Pan’s Labyrinth (2006).
The beauty of the movies is, for me, the ability for the fantasy to bleed into the real. I don’t mean that film should be limited to the fantastical but… Continue reading "Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)."
Tag: Drama
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Da 5 Bloods (2020).
As I watched the opening moments of the new Spike Lee Joint, Da 5 Bloods – which debuted on Netflix on June 12th – the footage of an interview with… Continue reading "Da 5 Bloods (2020)."
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After Life – Season 2 (2020).
Whilst the momentum of After Life came to a satisfying conclusion with the final episode of Season One, it still came as no surprise when its creator and star, Ricky… Continue reading "After Life – Season 2 (2020)."
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Cinema Paradiso (1988).
Cinema Paradiso is about many things; the formative years of a young boy and how he grows up in a single-parent family to become a successful film director; the relationship between a… Continue reading "Cinema Paradiso (1988)."
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Hunters (2020).
Hunters is the new series from Amazon Prime and stars Logan Lerman as Jonah Heidelbaum, a Jewish teenager living with his grandmother in 1970s New York. Following his grandmother’s murder,… Continue reading "Hunters (2020)."
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Hidden Figures (2016): In memory of Katherine Johnson, August 28th 1918 – February 24th 2020.
On February 24th, Katherine Johnson (nee Goble) died at the age of 101. Her death made headlines all over the world, attesting to her importance in the world of science… Continue reading "Hidden Figures (2016): In memory of Katherine Johnson, August 28th 1918 – February 24th 2020."
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Locke and Key (2020).
Locke and Key is the new, high-concept, spooky fantasy show from Netflix and is based on the comic book series written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez. The… Continue reading "Locke and Key (2020)."
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018).
Somehow Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote exists. Almost twenty years after the director’s catastrophic first attempt to make the film, which was brought down by an unwell… Continue reading "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)."
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Richard Jewell (2019).
At almost ninety years of age, most of us would probably be happy just to be alive and in possession of our faculties, but amazingly Clint Eastwood is still out… Continue reading "Richard Jewell (2019)."
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The Lighthouse (2019).
Two men start to go mad when a storm maroons them at the lighthouse they’ve been manning for the past month. Whether it’s the mythic, allegoric depiction of the two… Continue reading "The Lighthouse (2019)."