This article was originally published on SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. BlackKklansman (2018) Director: Spike Lee Screenwriters: Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Charlie Wachtel Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Robert John Burke, Brian Tarantina, Michael Buscemi, Laura Harrier, Alec Baldwin I’m still reeling from the final moments of BlackKklansman – […]
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Animal Behaviour (2018) Directors: David Fine, Alison Snowden Screenwriters: David Fine, Alison Snowden Starring: Ryan Biel, Taz Van Rassel, Leah Juel, Andrea Libman, Toby Berner, James Kirk, Alison Snowden Witty and charming, and featuring some excellent characterisation, David Fine and Alison Snowden’s Oscar nominated animated short film Animal Behaviour is perhaps the most laugh out loud of the 2019
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Director: Rob Marshall Screenwriter: David Magee Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth Rob Marshall’s Disney-made, 54 years in the making Mary Poppins sequel promised to reignite the spark of magic and mischief first put to screen by Robert Stevenson
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The Favourite (2019) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Screenwriters: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara Starring: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn An early reading of the C word by Nicholas Hoult set the tone for Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest dark comedy, the delectable dialogue of this subversive period drama being as much of a high
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Screenwriter: Phil Lord Starring: Shameik Moore, Chris Pine, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoe Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber Sony Pictures Animation’s hotly anticipated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse promised to take the idea of
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Bleach (2018) Director: Shinsuke Sato Screenwriters: Shinsuka Sato, Daisuka Habara, Ardwright Chamberlain Starring: Sôta Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Miyavi, Taichi Saotome, Erina Mano, Yû Koyanagi, Seiichi Tanabe So Netflix seems to have twigged that live-action anime adaptions bring in a lot of popularity from people like me who love to hate watch them, and
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Outlaw King (2018) Director: David Mackenzie Screenwriters: Bathsheba Doran, David Mackenzie, James MacInnes Starring: Chris Pine, Florence Pugh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephen Dillane, Billy Howle Critically acclaimed Starred Up and Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie has made the transition to Netflix for his latest picture Outlaw King, the tale of Scottish King Robert the Bruce’s exploits in war against
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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Director: Bryan Singer Screenwriter: Anthony McCarten Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Mike Myers The story of Queen – or more specifically the story of Freddie Mercury – has had a very long history of production problems dating back over a
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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) 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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