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‘The Lion King’ at 30 – Review

The Lion King (1994)Directors: Roger Allers, Rob MinkoffScreenwriters: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton Starring: Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Madge Sinclair, Frank Welker Along with the Oscar-nominated Beauty and the Beast, The […]

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‘Chinatown’ at 50 – Review

Chinatown (1974)Director: Roman PolanskiScreenwriter: Robert TowneStarring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Dick Bakalyan, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Belinda Palmer, Burt Young Films considered classics, masterpieces, among the greatest ever made, balance all aspects of the art form but are often remembered for

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Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024) Review

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)Director: Zack SnyderScreenwriters: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay HattenStarring: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Anthony Hopkins, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Cleopatra Coleman, Stuart Martin, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Alfonso Herrera, Cary Elwes, Rhian Rees, Elise Duffy, Sky Yang, Charlotte Magi, Stella Grace Fitzgerald

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Civil War (2024) Review

Civil War (2024) Director: Alex GarlandScreenwriter: Alex GarlandStarring: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Jefferson White There aren’t many film scripts written as cutting satires four years earlier that could still be considered “hot button” by the time they are released. But that’s

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‘Hellboy’ at 20 – Review

Hellboy (2004)Director: Guillermo del ToroScreenwriter: Guillermo del ToroStarring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Hurt, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor, Brian Steele, Ladislav Beran, Biddy Hodson, Corey Johnson, Kevin Trainor In 2004, over a decade out from his Oscar win for The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro had directed two Spanish-language passion

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Monster (2023) Review

Monster (2023) Director: Hirokazu Kore-edaScreenwriter: Yuji SakamotoStarring: Sakura Andō, Eita Nagayama, Sōya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Yūko Tanaka, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Tsunoda, Shidō Nakamura After back-to-back projects made and set in France and South Korea (The Truth and Broker) arthouse favourite and Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to Japan to direct a fascinating story of unreliable

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Dead Ringers (1988) Review

Dead Ringers (1988)Director: David CronenbergScreenwriters: David Cronenberg, Norman SniderStarring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Damir Andrei, Miriam Newhouse, David Hughes, Richard W. Farrell, Jonathan Haley, Nicholas Haley If anything, David Cronenberg’s 1988 psychological horror Dead Ringers feels slightly underappreciated in terms of the influence it

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Madame Web (2024) Review

Madame Web (2024)Director: S.J. ClarksonScreenwriters: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, S.J. ClarksonStarring: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Adam Scott, Emma Roberts, Kerry Bishé, Mike Epps, Zosia Mamet, José María Yazpik Making her debut on the page in 1980, the elderly, paralysed and clairvoyant Madame Web of Marvel Comics bears

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The Holdovers (2023) Review

The Holdovers (2023)Director: Alexander PayneScreenwriter: David HemingsonStarring: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Andrew Garmon, Naheem Garcia, Stephen Thorne, Gillian Vigman, Tate Donovan, Juanita Pearl Almost 20 years ago, Alexander Payne discovered that Paul Giamatti had a real knack for playing horrible people and somehow

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The Boy and the Heron (2023) Review

The Boy and the Heron (2023)Director: Hayao MiyazakiScreenwriter: Hayao MiyazakiStarring: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Shōhei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Kunimura In 2013, Hayao Miyazaki released The Wind Rises, widely reported to be his final film before retirement. A year later, When Marnie Was There came out along with

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