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Annihilation – Film Review
Filmmaker Alex Garland, who previously wrote and directed the brilliant Ex Machina released in 2015, now brings us Annihilation. Not only is this his best film yet, but is one of the greatest and most thought-provoking science fiction films released this decade. A biologist named Lena (Natalie Portman) signs to go on an extremely dangerous…
- 2025
Game Night – Film Review
An extremely clever script mixed with brilliant comedic performances from both Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams make Game Night an entertaining treat. A couple named Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) enjoy getting together with their group of friends on weekends for a fun and entertaining game night which often includes charades and various…
- 2025
Black Panther – Film Review
Following the surprising success of 2015’s Creed, writer/director Ryan Coogler gives the character of Black Panther one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most refreshing films to date. T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) lives in the secretive nation of Wakanda, where he’s in line to become king. Wakanda was built on it’s plentiful amount of an extremely strong,…
- 2025
Lady Bird – Film Review
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird proves to be a great start, as it boasts excellent performances from Saoirse Ronan, and Laurie Metcalf to name a few. In the year 2002, a young teenager named Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who likes to be called Lady Bird, is a student at a Catholic High School. She…
- 2025
The Cloverfield Paradox – Film Review
As a big fan of 2008’s Cloverfield, and its anthology spinoff film, 2016’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, I’m genuinely disappointed with the series’ third entry, The Cloverfield Paradox, which is in a word DREADFUL. A team of astronauts aboard the Cloverfield Station make a desperate attempt to finally utilise a new energy source that just may…
- 2025
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Film Review
Martin McDonagh further proves that he is not only an excellent screenwriter, but also a director with his latest film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. A few months have passed since Mildred Hayes’ (Frances McDormand) daughter was raped and murdered in Ebbing, Missouri. The police in the city essentially do not strive to get the…
- 2025