When I’m really looking forward to seeing a film, I watch every single trailer, interview, and behind-the-scenes featurette that I can find leading up to its release (multiple times over, might I add). I realize that by doing this I run the risk of tainting my eventual viewing experience. However, I’ve always been good at parking my preconceptions at the theatre door and engaging with projects as impartially as possible. Brady Corbet’s cinematic monument The Brutalist is one film I’ve…
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Nosferatu 2024
Robert Eggers is one of those filmmakers who occupies a lane entirely unto himself. From the types of stories he tells to the ways in which he tells them, his work has a distinct flavour that you either clamour for or vehemently detest. His latest film, Nosferatu — his first out-and-out adaptation — is both a reverent homage and a reinvention of one of cinema’s most iconic tales. However, like his previous works, I suspect it won’t be everyone’s cup…
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Don't Worry Darling 2022
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
What in the Matrix hell!!!
I was lucky enough to catch Don’t Worry Darling a few days early, and my first question is this: Why the fuck is this film getting spit on so much?
Sure, Olivia Wilde’s Stepford Wives - Truman Show love child isn’t flawless, but it’s far from the punching bag critics have been beating up on ever since its memeification at Venice. Honestly, did I watch the same movie, or was it some new cut done…
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Bullet Train 2022
David Leitch’s latest, Bullet Train, rolls into theatres this week and while it’s not the smooth maglev’d ride its double entendre of a title would suggest, it’s certainly an entertaining one. Starring Brad Pitt, whose week promoting the film has been one long parade of Fruity Pebbles-inspired linen-blend suits and skirts, Bullet Train is packed with about as much colour and energy as a bowl of the Post cereal.
Admittedly, I was pretty lethargic heading into this one—in a few…
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