Anyone But You Review (2023)Director: Will GluckScreenwriters: Ilana Wolpert, Will GluckStarring: Sydney Sweeney, Glenn Powell, Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powel have chemistry for days in Anyone But You, a delightful romantic comedy that is both hilarious and endearing. While the […]
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Saltburn (2023)Director: Emerald FennellScreenwriter: Emerald FennellStarring: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan With the release of her debut feature film Promising Young Woman in 2020, Emerald Fennell established herself as one of the most exciting directors working today. Her candy-pop infused, #MeToo-inspired revenge thriller provoked challenging
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Vertigo (1958)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriter: Alec Coppel, Samuel A. TaylorStarring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones The name “Alfred Hitchcock” carries a level of prestige that makes it difficult to view his films with anything but an overwhelming weight of expectation. He has been praised as a master of the craft
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Pearl (2022) Review Director: Ti WestScreenwriter: Ti West, Mia GothStarring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Alistar Sewell In Ti West’s 2022 slasher film X, during the final confrontation between Maxine and Pearl, both played by Mai Goth, Pearl taunts the young Maxine saying, “You’re gonna end up just like me.”
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Knock at the Cabin (2023)Director: M. Night ShyamalanScreenwriters: M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond, Michael ShermanStarring: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Kristen Cui, Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abby Quinn M. Night Shyamalan has a chequered past of films with mixed reviews. From imposter grandparents to a village terrorized by cloaked figures, the writer/director has shown
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Director: James Cameron Screenwriters: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore After thirteen years (unlucky for some), the box office juggernaut that is Avatar finds itself with a sequel, The Way of Water (2022), the first of
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Halloween Ends (2022) Director: David Gordon Green Screenwriters: Paul Brad Logan, Chris Bernier, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell, Jesse C. Boyd Halloween Ends. Thank the cinema gods that it does. One year ago, Halloween Kills, the previous instalment in the new cycle of Halloween
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Mr Harrigan’s Phone (2022) Director: John Lee Hancock Screenwriters: John Lee Hancock Starring: Jaeden Martell, Donald Sutherland, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Joe Tippett, Cyrus Arnold, Colin O’Brien Stephen King is well known for horror; that’s what has made him. He can do the spooks and the monsters as well as, if not better, than anyone else. Mr
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Martyrs (2008) Director: Pascal Laugier Screenwriter: Pascal Laugier Starring: Mylène Jampanoï, Morjana Alaoui, Catherine Bégin, Patricia Tulasne, Robert Toupin To equip a film with repulsive viscera that gushes within its own fleshy and bulbous expositions, wallowing in the sheer cruelty of it all can only be described as barbaric filmmaking that would surely not result
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The Others (2001) Director: Alejandro Amenábar Screenwriter: Alejandro Amenábar Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy The horror genre is always in flux, constantly reinventing itself with each new generation. Whether it’s breathing new life into tired tropes or rewriting the rules of the genre itself, horror
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