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Film Review – The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker popped onto my radar when a US release date was announced along with a new trailer. I have no idea why there was a Kate Winslet film I was unaware of, especially one that had already released in other countries. Color me amused…
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Film Review – Goat
Andrew Neel’s latest feature Goat is an archetypically American film that explores the psychology of toxic masculinity. This dark indie debuted at Sundance, where it was met with some early buzz for its lead performances by the up and coming Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft, Punk’s Dead: SLC…
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Film Review – Queen of Katwe
Moving, uplifting, important. All of these words can be used describe Disney’s new feel good family film Queen of Katwe. What’s wonderful here however is that this movie is all of those things, due both to the retelling of a compelling true story and some…
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Film Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
I’m pretty sick of reboots and remakes and re-imaginings and re-quals. Just hire some writers, movie people! I hear they have ideas and stuff. Okay, whatever. Let’s talk about Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven, which is a remake of the 1960 John Sturges film, which…
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Film Review – Zoom
Somewhere between a satirical black comedy and an all out sex romp lies director Pedro Morelli’s Zoom (2015). Sadly, it doesn’t do either one especially well. This is a sleazy, pretentious film that tries to say something about sex, art, beauty, the Hollywood movie machine,…
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Film Review – Closet Monster
Is it actually possible to dislike a movie in which the great Isabella Rossellini voices a pet hamster called Buffy? Well, I don’t think so. That’s why Stephen Dunn‘s coming-of-age tale Closet Monster (2015) had me after a few minutes. That, however, doesn’t mean that…
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Blu-Ray Review – Cat People (1942)
I avidly watch the physical media space with both curiosity and skepticism. Increasingly I find myself less and less drawn to discs when watching movies. The benefits such as better visual quality and additional special features just aren’t necessary most of the time (or appealing depending…
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Film Review – Bridget Jones’s Baby
Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too?! Well, here we go again! Bridget Jones is back to steal our hearts in Bridget Jones’s Baby. How the hell does she do that?! With Renée Zellweger’s semi-believable English accent and the quirky way…
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