Author: Jacob Hando
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October proved an immensely successful month for cinema: No Time to Die climbed into the UK’s all-time top five grossing films, Venom 2 breezed through to a pandemic best opening weekend, Dune secured a sequel and in China The Battle at Lake Changjin made an eyewatering $858 million alone (at the time of writing). It was a month of relief to…
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Jacob Hando takes us back to yet another David Villeneuve masterpiece.
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After years of telling people “Dune’s going to be great” and hearing back “why, what’s happening in June?”, the hotly anticipated adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary 1965 sci-fi novel has finally landed. Dune, as in the sand banks and definitely not the sixth month of the year, is a titanic, elemental slab of next-level filmmaking…
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In the annals of film history, Apocalypse Now appears to be the only rival to match No Time To Die, the 25th James Bond film, as the most cursed production ever. It started with Daniel Craig’s early comments about never wanting to play Bond again and then there was the firing of original director Danny…
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Jacob Hando fondly remembers the wonderful comic Sean Lock
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In the last few years, it seems films sent straight to streaming have replaced films that used to be straight to DVD. These can range from silly concept B-movies to extremely generic action and comedy films, neither of which present themselves as compulsory theatrical experiences. Amazon Prime’s The Tomorrow War is no exception to this…
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Three Edge writers recount their favourite experiences in a packed cinema.
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After a two-year hiatus, Marvel roars back to the silver screen with its first Phase Four film: Black Widow. An almost singular film with its lack of interconnectedness to other MCU projects, director Cate Shortland has made a flawed, albeit fitting, spy-action send-off for Scarlett Johansson’s loved eponym. Natasha Romanoff has been a crucial part…
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Taylor Sheridan loves the American frontier. From the desert expanses that form the setting for Sicario and Hell or Highwater to the bleak snowy reservations in Wind River, Sheridan has single-handedly kept the neo-western sub-genre alive. His latest, Those Who Wish Me Dead, moves the frontier to the enormous forests of Montana where hitmen, sheriffs…
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Jacob Hando argues why this “admittedly bad film” is still something to get nostalgic about.
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Is Pixar’s latest feature a swimming success? Jacob Hando offers the verdict.
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Jacob Hando navigates the “mixed” new Marvel series.
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Jacob Hando praises the “fresh” first episode of this Clone Wars sequel series.
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After a commendable and ground-breaking awards season sweep, Nomadland has found its way into our homes. Does it measure up to its prestigious status? Jacob Hando reviews.