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1957 in Film: Until They Sail

Until They Sail (directed by Robert Wise) is a World War Two romance set in New Zealand. Featuring the four Leslie sisters and their romantic…

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Film Review: Richard Jewell

Clint Eastwood’s directorial grip has loosened quite a bit in the last few years. Sully was the definition of the word ‘fine’ and The 15:17…

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Decade Katie Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Posted in Review World Cinema

Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

French director Céline Sciamma has been well-known amongst those who are into European cinema for some time now, with her films Water Lillies, Tomboy and…

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Little Women
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Film Review: Little Women (2019)

If Film Twitter were the ones to find the magical genie lamp from Aladdin and use its power to make a movie, chances are 2019’s…

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Black Christmas
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Festive Film Review: Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)

Producer and director, Bob Clark, must have some affinity for the festive season, given he is perhaps best known for two movies. Porky’s aside. In…

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Uncut Gems
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Film Review: Uncut Gems

HOWARD! Uncut Gems has been a film to grow and expand since debuting at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival. Easily becoming A24’s biggest awards season…

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1917 PGA
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Film Review: 1917

From the very start of the year, Sam Mendes’s 1917 has loomed over 2019, waiting until the last minute to drop and make its impact…

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Return of the Jedi
Posted in Culture Movies

They Sort-Of Stuck the Landing – Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

All chapters have a beginning, middle and end. How you stick the landing for that concluding arc matters. We remember The Return of the King…

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The Rise of Skywalker
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Film Review: Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker

There has never been a review that has caused more nerves while preparing to write it than this one. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker…

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The Empire Strikes Back
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How Dare Real Life Intrude Into My Fantasy! Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

You’re George Lucas: you’ve just created what other filmmakers only dream of doing and so rarely accomplish – creating a cultural phenomenon. Audiences loved it,…

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Star Wars A New Hope
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The One That Started It All: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

Greetings, you stuck-up, scruffy-looking nerf herders! As the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga hits theaters with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, my Master,…

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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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