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Two short film reviews, and two films which are pretty different despite the fact that they rhyme. Anyway, read on.

Continue reading “Double Review: Maestro, Society of the Snow”

One of these things is not like the other. In that one film is a gorgeous treatise on love, loss and loneliness while the other is a film starring Jason Statham where he does his usual Jason Statham exploding things and generally messing things up in the name of justice/revenge whatever. I daresay you’ll be able to work out which is which.

Continue reading “Double Review: The Beekeeper, All of Us Strangers”

The transition from acting to directing is a common phenomenon in the cinematic stratosphere, particularly when it comes to the echelons of Hollywood. George Clooney, Ben Affleck and Ben Stiller are just a few examples, with Barbie’s Greta Gerwig and Maestro’s Bradley Copper both standing out as a couple of recent film darlings who are picking up a lot of attention during the awards season.

Continue reading “Review: The Kitchen”

The Expanse is a brilliant TV series, at least from the seasons I’ve watched so far. It’s full of intricate plotlines, impressive visuals as well as a bunch of compelling characters. It sits between Firefly and the remake of Battlestar Galactica, in that its narratives are grimmer than the former while not diving quite as deep into dark depths of the latter. One of my favourite characters is a woman called Anna Volovodov. She’s a Reverend, a mother and a wife who provides consolation and empathy to just about everyone around her, no matter what planet they come from (the overarching narrative centres on the threat of war between Earth, Mars and a middle world known as The Belt).

Continue reading “The ‘Brain Tumour = Madness’ Trope in Film and TV”

Has there been a bit of drama with the Oscar nominee announcements? Of course there has. Read on.

Continue reading “Review: Oscar Nominees 2024”