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REVIEW: Ford v Ferrari (2019)

September 24, 2021 Grant Watson

James Mangold’sĀ Ford v FerrariĀ (2019) feels strangely like an artefact from a bygone age, when movie studios would spend a reasonable amount of money making an adult drama with a talented director and some popular stars, a crisply-plotted screenplay, and glossy … Continue reading REVIEW: Ford v Ferrari (2019)

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REVIEW: Girl, Interrupted (1999)

October 28, 2020 Grant Watson

1967 New England: high school graduate Susannah Kaysen (Winona Ryder) suffers a nervous breakdown and takes a drug overdose. Admitted into psychiatric care, she finds herself embedded in a unfamiliar environment with a group of young women – each suffering … Continue reading REVIEW: Girl, Interrupted (1999)

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REVIEW: Logan (2017)

March 11, 2017October 7, 2020 Grant Watson

In the year 2029 mutants are seemingly extinct. Just south of the Mexico-USA border, Logan (Hugh Jackman) – known popularly as the Wolverine – cares for a frail and increasingly senile Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart). Logan himself has seen much … Continue reading REVIEW: Logan (2017)

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