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Welcome to the year of the romcom! Much has been made of the genre’s disappearance from the theatrical experience. True, they still flood streaming services, with Netflix distributing the best of recent years in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man. But with the exception of Anyone But You, few have made any noise either at the box […]
The Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson’s 13th film as a writer-director. This time, he takes his trademark style to the espionage genre. Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro) is an industrialist, arms dealer, and the richest man in Europe. He had also made many enemies, and after a sixth attempt on his life, Korda sets out […]
Channel 4 has developed a tradition of adapting popular children’s books into animated specials for Christmas. 2023 sees the second book in Judith Kerr’s Mog series getting this treatment. Mog is a dim and forgetful cat that the Thomas family owns. Her peaceful life gets disturbed by a strange tradition the humans celebrate. This includes putting […]
It has been a long six-year wait for Doctor Strange to have a second solo adventure. This time Marvel brought in a directional heavyweight for an adventure across the multiverse. America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) is a teenage girl who has the power to travel the multiverse. She’s also being chased by demons and monsters. When […]
Spider-man is a character that needs little introduction. He is one of Marvel’s most famous characters and has been popular across many forms of media. His third film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe is his biggest yet. Spider-man: No Way Home picks up where Spider-man: Far From Home left off with Spider-man’s identity being revealed to the world […]
The Courier is a Cold War spy thriller about how a British businessman became an asset for Western intelligence in the early ‘60s. Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) is a GRU officer who sends a message to the CIA and MI6 that he fears that nuclear war is imminent. The CIA and MI6 have to find a […]
It is a hell of a time to be a Marvel fan. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been dominating the box-office with many being critical darlings and financial successes. Marvel Studios has been able to release 23 films over the course of 11 years; so averaging two films a year. Because Marvel has been able to produce […]
Sam Mendes’ World War One film 1917 is seen as one of the leading contenders for the 2020 award season, and for good reason. Lance Corporal Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Lance Corporal Will Schofield (George MacKay) are two British soldiers fighting on the front lines in France. They’re given a mission by General Erinmore (Colin Firth) […]