As News Weekly’s editor editorialised in my last article, I was one of 103 international voters for the Eightieth Golden Globes. The experience was educational as I juggled all manner of things to w…
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Back in 2019, Warner Brothers and DC brought out Shazam, the film that confirmed my suspicion DC was willing to do something creative and interesting with their shared universe.
Marvel by this time…
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The most affecting romantic comedies, no matter how absurd or screwball they are, have within them elements of tragedy. These elements give them a depth and breadth that enable them to connect with di…
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There has always been a roughness and uncertainty in the world, but over the last few years, from the Global Financial Crisis to lockdowns to war in Europe, this uncertainty has bubbled up and up and …
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2022 is the centenary of F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, the first cinematic riff on the Bram Stoker-Dracula-Vampire mythos. I’ve written on Nosferatu, but a new release offers an elegant and eloquent co…
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Most music biopics dodge the mystical aspect of music in favour of something biographical, historical, and political. Not Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, however, in which the experience of the music itself b…
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Science fiction is the quintessential modern genre. Man’s mastery over matter, humanity’s overreach regarding human nature, only become possible subjects of story when the world itself enables suc…
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Genetic and related biotechnologies have the potential fundamentally to rewrite the relationship between humanity and nature – or, at least, they give that appearance. The reality will almost certai…
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Aerial combat exists in a weird space between the sophisticated and the primal. On the one hand it relies on some of the most advanced, and expensive, technology ever created. On the other, it’s the…
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The Northman is a phenomenal – and phenomenally violent – film. It’s what would happen if Vikings made a movie about Vikings from a completely Viking perspective.
Taking its inspiration from …
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Dr Jekyll meets Count Dracula in Morbius, a comic-book thriller about a tragic anti-hero whose desire to save others – and himself – leads to horrific consequences.
Dr Michael Morbius (Jared Le…
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Turning Red is a beautiful and cheeky Pixar film about a young girl becoming a young woman and all the chaos that entails. It’s not really for kids – although they probably wouldn’t understand a…
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Humanity is broken, flawed, fallen. We hurt ourselves and others through our actions and inactions, intentionally and accidentally. The last thing we want to do is acknowledge these facts or take resp…
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Disney’s Encanto is an enchanting exploration of family, expectations, and the fear that lies beneath the desire for perfection. A vibrant and dynamic animated musical, Encanto is an incredible film…
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