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Month: February 2021

Posted onFebruary 24, 2021April 22, 2021

‘News of the World’ Review: What’s New in Greengrass’ Western?

Captain Jefferson Kidd (Tom Hanks) travels from town to town across the old west reading newspapers for anyone who will pay ten cents and listen....

Posted onFebruary 18, 2021April 22, 2021

Misogyny Lives on in Black Christmas (1974) – Retro Review

Black Christmas (1974) is a frightening masterpiece of a slasher, if you could really call it one. Though it holds the conventions of a slasher,...

Posted onFebruary 16, 2021April 22, 2021

‘The Dig’ Review: Charming Archaeology Drama that Gets Mired in Convention

On the eve of the second world war, Amateur Archeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) is hired by ailing landowner Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) to excavate...

Posted onFebruary 14, 2021

Doctor Sleep and Stephen King’s Greatest Weakness

There’s a lot to recommend Doctor Sleep, Mike Flannigan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s belated sequel to The Shining. Flannigan’s character work is always great, it’s...

Posted onFebruary 10, 2021April 22, 2021

‘Saint Maud’ Review: A New Horror Masterpiece

Offering end of life care to elderly cancer patients takes a great toll on Maud (Morfydd Clark). But greater still is the pain of not...

Posted onFebruary 10, 2021April 22, 2021

The Beauty in the Mundane in Fargo (1996) – Retro Review

Right off the bat, I would like to apologize to myself for waiting this long to watch Fargo (1996). A Coen Brothers Classic for a...

Posted onFebruary 10, 2021April 22, 2021

‘The White Tiger’ Review: Rags to Riches via the Harsh Streets of Delhi

Balram (Adarsh Gourav) considers himself a rare kind of man. He has been born into poverty in a low caste, but he manages to hustle...

Posted onFebruary 8, 2021April 22, 2021

Top 30 Films of 2020

It’s always difficult to reduce a years worth of films to a shortlist of 30, but this year was particularly challenging. I have always favoured...

Posted onFebruary 1, 2021April 22, 2021

‘Host’ Review: Paranormal App-tivity (Sorry)

Stuck in lockdown, a group of bored friends decide to conduct a seance over zoom. But as the spiritualist internet connection cuts out and the...

Posted onFebruary 1, 2021April 22, 2021

‘Miss Juneteenth’ Review: Touching Story about a Mother’s Legacy

After winning the Miss Juneteenth beauty contest, Turqioise Jones (Nicole Beharie) has not achieved the success she had once dreamt of. Struggling to pay the...

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