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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
To date, Marvel has created 35 MCU films and yet it’s really only this one that has any sense of directorial style. Other films have auteur flourishes, but here you can see all the Sam Raimi visuals and tone on full display.
That sequence in Kamar Taj with Wanda evading her capture is fantastic, or when she takes over the other Wanda, with the use of camera and edits being just what we’ve come to expect from this director. Elizabeth…
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Blitz 2024
Blitz has a different lens on the “Blitz spirit” that’s usually been seen in film and TV before, using this story to show the diversity of London at the time of WWII.
Steve McQueen has shot this brilliantly, there’s some vibrant sequences alongside some bleak ones. It’s a disjointed film in terms of plotting and tone though, which does it a disservice as there’s little character building and it’s told mostly through vignettes so they’re kept at a distance. Some…
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The Electric State 2025
Electric State has a $320 million budget whereas The Creator was completed for less than a third of that and looked miles better. As almost every review on here seems to note, where does all the money go?
This film has no arc. It’s all just flat flat flat, with a very basic story. Why set it in the 90s if it doesn’t impact the atmosphere, it’s an alternative reality anyway. Most of the songs featured are from the 80s.…
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Wolf Man 2025
This was a real disappointment. Leigh Whannell is such an expert director and there’s some fantastically shot sequences here, but this film is just missing something.
It starts off so well, with showing why Blake is who he is and his relationship with his daughter, with a brief introduction to his wife Charlotte before things just go from bad to worse.
I’m a fan of films where the wheels come off very early on, but here there just wasn’t enough…
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