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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…

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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…

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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…

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The Post – Film Review

From one of the most imaginative filmmakers, Steven Spielberg, The Post offers a plethora of stellar performances mixed with a nail-bitingly intense script. In the year 1971, Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep) becomes the first ever publisher of a significant American newspaper that is a female. Graham, who frequently works alongside her cohort Ben Bradlee (Tom…

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Justice League – Film Review

For decades, many superhero fans, myself included, have salivated at the thought of a potential film centered around the Justice League. The most powerful superheroes in the DC Universe teaming up to defeat an extremely powerful villain has been in talks for ages, but nothing ever came of it. However, now it has finally happened…

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Thor: Ragnarok – Film Review

If you were one of the many people who stated that the Thor film series should have more of a sense of fun and adventure to it, Thor: Ragnarok will satisfy you in all the ways you could ever hope for. This is mainly due to director Taika Waititi’s excellent and comedic directing style that…

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