I’m a cat that enjoys the fright, so I agreed to go and see the new hot horror film Hereditary with my sisters. I don’t really watch TV anymore these

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Leatherface (2017) Review

Leatherface (2017) Director: Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo Screenplay: Seth M. Sherwood Starring: Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, Lili Taylor Leatherface is a…horror film? I think the scariest thing about it is that it was made. If you’re a fan of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but you also wanna know how Leatherface got

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The Clapper (2018) Snapshot Review

The Clapper (2018) Director: Dito Montiel Screenwriter: Dito Montiel Starring: Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, P.J. Byrne, Adam Levine, Tracy Morgan, Russell Peters Screenwriter-director Dito Montiel (Fighting – 2009; Man Down – 2015) has adapted his own novel of the same name for a 2018 self-described romantic comedy that is absent of comedy and almost totally void of romance; The Clapper has to be

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The Post (2018) Review

The Post (2018) Director: Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rhys, Bradley Whitford In an era of press embargoes and Fake News, legendary director Steven Spielberg has assembled one of the most Spielbergian cast of all

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The Great Gatsby (2013) Review

The Great Gatsby (2013) Director: Baz Luhrmann Cast: Leonardo di Caprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Emily Foreman, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher Plot: In the Roaring Twenties, the golden life of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and the hope of a promising future as a writer attract the young and naive Nick Carraway, who

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MERCS (2017) Short Film Review

MERCS (2017) Director: Michael Morris Screenwriter: Michael Morris Starring: Alicia Ancel, Micky Baker, Angus Brown, Kate Marie Davies, Tessa McGinn, Mike Morris, MERCS is a short film that, despite an obviously passionate and hard-working cast and crew, suffers from the oh-so typical problem of being an idea too large and grandiose for its budget and its

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Fate (2016) Short Film Review

Fate (2016) Director: Chris Hallas Screenwriter: Chris Hallas Starring: Tom Loone, Claire Marlein Fate (2016), directed by Chris Hallas, is an interesting take on modern society’s affliction with technology and our culture of sharing, which aims to blend the potentially romantic aspects of our modernity with the ultimately dangerous aspects, creating a well constructed cautionary tale

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