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1917 2019
1917 is as close to a perfect film as I've ever experienced. Roger Deakins' gorgeous "one take(" cinematography is simply astonishing, immersing the viewer in the blasted landscape and despair of World War 1 from the perspectives of its two incredible leads, Dean-Charles Chapman and George McKay. Both give extraordinary performances but McKay's Lance Corporal Schofield is a revelation, eerily resembling an iconic Tommy and displaying the heroic courage and dogged determination required to carry out what amounts to a…
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The King 2019
As a young and questionably prepared novice king, Timothee Chalamet dazzled in the role of Henry V. Having read some lukewarm reviews, I had my reservations going in whether he would have the gravitas and life experience to do the role justice, but they were unfounded. Chalamet continues to impress and astound me with each successive role.
Joel Edgerton’s turn as John Falstaff was solid, as was Sean Harris' advisor William, but it was Robert Pattinson’s Dauphin of France that…
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Ad Astra 2019
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
"Why do we go on? Why do we care?" the film asks of us. An existential question for both father (Tommy Lee Jones) and son (Brad Pitt), both of whom have dedicated their lives to space and the obsessive quest for the unknown and perhaps the unknowable.
I found Ad Astra to be curiously austere and cold for a James Gray film, however DP Hoyte Van Hoytema's masterful cinematography is astoundingly beautiful, technically superior and razor's edge precise, meriting awards…
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