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Month: December 2020

Posted onDecember 31, 2020April 22, 2021

‘The Nest’ Review: The Sad Life of a Yuppie

Life is good for Rory (Jude Law). He has a good job in the United States where he shares a comfortable home with his wife,...

Posted onDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2020

‘On the Rocks’ Review: Characterful but a Little Too Neat

Laura Keene (Rashida Jones) is married with children and although her husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) is away a lot she believes she is happy. However...

Posted onDecember 31, 2020

‘Mank’ Review: Citizen Kane’s Little Companion

Herman “Mank” Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) is recruited by the 26 year old Orson Welles (Tom Burke) to write whatever script he feels like writing. He...

Posted onDecember 22, 2020

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: The Theft of Black Voices

Ma Rainey is a legend in the 1920s Black Soul community. The respect and excitement she inspires in the people around her have finally been...

Posted onDecember 22, 2020

Hiding Out (1987) is a Hidden Gem – Retro Review

1987’s Hiding Out is an aptly named film from where I sit because the movie had successfully been hiding out from me for 30+ years...

Posted onDecember 19, 2020April 22, 2021

‘Never Rarely Always Sometimes’ Review: Quiet, Devastating, Human

Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is 17 and pregnant. We are presented with implications regarding who the father may be, and none of the options are good....

Posted onDecember 17, 2020April 22, 2021

The Boys in “The Devil’s Backbone” (2001) Band – Retro Review

What is a ghost? This is what Guillermo del Toro asks us in The Devil’s Backbone (2001). While the questions that follow are still up...

Posted onDecember 10, 2020April 22, 2021

God Bless ‘The Holiday (2006)’

The last time I smiled this much during a romantic comedy was the first time I saw To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and I...

Posted onDecember 1, 2020April 22, 2021

The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy: What shall be it’s legacy?

In the latest exhibition of small-minded childishness, a collection of people online are sharing around a petition to have the Star Wars Sequel trilogy de-canonised...

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