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Review: Prometheus (2012)

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

In the warm and pleasant summer of 2012, I left Ridley Scott’s Prometheus with a sense of majestic confusion. The film had cast a spell of bewilderment that has been hard to untangle in the intervening years. This was in … Continue reading →

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Concise Reviews: The Planet of the Apes Series (1968-1973)

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Planet of the Apes  The 1968 classic is an earnest science fiction film that is as concerned with its debates as much as the unravelling of its culture and society. The film is held together by a weighty central performance … Continue reading →

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Review: The Babadook (2014)

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Sartaj Govind Singh

The Babadook is a powerful and disturbing film that illustrates the way in which grief and pain can manifest themselves in our everyday life and become metaphysical forces of terror that embody destructive emotions. Aside from this central idea, the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Fly (1958)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Sartaj Govind Singh

The original 1958 version of The Fly proved to be a fascinating experience, even from the perspective of having seen David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake. Firstly, the film has a mystery that resides in nearly every frame. In some ways, it … Continue reading →

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Then and Now: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Sartaj Govind Singh

In 2005, I was a melancholic 13-year-old. Aside from starting my GCSEs and being on the edge of adolescence, one of my great childhood loves was coming to an end in the most inevitably bleak way. It was well documented … Continue reading →

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