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Warren Beatty’s Misfire of all Misfires; Bulworth (1998, Written by Beatty and Jeffrey Pikser)
Perhaps there is no bigger swing in Beatty’s career than Bulworth. Now of course scope wise one doe…
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O.J: Made in America, By Ezra Edelman – The Documentary of Our Time
2016 was a very particular year in the legacy of O.J Simpson, sports star, movie star, alleged murd…
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The Stepford Wives (2004) – Same Story, Different Beast Entirely
“The wives of Stepford have a secret. Are you a Stepford wife? Are you a Stepford husband? Couple, …
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Paul Newman as Director; ‘The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds’
There is something about a long title that when intentional and not for superfluous purposes can se…
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The Night Porter – Still Disturbing, Still Daring, Still Haunting
For all the things that Liliana Cavani’s 1974 erotic, post-Holocaust, psychological drama The Night…
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“Come To Laugh, Come To Cry” – Terms of Endearment, a True Dramatic Masterpiece
For me James L. Brooks 1982 family comedic drama Terms of Endearment ( adapted from the novel of th…
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Down With Love: A Darling Homage to a Bygone Film Era
The first line of Peyton Reed's terrific and painfully underrated parody and homage to the clas…
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‘Sweet Smell of Success’: The Glorious Taste of Arsenic
I have always found that certain tracks on Elmer Bernstein’s (and Chico Hamilton’s) soundtrack for …
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Philadelphia: A Film as Human as Humanly Possible
Despite my deep, deep love and adoration for Jonathon Demme, I had for multiple reasons not got aro…
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The Silence of the Lambs: Still the Greatest Psychological Thriller of All Time
If one were to describe Jonathan Demme as a filmmaker; humour and humanity would be some of the fir…
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A Film Called ‘A Fish Called Wanda’
From a downright hilarious and ever so British script from John Cleese and the last film of the bri…
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Kes: A Yorkshire Elegy to Childhood Hope
Where I’m from, this film has touched more people than you could imagine. The simple story of young…
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No Time To Die (2021) – Review
Well here we are. At long last. And yes, it was worth the wait. My mileage for Bond as a whole vari…
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The Natural – A Redford and Levinson Baseball Classic
The Natural is a story of myth. Perhaps there really is no better sport in all of history that work…
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The Lighthouse: The Deep and Dark Heart of Solitude and Madness
If one can believe it, The Lighthouse, one of the most dynamic, artful and disturbing movies of 201…
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Parasite: 2019’s Best Picture Winner, Two Years Later
The first Korean film to ever win the Palme d’Or went on to break another awards record, and arguab…
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Jojo Rabbit: Evil Through a Child’s Eyes
Following a string of very popular and critically beloved independent comedies including the except…
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Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood and the Power of Tarantino’s ‘What if?’
“Maybe this isn’t the way it was... It’s the way it should have been”. We know of the joy of Tara…
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The Irishman, the Power of Context and What Happens After the Credits
The Irishman was nominated for 10 Oscars and won none; this as a sentence truly baffles me, complet…
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Cocktail – A Sincerely Crazy Cruise Film
Let me just get one thing straight and pardon my profanity; but Cocktail f*cking rules! But it also…
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