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
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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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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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