Review archive
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3/5 · 2023
I find the discourse surrounding this movie interesting, as honestly, I think it speaks volumes on the state of the MCU. Had this movie came out earlier I don't think it would b...
Published 19 February 2023
4/5 · 2022
No, every other single review wasn't lying, this really is a <ivisually stunning</i film. As expected, this film is mind blowing visually. No matter how much I was told this bef...
Published 20 December 2022
4.5/5 · 2022
“My heart was buried with her” The undertaking of this film by Coogler is no small feat. Faced with the tragedy of Boseman and having to incorporate that into the story in a way...
Published 18 November 2022
3/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 26 Sala Grande This movie could’ve been incredible. I don’t think I’ve ever left a film feeling so conflicted after watching it, and with some time removed...
Published 13 September 2022
2/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 25 – PalaBiennale Zeller has fumbled his 2nd feature adapted from one of his plays with this hollow and unrealistic screenplay. As a portrayal of mental ill...
Published 12 September 2022
4.5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 20 – PalaBiennale One of the best reactions in a cinema I’ve ever experienced for a film. Period. The ingenious writing of McDonagh is able to take this rel...
Published 10 September 2022
3.5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 18 PalaBiennale “Y’know, my favorite thing about the movie is, like, it feels like a movie. It feels like a real, like, you know, go to the theatre film, mo...
Published 9 September 2022
5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 15 PalaBiennale On the whole I don’t find play to film adaptations particularly interesting, often they lack the cinematic qualities that makes cinema such...
Published 7 September 2022
4/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 8 – PalaBiennale Bones and All takes it wildly dark and haunting story and opts to tell one of love and security that is a sharp contradiction to the violen...
Published 5 September 2022
1.5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 12 – PalaBiennale This film hinges on one of my biggest gripes in cinema, having a relationship at its core that has virtually no development. The film asks...
Published 5 September 2022
4/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 7 – PalaBiennale Bardo, much like its official title, is a lot. The film doesn’t just throw you in the deep end, it completely submerges you in dense metaph...
Published 4 September 2022
4.5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 6 – PalaBiennale TÁR is a beast of a film. Much like an orchestra and its conductor, Todd Field masterfully composes this cinematic journey so delicately an...
Published 4 September 2022
3.5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 3 – PalaBiennale “Elvis is my Hitler” There’s a lot going on in this and while it’s all good, it just never really comes together as much as you want it to....
Published 2 September 2022
3.5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 2 – Sala Giardino Oliver Hermanus’ Living, unbeknownst to me until watching, is a remake of Kurosawa’s masterpiece Ikaru. Having never seen the latter, it b...
Published 1 September 2022
2.5/5 · 2022
Venice Film Festival 1 Sala Darsena Still in shock that I’m actually writing a review from Venice Film Festival but here we go. Princess tells the story of a young Nigerian woma...
Published 1 September 2022
4.5/5 · 2022
“He was a libra moon” I loved Rachel Sennott in Shiva Baby and am totally not surprised that she completely stole the show here. She made what might be cringey or forced “youth”...
Published 24 August 2022
4/5 · 2021
After Yang is both a departure and continuation from Kogonada's previous film Columbus. Aesthetically it follows on from Columbus with the mindnumbingly gorgeous static cinemato...
Published 22 August 2022
4/5 · 2022
Jordan Peele's Nope is yet another hit from the innovative horror director. This time he takes his skills in horror to the skies to wonderful results. Far more ambitious in scop...
Published 17 August 2022
1.5/5 · 2022
Look, I really wanted to like this. I thought the abhorrent amount hate this film is getting was a residual effect of people just hating the MCU lately, but alas, this film isn’...
Published 26 July 2022
3.5/5 · 2022
Yet another addition into the everexpanding MCU, Ms. Marvel introduces one more young, relatable and endearing hero into the fold. Without a doubt the best part of this show is...
Published 21 July 2022
3.5/5 · 2022
So, the latest addition to the MCU has just dropped and with it comes many conflicted feelings once again. The film is plastered from start to finish with Taikaisms, it's stuffe...
Published 9 July 2022
4/5 · 2022
I'll admit I was highly apprehensive heading into this film. I'm not the biggest Baz Luhrman fan in the world, I have a deep respect for the films he's made but there's never be...
Published 2 July 2022
3/5 · 2022
Somewhere within this 6hour event there lives a concise and powerful 2hour film, but sadly the filler and bloated nature of the latest Star Wars Disney+ show leaves it feeling u...
Published 27 June 2022
4/5 · 2022
The newest instalment into Cooper Raiff's filmography has secured him as one of my favourite up and coming directors. With both his cinematic outings there's this rare quality t...
Published 21 June 2022
