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10 great films from 2022

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 Grant Watson

It is that time again for me to select 10 films that I particularly enjoyed from the past year. Calling such a list a “year’s best” always strikes me as disingenuous and unhelpful. For one thing, while I am fairly … Continue reading 10 great films from 2022

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10 great movies from 2021

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Grant Watson

Year’s best lists always fill me with some trepidation, simply because they seem such an impossible thing to achieve. That’s why I stopped even trying to claim my own annual list was any sort of representative summary. Instead, this is … Continue reading 10 great movies from 2021

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Amazon’s MGM purchase: the franchises

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Grant Watson

Amazon’s US$8.45 billion dollar purchase of film studio MGM was announced this week, giving the tech company the rights to literally thousands of hours of archive content as well as a number of ongoing feature film franchises. It has led … Continue reading Amazon’s MGM purchase: the franchises

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10 great films from 2020

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Grant Watson

2020 has been a weird year for cinema, thanks to the global coronavirus pandemic that shut down most cinemas through the year, saw film festivals either shut down entirely or shift online, and more than a few films intended for … Continue reading 10 great films from 2020

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