Seven Samurai (1954)Director: Akira KurosawaScreenwriters: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo OguniStarring: Toshiro Mifune, Seiji Miyaguchi, Isao Kimura, Daisuke Katō, Yoshio Inaba, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Kamatari Fujiwara It is true that sometimes there are more things to a film than meets the eye. We try to loop our fingers through it, we swallow its visuals […]
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Monkey Man (2024)Director: Dev PatelScreenwriters: Paul Angunawela, John ColleeStarring: Dev Patel, Sikander Kher, Vipin Sharma, Pitobash, Sharlto Copley From the moment a bloodstained, monkey mask wearing Dev Patel steps into the sweltering spotlight of a boxing ring, we know there’s going to be carnage. After a single tender moment between Kid (Patel) and his mother
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)Director: Jordan Vogt-RobertsScreenwriters: Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek ConnollyStarring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, John Goodman, Jing Tian, Toby Kebell, Thomas Mann After Legendary Pictures came out of the blocks well with Gareth Edwards’s Godzilla in 2014, it was only a few months before they decided to
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Empire of Light (2022)Director: Sam MendesScreenwriter: Sam MendesStarring: Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke Sam Mendes has returned following the critical success of his exceptionally thrilling and award winning World War I movie 1917 to set his lens upon a British drama surrounding staff at
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Wrath of Man (2021) Director: Guy Ritchie Screenwriter: Guy Ritchie Starring: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Josh Hartnett, Scott Eastwood, Jeffrey Donovan, Laz Alonso, Post Malone, Eddie Marsan, Andy Garcia Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker who lives and dies by his own writing. When he’s firing on all cylinders, when his writing is punchy and verbose
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In the Heights (2021) Director: Jon M. Chu Screenwriters: Quiara Alegría Hudes, Lin-Manuel Miranda Starring: Anthony Ramos, Melissa Berrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits Based on the hit Broadway musical from acclaimed writer Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights tells the story of a New York based Latin American community, Washington Heights, in
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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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Always Be My Maybe (2019) Director: Nahnatchka Khan Screenwriters: Michael Golamco, Randall Park, Ali Wong Starring: Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito, Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang, Keanu Reeves, Susan Park, Daniel Dae Kim, Karan Soni, Charlyne Yi, Lyrics Born, Casey Wilson A picture very much in the mould of Netflix’s recent spate of culturally relevant,
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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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