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Brief Consideration: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble “Well, well, well”, as Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent once said. There’s no reason for the quote other than to create a dramatic opening to the post. This is perhaps the longest time since I last saw a film and wrote … Continue reading →

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Brief Consideration: Bring Her Back (2025)

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble It’s a real sign of the times when you start to feel out of whack about release dates. As of writing, Bring Her Back has been released in US cinemas and is currently available on VOD. However, in the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last of Us, Season 2, Episode 7: Convergence

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble I’ve honestly been dragging my feet on this review. Despite seeing the finale at a relatively sensible time, I guess I’m feeling paralyzed in writing about it. I guess that’s sentiment for you. It can be bewitching and sweet. … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last of Us, Season 2, Episode 5: Feel Her Love

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble This might be the quickest and meta preamble that I’ve ever written. Whilst I watched episode 5 at a reasonable time, my thoughts on it were slow forming. This was in addition to being absorbed with Doom: The Dark … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last of Us, Season 2, Episode 4: Day One

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble By the time credits roll on the two plus season adaptation of The Last of Us Part II, I will be sounding like a broken record. And that’s in relation to over stating the importance of each episode as … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last of Us, Season 2, Episode 3: The Path

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble In writing this preamble, I’m almost reminded of the phrase of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted or run away. That’s how fast the tide of the internet turns whereby two days can make something new … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last of Us, Season 2, Episode 2: Through the Valley

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble This is one of those few preambles where I have no words. The review and discussion it hopefully garners should speak for itself. But for the sake of saying something, I feel we are now getting to the riveting … Continue reading →

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Miyazaki May: The Wind Rises (2014)

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

More then any other film that Hayao Miyazaki has made, The Wind Rises seems to be a mirror that casts the most personal reflection of the animated auteur. Part of this comes from Rises being the last movie he made … Continue reading →

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Miyazaki May: Spirited Away (2003)

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Spirited Away is a special film. It’s an experience that’s delightful, wondrous and truly transportive. Whilst on a stroll with her parents, Chihiro Ogino (Rumi Hiiragi) comes across an empty street with some restaurants that are seemingly open for business. … Continue reading →

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Miyazaki May: Princess Mononoke (2001)

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

As a genre, animated movies are by and large treated with kid gloves, often being dismissed based on their cartoony aesthetic and place in the multiplex cycle. Films like Princess Mononoke shatter this frequent preconception. Hayao Miyazaki’s stunning and meditative … Continue reading →

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