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IF
IF, like The Fall Guy before it, is delightfully old-skool. Unfortunately, like The Fall Guy before it, I feel this isn’t something that...
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
I’m not too sure I can think of a franchise, superheroes exempt, that has ‘rebooted’ for the third (arguably fourth time if you count the...
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy has brought the fact that stunt performers are not afforded Oscars recognition by having their own award into light and may...
Challengers
Apparently, it seems a requirement to star in a tennis movie after playing the key love interest role in a Spider-Man franchise. Strange,...
Back To Black
The life of Amy Winehouse has enough depth to fill a TV series. From her sheer talent, pioneering style and success based on songs that...
Civil War
Debating what Alex Garland’s best project is has just got a whole lot harder. The much talked about and hyped Civil War breaks the doors...
Monkey Man
It’s a satisfying moment where the cultural significance and influence of a film or series is realised in real time. It doesn’t happen to...
The Book of Clarence
The Book of Clarence isn’t quite what you may expect with this subject matter and with LaKeith Stansfield in the title role. Of course,...
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
The ‘sequel to the reboot’ has become it’s own bonafide subgenre in recent times and is an unfortunate example of studio apprehension and...
Drive-Away Dolls
Sometimes, you just need a sub-90-minute, screwball comedy/crime caper to blow the cobwebs off. Drive-Away Dolls is the latest example,...
Monster
A film that explores the way a story can change when looked at from different perspectives, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster is an absolutely...
American Fiction
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if we get a surprise at the Oscars this weekend and American Fiction walked away with Best Picture. It may...
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