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Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
A true classic. Sets the standard for UFO movies with a tone that has never truly been replicated within the genre. The film conveys the sense of anxiety and uncertainty that would surround the arrival of unearthly visitors, but blends this uneasiness with a real childlike sense of curiosity and optimism at points. Wonder and awe take centre-stage when this film confronts the viewer with interplanetary unknowns - a trait that many modern takes lack. This is also emblematic of this…
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The Vast of Night 2019
A charming, suspenseful, modernised take on a genre somewhat lost to time. A thrilling first-watch that plays with the viewer’s expectations - keeping them in the dark as to whether a visit from “the people in the sky” is exciting, concerning, or a horror-story waiting to happen.
Harkening back to the days of radio-plays and dramas, the film’s 50s aesthetics and dialogue plunge its audience into a rich, rural-American setting - with empty small-town streets and technological limitations serving to…
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Signs 2002
Purposefully and gorgeously shot, extremely atmospheric and very competent at building tension. The film is filled with real heart, genuinely emotional moments and even humour peppered throughout, whilst simultaneously not impeding its tenser moments. It toes the line between tones, with scenes that wouldn't feel out of place in ET being sandwiched between classic thriller/horror tropes - yet neither feel out of place. Well acted from the leads despite some clunky dialogue here-and there.
Unfortunately let down by outdated CGI…
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