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Category Archives: movie review
13 Mini-Reviews of Movies & Series from 2022
The Power of the Dog (2021). Nominated for 12 oscars. Is it really that good? No. But it is a decent western with a slow story that only becomes clear near the end in a very strong ending. Cumberbatch plays … Continue reading
11 Mini Reviews of Films and TV Shows from 2021 & 2022
Eternals (2021). A very long film about barely interesting superheroes. Some of the ideas and visuals are interesting if you don’t think about the story too much, but in the end it is just a randomised assortment of actors punching … Continue reading
Posted in movie review, Movies
Tagged Eternals, film, Licorice Pizza, movie, Nightmare Alley, Red Rocket, review, Spider-Man No Way Home, Turning Red
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Two Films: Winnie the Pooh (2011) & Christopher Robin (2018)
Winnie the Pooh (2011) 6.5/10 Disney produced a whole slew of Pooh related films through the 2000s. There was a Tigger movie named The Tigger Movie (2000) and a Piglet movie named Piglet’s Big Movie (2003) and a Heffalump movie … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Robin, Ewan McGregor, film, movies, review, Winnie the Pooh
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The Matrix Resurrections (2021) and 11 Other Mini-Reviews of Recent Films and TV Shows
The Matrix: Resurrections (2021). This film is so “meta”, that the writers took their own brainstorm meetings at Warner Bros and said: “you know what, let’s just make a film about these meetings. Let’s make a film about people trying … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Look Up, Encanto, film, Ghostbusters Afterlife, review, The Matrix Resurrections
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No Time To Die (2021) and mini-reviews of 7 other recent films
No Time To Die (2021). Bond, James Bond. It’s full of amazing scenery, well-choreographed action scenes, great special effects, and James Bond does a lot of James Bondey things like racing in cars, making love to women, sailing boats, shooting … Continue reading
Posted in movie review, Movies
Tagged Devs, film, Finch, james bond, movies, No Time To Die, Red Notice, review, Shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings, The French Dispatch
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Dune (2021) and mini-reviews of 10 other recent films
Dune (2021). It is very good. But far from perfect, and not even Villeneuve’s best. As an adaptation it is very faithful to the source material, which is hugely satisfying as a fan of the book, and it’s a feast … Continue reading
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Tagged Dune, film, Free Guy, movies, review, The Green Knight, The Suicide Squad
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Reviews of 13 recent films from 2021
Army of the Dead (2021). More zombies than you can shake a stick at, hombre. Zack Snyder is back in the game with a new zombie film and it is exactly what you would expect from a Snyder film: long, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Widow, film, Jungle Cruise, movies, Pig, review, The Tomorrow War
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The Crazy Story of Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film made by Bavarian filmmaker Werner Herzog. It is one of multiple epic, grand films of his from the 1980s, most of them starring the German diva actor Klaus Kinski. Fitzcarraldo is a really fascinating one. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Film Review, Fitzcarraldo, movie, Werner Herzog
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Mini-Reviews of recent Films, Documentaries and TV Shows
—— Movies —— Nomadland (2020). It has the feel almost of a documentary. Shot with a lot of real people (but some of them are actors). Basically it is about people, good people, trying to make the best of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Love Death and Robots, Mortal Kombat, movie, My Octopus Teacher, Nomadland, Oxygen, review, The Witcher
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Mini-Reviews of recent films from 2021, and some from 2020 and 2019
The White Tiger (2021). Engrossing film about an Indian man trying to escape poverty, based on an equally engrossing novel. A painful look at class differences and inequality. Begins to sag a bit towards the end, but overall great cinematography … Continue reading