American Factory
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Documentary Review: American Factory

Here in the UK there’s a view from some floating in the wind about, say, the Polish coming over to England and taking our jobs….

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Film Review: The King

Since his breakout role as the sexually confused teenager Elio in Call Me By Your Name, a large portion of Film Twitter (including myself) have…

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Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman – now on Netflix

Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated mob saga The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro as the late mob assassin Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (1920-2003) is a dream…

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Film Review: Just Mercy

Every year with the awards season there are a few films that get pushed back to have their wide release in early January – simply…

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Little Joe
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Film Review: Little Joe

This reviewer is a particular fan of Lourdes, possibly the Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner’s finest work in a steadily prospering career. Her English language debut…

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The Weird Experience of Watching ‘Last Christmas’

The trailer for Paul Feig’s Last Christmas has been shown before every almost every non-action movie over the last few months. Along with a poster…

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Klaus
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Animation Review: Christmas comes to Netflix with ‘Klaus’

With the holiday season being dangerously close, an increase in holiday-inspired family movies can be expected. Netflix has become a major player in this time…

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Film Review: Knives Out

After the absolute war that surrounded Rian Johnson’s name after The Last Jedi, it seemed destined that whatever the director touched next would be annoyingly…

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Earthquake Bird
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Film Review: Earthquake Bird

Japan is a place full of traditions, culinary highlights but sadly also earthquakes. The earthquake might be a terrifying event but something wonderful happens every…

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Knock Down the House
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Documentary Review: Knock Down the House

The initials AOC have certainly trended on numerous occasions on Twitter over the last eighteen months or so. And even those of us not fully…

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The Great Hack
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Documentary Review: The Great Hack

Pretty sure most of you are far more familiar with the Facebook data scandal a couple of years ago, than who or what Cambridge Analytica…

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The Very Last Day
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Film Review: The Very Last Day

Writer-Director Cédric Jouarie’s The Very Last Day is a captivating puzzle of a film. The first half of this Taiwanese film plays out like a…

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Doctor Sleep
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Film Review: Doctor Sleep

It’s well documented that Stephen King did not care for Stanley Kubrick’s vision of his novel The Shining. As someone who loved the film, I…

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The Irishman
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Review: The Irishman (2019)

Never let it be said that Martin Scorsese is a filmmaker who does anything by half measures. The legendary director had been looking to adapt…

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