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Challengers 2024
“It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.”—Andre Agassi, Open
There’s something so fascinating about how isolating but strangely romantic the sport of Tennis can be. A war of both body and mind. Two competitors each on their own island, rallying ferociously back and forth.
But what happens when each stroke of the…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
When I go to the cinema, more than anything, I want immersion. Here it is done better than any film I’ve ever seen, burying you deep into the barren sands of Arrakis. Or whether it’s under the black sun of the malevolent Giedi Prime. The sound fixes your body into complete stillness, whilst it finds a home in your chest. Images burn themselves into your brain. Tension leaks into the atmosphere, as we see motives unravel themselves. Character’s internal dialogues…
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The Batman 2022
A detective batman, a seductive catwoman and a depraved riddler collide set to the backdrop of a Gotham City drenched in Mann’s wet night streets and Fincher’s world building.
The suave playboy Bruce Wayne that I grew up watching is no longer, here we see an isolated and more damaged side to the character who channels the pain and angst to be the all fearing vigilante better referred to as ‘Vengeance’ and Pattinson delivered in every aspect.
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Dune 2021
I’m almost speechless, experiencing this in IMAX was definitely the best cinema experience I’ve ever had. The look, sound and even feel of this thing literally blew me away at times. Denis does immersion like no other, the way the first hour was a contemplative piece of world building which then abrupted into perfectly orchestrated chaos shows the masterful director he is. Part 2 cannot come soon enough.
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