Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ cast takes shape
Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides in Lynch's 1984 version of Dune Denis Villeneuve's last two projects were the excellent science fiction movies Blade Runner 2049…
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February
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February
Project Gutenberg
The police have apprehended Lee Man (Aaron Kwok) who is a member of a counterfeiting gang led by 'Painter'. The police are willing to make…
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February
Burning (Beoning)
An ambiguous, meandering and layered mystery may be an appropriate way to start to try to describe what kind of movie Burning is. One day…
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February
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Review by Andy Hayler (11-Feb-2019) “Can You Ever Forgive Me” is a true-life tale of a literary forger. Biographer Lee Israel, played by Melissa McCarthy,…
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January
Green Book
The movie claims to be 'based on a true friendship' between pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his driver Frank Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), better known…
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January
The Hate U Give
Starr (Amandla Stenberg) lives in the poor, mostly black, neighbourhood of Garden Heights, and attends a private, mainly white, school in a different, wealthy area.…
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January
Polar
So first of all you have to go into this movie with the right mindset: it is a graphic novel adaptation, and it is as…
23
January
Brexit: The Uncivil War
According to this movie, the mastermind behind the outcome of the UK's historic referendum was Dominic Cummings (Benedict Cumberbatch). He apparently pretty much single-handedly strategised…
20
January
The Spy Gone North (Gongjak)
Korea was divided into two parts as a result of World War II when the Soviet Union occupied the North and the United States occupied…
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January
The House That Jack Built
Lars von Trier's latest film takes inspiration from the titular nursery rhyme. The phrase 'The House That Jack Built' can have a few different meanings…