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REVIEW: Strange World (2022)

January 1, 2023 Grant Watson

The Walt Disney Animation Studio has been producing animated feature films since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, and with a legacy that long – 61 films up to the end of 2022 – it is perhaps understandable that the … Continue reading REVIEW: Strange World (2022)

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REVIEW: Ambulance (2022)

October 22, 2022 Grant Watson

I think it is a common childhood dream to watch an action movie and ask, why can’t they make an action movie that is all action? No character development, no boring talkie bits, but just pure non-stop action? It is clear to … Continue reading REVIEW: Ambulance (2022)

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REVIEW: The Guilty (2021)

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 Grant Watson

Remaking foreign films is always such a contentious business. In all honesty it goes both ways: adapting a narrative from one language or culture to another can introduce new perspectives and insights, and make a good story available to audiences … Continue reading REVIEW: The Guilty (2021)

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REVIEW: Prisoners (2013)

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Grant Watson

Denis Villeneuve received a lot of attention for his science fiction films Arrival and Blade Runner 2049, and anticipation for his upcoming adaptation of Dune is at a fever-pitch. It’s his 2013 thriller Prisoners, however, which best showcases his strong directorial talent. Without the benefit of those other … Continue reading REVIEW: Prisoners (2013)

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REVIEW: Life (2017)

January 29, 2020 Grant Watson

On the International Space Station, a team of astronauts and specialists receive soil samples from a Martian probe. Inside they discover proof of life on Mars: a single-celled organism. Once attempts to stimulate it result in the creature’s rapid growth, … Continue reading REVIEW: Life (2017)

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REVIEW: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

July 2, 2019January 16, 2022 Grant Watson

In the aftermath of the events of Avengers: Endgame, a grieving Peter Parker (Tom Holland) must cope with the death of his mentor as well as a gap of five years between dying along with half of the Earth’s population … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

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