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There are a lot of big ingredients flying around in Richard Eyre's The Children Act (2018), but that should hardly come as a surprise for fans of Ian McEwan who not only wrote the novel upon which this movie is based, but also adapted it here for... Read the full review »
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THE CHILDREN ACT Review
There are a lot of big ingredients flying around in Richard Eyre's Ian McEwan adaptation 'The Children Act,' but does this well-acted Emma Thompson drama work well as one cohesive whole? Read the full blog post »
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WHAT I LIKED: It's funny how boxing has spawned so many film portrayals, but anyone looking for a core reason why this sport in particular is so popular in cinema needn't look any further than 'Rocky,' as it practically defines its sub-genre. Yes... Read the full review »
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The concept of 'theme' in movies is one that's often hard to put a finger on. It's generally a central idea behind a story or something that's touched upon throughout a film, but it crucially has the ability to ground a narrative in something mean... Read the full review »
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JEAN Review
Shawn Melling’s indie-picture JEAN, touches base with a lot of things, but where does this man-and-nature movie really land? Read the full blog post »
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WHAT I LIKED: On the face of it one might think that 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' is an odd movie for Martin Scorsese to have directed, but when you think about it he's always been a filmmaker interested in addictive and troubled lifestyles acting a... Read the full review »
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WHAT I LIKED: A modern-day "live action" 'Jungle Book,' may sound like a ridiculous idea, but what the visual realism in Jon Favreau's remake does is to ground the story and give us a tangible sense of what it would be like for man to live amongst... Read the full review »
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WHAT I LIKED: Disney's Toy Story trilogy has already showed us the heart-wrenching journey of watching a kid grow up, but what about when the growing up is done and the big kid in question looks back on their distant childhood memories? Well Marc... Read the full review »
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WHAT I LIKED: Where the second Inbetweeners movie easily trumps its predecessor is firstly that it delves deeper into the ridiculous expectations set for many young men, and also that its comedic territory extends beyond that to the absurdity of m... Read the full review »
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