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REVIEW The Shape Of Water (2018)

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On February 6, 2018

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

Let’s get one thing out of the way: The Shape Of Water is every bit as good as you’ve heard.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro, The Shape Of Water follows Elisa (Sally Hawkins), a mute cleaner at a government facility who meets “The Asset” – an amphibian humanoid (part man, part fish) that the government is studying. Elisa begins to spend time with The Asset, leading the security head Strickland (Michael Shannon) to grow suspicious of her motives.

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REVIEW The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

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On February 6, 2018

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

There are any number of angles you could use as an entry point in to discussing The Cloverfield Paradox, the third film in the Cloverfield universe (a term used loosely, the way someone might describe a handful of mismatched dining chairs as a “suite”) that was released on Monday a mere two hours after the premiere of its first trailer during the Superbowl.

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REVIEW Downsizing (2018)

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On January 25, 2018

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

It is extremely rare to be surprised by a film. The way movies are written – especially those coming out of the Hollywood system – demands foreshadowing for almost every element of a story that might be considered surprising or might feel like it’s coming out of left-field. As a result, most big budget films are predictable. Look for the signs, and you can figure them out.

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REVIEW Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

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On December 21, 2017

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

It’s kind of funny: I feel a little bit like I can’t talk about Star Wars: The Last Jedi – arguably the biggest film of the year, which came out late last week – without acknowledging the online backlash which has emerged against it in the last few days. And the reason I feel I need to acknowledge it is that, by contrast to that, any review I give is going to seem alarmingly positive and contrarian.

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REVIEW Justice League (2017)

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On November 17, 2017

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

If you know anything about me, you’ll know that I’m a fan of superheroes. I read Marvel and DC comic books by the truckload, religiously follow every superhero show on television and streaming, and have watched every superhero film released since 2008’s Iron Man at least twice. Seriously. I just rewatched every Marvel Cinematic Universe film ahead of Thor: Ragnarok.

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REVIEW Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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On November 1, 2017

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

Like most fans (I guess) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it would be fair to say that Thor’s solo movies were – until now – my least favourite of the various MCU solo movies, mired by dull plotting, a bland main character, and fairly uninspired action sequences that didn’t really offer anything too new in terms of visuals.

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The thing Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2 is missing.

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On October 20, 2017

In Movies, Pop Culture

I’m currently in the middle of watching the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe again, in anticipation of Thor: Ragnarok (which opens next Thursday), and just went past one of my favourites in the entire MCU: the original Guardians Of The Galaxy. And I noticed something about that film which was notable – not just because of what it meant to that film, but also notable because it was missing from the sequel, Guardains Of The Galaxy: Vol 2.

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REVIEW Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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On October 8, 2017

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

I’ll start by telling you that I loved Blade Runner 2049. I walked out of the theatre feeling like I had just witnessed one of the great science-fiction films of the past decade, if not in all of film history, as well as one of the best sequels ever made.

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REVIEW Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

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On September 25, 2017

In Movies, Reviews

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

You all know the scene: the nefarious Richmond Valentine (deliciously portrayed by Samuel L Jackson) tests a weapon that causes anyone within its range to lose their minds in a violent rage, choosing a small Kentucky church – the base of operations for a radical right-wing hate group – as the location for his first experiment. Except that Harry Hart, the legendary Kingsman agent known as Galahad (and played by Colin Firth), is also in the church. Violent rage gives way to increasingly violent acts, all set to the increasingly frantic guitar solo from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird”, with Hart utilising his spy training to emerge as the sole survivor.

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MOVIE REVIEW The Departed

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On January 17, 2007

In Flea Market Archive, Movies, Reviews

How could it fail with a cast like this?

I’ll tell you how: too much swearing, too many dodgy scenes and far too big a twist at the end. And did I mention the swearing?

The Departed follows undecover police officer Billy Costigan (played expertly by Leonardo Dicaprio) as he infiltrates the biggest crime syndicate in Boston, led by Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) in an attempt to bring it down. While all this is happening, it comes to light that Costello has his own inside man in the police force, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), who is tasked with tracking down the mole in Costello’s gang of crooks.

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