Category: Film
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We Live in Time review
It’s the start of a new year, and I’m incredibly excited about the coming year. Awards season for the film industry is in full swing. January alone sees UK audiences treated to major cinematic releases including Nosferatu, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and finally Adrian Brody’s near four-hour epic The Brutalist. However, before…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 10 – 1
Previous Articles in This Series The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50 – 41 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 40 – 31 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 30 – 21 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 20 – 11 10 –…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 20-11
Previous Articles In the Series The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50 – 41 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 40 – 31 The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 30 – 21 20 – The Bikeriders One of the big surprises of last summer for me…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 30-21
Previous Articles in the Series 30 – American Fiction We’re resuming our rundown of the 50 best films of 2024 in the UK with American Fiction. Released in February of this year, American Fiction is a satirical comedy from first-time director Cord Jefferson. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including both Best Picture and Best…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 40-31
Previous Articles in the Series The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50-41 40 – Paul & Paulette Take a Bath We’re resuming our rundown of the 50 best films of 2024 in the UK with Paul & Paulette Take a Bath. Paul & Paulette Take a Bath is the debut film by…
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The 50 Best Films of 2024 in the UK: 50-41
50 – A Different Man Kicking off our rundown of the 50 best films of 2024 in the UK is A Different Man. Starring Marvel veteran Sebastian Stan, A Different Man is a black comedy. Sebastian Stan plays Edward Lemuel; an aspiring actor who suffers from neurofibromatosis that manifests itself via facial disfigurement. Edward befriends…
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Challengers review – Zendaya aces it in tennis dramedy
It’s the start of May, and we’re now officially entering the start of summer blockbuster season. Over the coming months, the major film studios will be releasing several high profile movies in theatres including A24’s Love Lies Bleeding, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to the award winning Poor Things – Kinds of Kindness. Before all of…
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Drive-Away Dolls review
It’s been six years since the Coen Brothers (Joel and Ethan Coen) released The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018. Since the release of the three-times Oscar nominated Netflix original, the duo have remained busy. The duo continue to be credited as executive producers for FX’s Fargo antholohy series. And in 2021, Joel Coen made…
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Dune: Part Two review
It’s been a few weeks since the global theatrical release of Dune: Part Two. Director Denis Villeneuve’s second entry in the Dune franchise arrives almost two and a half years after Part One. Dune: Part Two was originally due to be released on October 20, 2023. The SAG-AFTRA strike that ran through the summer of…
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The Iron Claw review
We’re almost at the mid-point of February, and film releases tied to 2024 Oscars season are now winding down. One of the films tipped as a potential dark horse for the 2024 Awards season was The Iron Claw. The latest effort from Canadian director Sean Durkan, The Iron Claw is a. biopic about the Von…