There is a perilously fine line in most arthouse-oriented pictures between generating eye-opening epiphanies and inviting eye-rolling groans. What is worse, it is a line that is not only narrow but largely invisible. What works for one viewer does not … Continue reading REVIEW: The Falling (2014)
Marvel’s Black Widow finally hits cinemas next week, delayed from its original 2020 release by COVID-19 and – let us be honest – about seven or eight years late to begin with. Scarlett Johansson debuted as the international spy and assassin Natasha … Continue reading REVIEW: Black Widow (2021)
College student Dani Ardor (Florence Pugh) is already suffering from depression, but when her sister commits a murder-suicide of Dani’s entire family it drives her to her emotional limits. She takes respite in a trip from the USA to Sweden … Continue reading REVIEW: Midsommar (2019)
Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women remains one of the most perennially popular books of all time. It tells the story of the four March sisters and their close family and friends, facing domestic troubles, love, loss, and sibling rivalry in … Continue reading REVIEW: Little Women (2019)
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