I will make you love cinema.
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There’s a film embedded with a message, and then there’s a message embedded with a film, when the message is telegraphed to the point of exhaustion. Animal Kingdom is…
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Sometimes a film will leave you with an image or two that can, by themselves, be more satisfying, than a complexly plotted film or a big budget extravaganza taking…
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Concepts can either be the foundation a film is built on, or the house itself. The dangers of making a house out of a concept alone is that at…
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Dune Part 2 is a revolution. Dune Part 2 is a revelation. Dune Part 2 achieves all that it set out to do, as the second installment in a…
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There are films that take chances with the audience. Some in terms of challenging subject matter. Some in the use of style or its form, which relates to a…
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I did instantly recognise it as a considerable film. I’m writing this review after my second viewing. The first was when it was released in 2021, releasing all too…
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Some mediocre shows are blessed with good titles while some good shows are cursed with titles that mischaracterise them enough to turn off a prospective viewer that might have…
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Murder mysteries draw us in with the puzzle, and 2022’s Decision to Leave employs a couple of decent puzzles, though they are not at the heart of the story…
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Nonsense can be fun. Real fun. Because nonsense can be amusing. But there is a difference between nonsense and making no sense. The latter can be and is usually…
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Every once in a while there’s a film, mediocre as a whole, but a part of it testifiably a masterpiece. How does that happen? Film productions are notorious for…
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