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The Farewell – Film Review
Billi (Awkwafina) and her family return to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch Nai Nai (Zhao Shuzhen) — the only person that doesn’t know she only has a few weeks to live. Concepts like these are always heavily intriguing to me, because they are wholly…
- 2025
Crawl – Film Review
Alexandre Aja’s latest film Crawl is a delightfully entertaining creature feature that boasts a terrific performance from Kaya Scodelario and truly great tension. When a massive hurricane hits her Florida town, young Haley Keller (Kaya Scodelario) ignores the evacuation orders to search for her missing father, Dave (Barry Pepper). After finding him gravely injured in their family…
- 2025
Midsommar – Film Review
Ari Aster is a filmmaker that should be celebrated for decades to come, especially because he is someone who is not afraid to take risks when it comes to crafting his art. Instead of following the traditional filmmaking techniques that many other filmmakers use, Aster uses his own methods in an effort to create something…
- 2025
Yesterday – Film Review
Highly acclaimed director Danny Boyle teams up with screenwriter Richard Curtis on their latest film Yesterday – an amusing although somewhat underwhelming picture. Musician Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) wants to make it big in the music industry and become the next big sensation with the help of his lifelong manager Ellie Appleton (Lily James) but it…
- 2025
Spider-Man: Far From Home – Film Review
To say that the twenty-third installment in the long-running Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man: Far From Home had some pretty big shoes to fill after the masterpiece that was Avengers: Endgame would be a massive understatement. Many fans all around the world were worried that Far From Home would be too similar to 2017’s Homecoming in that it would feel too small in scale…
- 2025
Anna – Film Review
Beneath Anna Poliatova’s (Sasha Luss) striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world’s most feared government assassins. There was a surprising lack of marketing behind Luc Besson’s latest film Anna, which is puzzling considering that it boasts a remarkably talented cast with the likes of…
- 2025