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After all this time, what does the blockbuster have left to offer? At its platonic ideal, a big-budget, mass-marketed movie induces pleasure. With swift and bright characterization, it allows actors to operate in a grander register, aching to fill the space of dizzying visual landscapes around them. Bombast and awe on all fronts. Maybe it’s… Continue reading The Matrix Resurrections
Yes, I know you’re trying to wind down the year, think about the best of 2019, the best of the decade and whatnot, but I also like to look ahead. Every year, I put together my most anticipated films and series of the year list and I’ve done the same once again for 2020. 2020… Continue reading 38 Movies and TV Series to Look Forward to in 2020
I couldn’t narrow it down to only one – or even 10 if I’m honest - film per year so instead I narrowed down the 20 best films from a decade that, I believe, changed the foundations of cinema as we know it. Year-end, ten-best movies lists are more than just an annual occasion for… Continue reading Best Movies of the 2010s
2019 is coming to an end, which mean you’re either recovering from a hangover and Christmas food coma or you’re about to recover from another hangover. Either way while this year is ending, it’s once again time to sit down and talk about the best films that were released this past 12 months. These are,… Continue reading Best Movies of 2019
Nine years after the release of "Toy Story 3" the lovable toys that launched Pixar into a giant in the animation space are back and show little wear. Fourth instalments have never been easy. The likes of “Rocky IV” and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” are easily outnumbered by such fourquel chaos as “Superman: The Quest For Peace”, “Batman &… Continue reading Toy Story 4ky
Let us start with a proposition: according to GQ , “Every generation gets its own Keanu Reeves, except every generation’s Keanu Reeves is this Keanu Reeves.” My mum always loved Keanu Reeves. And as I grow older, I find myself thinking that Keanu Reeves has been a solid movie constant in my life. Despite being so famous… Continue reading Why Keanu Reeves is a Modern Hero
With both his dog and his muscle car already avenged in the previous two movies, the biggest question going into John Wick: Chapter Three – Parabellum may be who or what a “parabellum” is? Well, for the non-scholars of dead languages reading this, you might be interested to know that it comes from the Latin phrase: Si vis… Continue reading Parabellum
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