Category: Film
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Is Pixar’s latest feature a swimming success? Jacob Hando offers the verdict.
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I know, I know, this film and franchise has been spoken of to death. However, now that the backlash and conflict has died down after the divisive film that was The Rise of Skywalker (2019), I think it is worth looking back on some red flags presented much earlier on. The Force Awakens (2015) was…
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Gifted has been out for a while (since 2017 to be exact), but with names like Chris Evans, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer and Jenny Slate, it is surprising how little this film is discussed. Director Mark Webb and writer Tom Flynn take well-known themes and tropes – particularly the gifted child narrative – and expand…
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Football is a topic often featured in films; with its prominence in our society as a cultural common ground for individuals across the nation, it’s no surprise the sport spreads its wings across narrative and documentary forms alike. From films that focus on the legends of today, the past heroes of the game and fictional…
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As Disney’s latest live-action remake hits cinemas, Sam Pegg provides his verdict.
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What if you could make a gun that was unregistered, invisible, and untraceable? What do you think a kid would do with a gun like that? Travis Andrade’s WESLEY brings a new American perspective on an old American problem: gun control. Seen through the eyes of Wesley (James Sandler), an 11-year-old boy in middle-class America, this…
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George Stephenson offers his verdict on the latest project from Andy Samberg.
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While the anticipation of Nomadland (2021) winning the next Best Picture brews — a film that sidetracks the artificial compulsion to captivate the audience’s attention by complex narratives, and recedes to postmodern realism in emphasis of the beautiful sceneries surrounding the characters — I intuitively recall a similar film written and directed by Jeff Nichols…
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After premiering in Berlin last year, Reece Beckett reviews Kelly Reichardt’s long-awaited latest feature.
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From Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) to Braveheart (1995) to even modern epics such as The Avengers (2012), archery has been making its way into cinema since the golden age. Whether its the hard work in which the headline stars or the plethora of extras train with professionals for weeks before shooting a scene, or the…
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Josh Trank has very quickly made a name for himself within Hollywood and amongst film fans as… certainly a difficult director to predict. He flew into mainstream success with Chronicle (2012), a faux-found-footage film that made it appear as though three American teenagers had stumbled across a discovery that in turn gave them superpowers. It…
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Sam Pegg sums up the latest outing from Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy in this Netflix superhero comedy.
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WESLEY is a haunting short film about the pervasiveness of American gun culture on young boys. It is the story of Wesley (James Sandler), a young boy who is both surrounded and fascinated by guns. When Blake (Johnathan Irwin), a troubled friend of his older brother has gotten hold of a 3D-printed gun, we follow…
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Adam Sandler is arguably one of the most divisive actors in Hollywood but why? Reece Beckett chronicles his career.