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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024
At the time of writing, I have seen Sonic the Hedgehog 3 twice. I watched it in theatres, as I did the first and second movies, surrounded by friends - a different group of friends for each of the four showings. Some of those friends were proper dyed-in-the-wool Sonic mega-fans, and some of them had somehow avoided any and all Sonic media until now. Surrounding us in the theatre each time were children, many of them already as obsessed as…
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The Shining 1980
I came to The Shining pre-loaded with a whole lot of preconceptions: A classic (by all accounts) film from a lauded director, a lot has been said about it in the 44 years since its release. I have seen it parodied, discussed, and dissected, I have seen its name come up on many an "all time" list - each of these things has shaped my own understanding of this movie before actually seeing it, for the first time, just now.…
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The Lighthouse 2019
The bleak, oppressive atmosphere of The Lighthouse, somehow not undercut but enhanced by some hilarious moments throughout, batters against you in waves and threatens to drag you down to its murky depths - just as the two 'wickies' drown you in theirs, their narration addled by their isolation. What could be lonelier than a lighthouse on a rock in the grey but its keepers?
In career-defining performances, lighthouse keepers Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) battle with…
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The Substance 2024
A 2024-ified The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Substance is a stylish, aggressively-hyperbolic satire that ramps it up every time you think it's done - unabashedly absurd, the movie, a fairy tale in the Brothers Grimm sense, "examines" misogyny and objectification the way a brick examines a window through the juxtaposition of comically sexualised camera work with squirm-inducing body horror.
Like Dorian Gray, aging Hollywood star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) grapples with her fading youth in a career and lifestyle…
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