Author: Reece Beckett

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    Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home – Fan Service, but Strangely Paced

    Given the current troubles facing cinema, perhaps film fans should be thankful that something as industrial as Marvel (and/or Disney) are around to give it a kiss of life with the long-awaited conclusion to Tom Holland’s MCU trilogy. After No Time to Die performed well, there seemed to be a general assumption that cinema would be […]

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    Review: Boldy James, The Alchemist – Super Tecmo Bo

    Super Tecmo Bo doesn’t hold a candle to the collaborators’ previous works, says Reece Beckett.

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    Review: West Side Story (2021)

    Steven Spielberg returns with a musical remake – but does it hit the high notes?

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    ‘Mach at his most didactic’: A Review of Mach-Hommy’s Balens Cho (Hot Candles)

    One of the most productive and mysterious voices in hip-hop returns, for his second outing this year. Mach-Hommy has been active in hip-hop since 2013, heavily focusing on the underground style which he has helped to popularise and progress consistently – Mach has made 18 albums and 13 EPs in that timespan of just eight […]

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    Review: Earl Sweatshirt – Tabula Rasa (feat. Armand Hammer)

    Earlier this year, Armand Hammer and The Alchemist released their collaborative album Haram. It was excellent, with the clear highlight being ‘Falling out of the Sky’ (which remains my personal favourite song of the year, admittedly rivalled by Black Country, New Road’s ‘Sunglasses’) which featured Earl Sweatshirt and acted as a mellow, gorgeous meeting of three of hip-hop’s […]

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    ‘Fantastic and Moving’: A Review of Medhane’s Do The Math

    Medhane’s latest album is ‘immaculately produced’ with ‘high vocal energy’.

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    Hidden Gems: Jay Electronica – A Written Testimony

    Reece Beckett brings attention to Jay Electronica’s “statement of intent”.

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    Review: Earl Sweatshirt – ‘2010’

    Reece Beckett praises the release of the latest Earl Sweatshirt single.

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    Hidden Gems: The Harder They Come

    An ignored 1972 film gets some love from Reece Beckett.

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    Hidden Gems: Medslaus – Poorboy

    Reece Beckett adds to the Hidden Gems series with Poorboy, the unique underground record from Medslaus.

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    Nostalgic News: Allied was Released 5 Years Ago

    While no mainstream cinema hit, Reece Beckett reflects on the brilliance of Robert Zemeckis’ Allied.

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    Review: Kanye West, Andre 3000 – ‘Life of the Party’

    2021 has been a strange year for Kanye West. His marital troubles, mental health issues and album rollout methods have all been concerning and received intense media coverage. While tracks like ‘Off the Grid’ made Donda a hit, other tracks dragged it down, causing the critical reception to the record to be lukewarm. Strangely enough, West’s […]

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    Review: Cry Macho (Clint Eastwood, 2021)

    Clint Eastwood, aged 91, returns with another director-star project.

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    Review: Spencer – Bleak and Beautifully Surreal

    I have never had any interest in the Royal family. The elements of this film that drew me in were simply the talents of leading actress Kristen Stewart and score composer Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead fame), so I was pleasantly surprised when Spencer, the new film from Jackie director Pablo Larrain, was formally and ideologically more in sync […]