Dan Willis

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  • The Family

    ★★★

  • A Fantastic Fear of Everything

    ★★★★

  • John Carter

  • Carnage

    ★★★★

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  • The Family

    The Family

    ★★★

    Lighthearted plot, but some heavy-hitting action.
    Not perhaps what I was expecting from Besson, De Niro, and Jones, but felt it probably didn't deserve the hammering it got from Rotten Tomatoes.

  • Carnage

    Carnage

    ★★★★

    This film is awesome.
    An almost tantalising delve into a situation where societal norms and civility are inexorably peeled away.
    I loved that things would almost reach a resolution, only for an ill-spoken word to spark continued descent into carnage.
    The closing shot is possibly the most winningest shot ever, and makes the entire film.

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  • The Adventures of Tintin

    The Adventures of Tintin

    ★★★★★

    I watched the trailer and was somewhat sceptical. I had this nagging suspicion that it would be sitting at the bottom of The Uncanny Valley, a la Polar Express.

    Thankfully, my suspicions were entirely unfounded. The production of this film carefully captured the illustration style of the comic books and blended it most convincingly with that real-human feel. I think it was something to do with the rendering of the eyes, but it never felt uncanny to me.

    I watched…

  • Punch-Drunk Love

    Punch-Drunk Love

    ★★★★½

    This is my favourite Adam Sandler film. Something completely different, and yet Sandler still comes through.

    A stark, bright palette of primary colours - primarily blue - complements the feel of the film very well.

    I'd call this a must-watch.