2022 Reviews – The Northman

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A friend suggested we ‘witness the rise of the Northman’ in cinemas together. Yeah, right; I was planning to watch it at home, later in the year, where I could hide under the doona covers during more confronting moments, like … Continued

2022 Reviews – X

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I’m late to it, but I’m here to review it. X, marks the spot. Maxine Minx (Mia Goff) is an exotic dancer, off to make a porno movie in the summer of 1979, with her producer boyfriend Wayne (Martin Henderson), … Continued

2022 Reviews – Morbius

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I’ve actually been looking forward to Morbius. Unlike Venom, where after two movies I still don’t see Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, Jared Leto seems like great casting to me, in the role of Dr. Michael Morbius, the Living Vampire. … Continued

2022 Reviews – The Batman

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Hold up! The early awe for this movie, even from the trailers, has been mountainous. I personally think this movie should have a hard task, living up to the two great recent iterations of Batman in movies that are less … Continued

2022 Reviews – Cyrano

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And so here’s a movie based upon another classic play, but one which I’ve never even heard anything about. Sure, I’ve seen the comically long nose before, I know Steve Martin’s Roxanne is a thing, but I’ve never heard of … Continued

2022 Reviews – Death on the Nile

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Not one of you wanted Rose Leslie (the redhead maid) to lean into Kenneth Branagh during her interrogation, and scold him with, ‘you know nothing, Hercule Poirot’? C’mon! Oh, I’m easily pleased. Kenneth Branagh directs his second movie released in … Continued

2022 Reviews – Belfast

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Amidst the beginning of the Troubles, the Northern Ireland Conflict, Belfast catalogues the days of schoolboy Buddy (Jude Hill), as his family weighs up the costs and benefits of leaving their home for a new and safer start elsewhere. Loving … Continued