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Category Archives: Reviews
Argento April: The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
In the context of what’s come before in Argento April: The Stendhal Syndrome miraculously seems like an answer to my chief criticism of Dario Argento’s output. He seems more fixated on the cinematic flourishes that pervade his films as opposed … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Argento April, Review, Reviews
Tagged Asia Argento, blogging, Cinema, Dario Argento, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, life, movie, Movie review, movies
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Argento April: Deep Red (1974)
Deep Red or Profundo Russo (Italian title) is the cinematic equivalent of soaring. It’s a film that illustrates Dario Argento is not merely working within the horror genre, but understands it so profoundly that he can bend it to his … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Argento April, Review, Reviews
Tagged blogging, Cinema, Dario Argento, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, movie, Movie review, movies, Reviews, Writing
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Argento April: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1971)
Loosely defined: Giallo is a popular 20th century genre that specialises in mysteries, thrillers and occasionally supernatural horror. The Italian word translates to yellow and the genre gets its name from the yellow coloured paperback novels that dominated bookshelves in … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Argento April, Review, Reviews
Tagged blogging, Cinema, Dario Argento, film, films, Giallo, horror, Horror Movie, movie, movies, Reviews, Writing
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Review: The Mandalorian Chapter 1 (2020)
The first episode of the highly anticipated series- The Mandalorian had a quiet UK theatrical release a couple weeks ago (via Cineworld Cinemas) So, it seemed like fair game to cover it for the blog. Television pilots are funny creations. … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Rare Posts, Review, Reviews
Tagged Baby Yoda, blogging, Disney, Disney Plus, Jon Favreau, Mandalorian, Pedro Pascal, Review, science ficition, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, tv
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Review: The Invisible Man (2020)
HG Wells’s The Invisible Man has always been a story with limitless potential. The novel mixes a bemused comedic spirit (courtesy of some of the people who encounter the title character) and a palpable fear of its central scientist whose … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, 2020 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged Cinema, Elizabeth Moss, film, film review, HG Wells, horror, Horror Movie, Leigh Whannell, movie, Movie review, movies, The Invisible Man
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Review: The Lighthouse (2020)
In 2016, Robert Eggers impressed the world with The Witch: a meticulous period film, mixing Christian import and feverish paranoia in its telling of a New England family, succumbing to the follies of their puritanical existence. The film remains one … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, 2020 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged blogging, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, life, movie, movies, Robert Eggers, Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe
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Review: 1917 (2020)
Cinema is no stranger to one take shots. Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick created indelible sequences that made Touch of Evil and Paths of Glory part of our cinematic dreamscape. Alfred Hitchcock impressively tried to make his one location murder … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, 2020 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged 1917, Art, blogging, Cinema, film, film review, films, life, movie, Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes, war
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Review: Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (2020)
Despite having some arresting imagery and a few good performances, Suicide Squad was a poor aping of a John Carpenter film that did not entertain or amuse. The movie did not even do right by its central attraction- Margot Robbie’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, 2020 Films, Comic Book Movies, DC, Review, Reviews
Tagged 2020, action, Birds of Prey, blogging, film, films, Harley Quinn, Margot Robbie, movie, movies, Review, super hero movies
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Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
In A New Hope, when Han Solo describes the Millennium Falcon, he says “she’s got it where it counts.” The same could be said of The Rise of Skywalker- an occasionally frustrating and erratic film. However, in its best moments, … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, 2019 Films, Review, Reviews, Star Wars
Tagged blogging, disney canon, fandom, film, films, JJ Abrams, movie, movies, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker, Writing
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Review: The Irishman (2019)
Aside from his independent films in the 70s and 80s, Martin Scorsese has become a celebrated director for his reinvention of the gangster picture; turning them from smoky backroom family dramas to seedy, fast-moving and ultra-violent thrill rides. The Irishman … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, 2019 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged Al Pacino, blogging, Cinema, film, films, Great Film, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorcese, movies, Netflix, Review, Robert De Niro
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