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SXSW Film Review – Number 37
I’ve attempted to start my review of the South African crime drama Number 37 (2018) a few times now. And yet I found myself erasing my first paragraph and starting over repeatedly. What does it mean for a film when you come away not having…
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Film Review – The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci‘s biting new film, The Death of Stalin, is the funniest story centering around a brutal dictator you’re likely to see this side of Springtime For Hitler. Iannuci is no stranger to unsettling political satire (In The Loop, Veep), and I knew from my…
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SXSW Film Review – Operation Odessa
The story behind Operation Odessa (2018) is so outlandish that it could only be told in documentary form. If this were made into a narrative film I wonder if people would buy it. But the remarkable thing is: the events that take place did in…
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SXSW Film Review – Lean on Pete
Lean on Pete is film distributor A24’s latest release, and it also screened at SXSW 2018. The film is based on the novel by Willy Vlautin with the script written and directed by Andrew Haigh. The story revolves around Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer), a teenager living…
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Film Review – Love, Simon
Sweet, sincere, a bit too obvious, funny, yet also guilty of explaining things versus actually portraying them, all of these can be ascribed to the new teen dramedy Love, Simon. It’s a bit aggravating in a way, because representation in pop culture is extremely important.…
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Film Review – Tomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider (2018) is arguably the best film ever made based on a video game franchise. That’s not really saying much given the history of video game movies. This is the subgenre that spawned the likes of the Resident Evil and Hitman series. Even the…
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Film Review – Gringo
If you have seen the trailers for Gringo, the cast is appealing, and the kidnap caper plot looks entertaining. The use of a marijuana drug in the plot may lead you to think this is a stoner comedy, but that is far from correct. The drug is…
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Film Review – A Wrinkle in Time
What A Wrinkle in Time (2018) gets right is understanding the intelligence, strength, and resiliency of children. They are far keener to the world around them as some would suspect, and aware of the circumstances they are placed into. Kids are often neglected as too…
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