The Sea Beast (2022)Director: Chris WilliamsScreenwriters: Chris Williams, Nell BenjaminStarring: Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Dan Stevens It’s no surprise that The Sea Beast has been Netflix’s most successful animation to date, or that it has been given the Oscar nod for Best Animated Feature. It is the classic combination of adventure, […]
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White Noise (2022)Director: Noah BaumbachScreenwriter: Noah BaumbachStarring: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Henry Moore, Dean Moore, Jodie Turner-Smith, Andre 3000 It’s 2023, what’s more “in” than Adam Driver’s comedic acting and a healthy fear of death? While Noah Bambauch’s Netflix Original film adaptation of “White Noise” isn’t airtight,
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About 40 minutes into this latest take on Pinocchio you might be feeling like it’s a pretty standard re-telling of the story using the most labour-intensive form of animation there is. But then the wooden boy ends up in a kind of limbo, escorted by undead rabbits to an audience with the sphinx-like Angel of
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Falling for Christmas (2022) Director: Janeen Damian Writers: Jeff Bonnett, Ron Oliver Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young A spoiled rotten heiress falls (quite literally) for a down-on-his-luck small business owner, a case of amnesia results in a charming shift in perspective, a social media-obsessed boyfriend snaps a #selfie instead of breathing in the
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) Director: Edward Berger Screenwriters: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Starring: Felix Krammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Moritz Klaus, Adrian Grünewald, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, Devid Streisow, Andreas Döhler, Sebastian Hülk In 1929, inspired by his wartime experiences, German novelist Erich Maria Remarque published “Im Westen nichts Neues”,
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The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022) Director: Jedd Wadlow Screenwriters: Todd Berger, Robert Rugan Starring: Priah Ferguson, Marlon Wayans, Kelly Rowland, John Michael Higgins, Lauren Lapkus, Rob Riggle Family spooky films used to be all the rage, with films such as the live-action Scooby-Doo and The Addams Family being beloved favourites for certain generations. The
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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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The Gray Man (2022) Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Screenwriters: Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Starring: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton, Regé-Jean Page, Jessica Henwick, Julia Butters, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard Have we not grown tired of this nonsense yet? It seems that in no walk of life are we
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Spiderhead (2022) Director: Joseph Kosinski Screenwriters: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Mark Paguio, Tess Haubrich 2022 Netflix Original film Spiderhead is by no means a bad film, but how this and Top Gun: Maverick were directed by the same person is quite difficult to believe. Tom Cruise is known as being a powerful
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The Takedown (2022) Director: Louis Leterrier Screenwriters: Stéphanie Kazandijan Starring: Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Izïa Higelin, Dimitri Storoge, Stéphane Pezerat Buddy cop movies, when done well, can be awesome. On the other hand, when done slap-dash, they’re the sewer blockage of cinematic hell. The Takedown, a Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk; Now You See Me)
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