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REVIEW: You People (2023)

January 30, 2023 Grant Watson

If you rated new romantic comedy You People based on boldness and ambition, it would almost certainly be one of the first great features of 2023. Ezra (Jonah Hill) and Amira (Lauren London) are two singles in Los Angeles who meet … Continue reading REVIEW: You People (2023)

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REVIEW: The Outwaters (2022)

January 23, 2023 Grant Watson

This is a little piece that I like to call “Why I hated The Outwaters and why I think you should give it a go”. This is not the traditional sort of film review, because this is not the traditional sort of … Continue reading REVIEW: The Outwaters (2022)

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REVIEW: Black Adam (2022)

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Grant Watson

Warner Bros’ slow, tortured mishandling of its DC Comics characters continues with Jaume Collet-Serra’s Black Adam. Dwayne Johnson was confirmed to play the titular anti-hero all the way back in 2014 (having circled the property since late 2006) and the confused … Continue reading REVIEW: Black Adam (2022)

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REVIEW: The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Grant Watson

In 1830, the body of a West Point military cadet is found hanged in the forest. Before the body may be examined by the academy’s doctor (Toby Jones), its heart is mysteriously cut out. Retired detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) … Continue reading REVIEW: The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

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REVIEW: M3GAN (2022)

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 Grant Watson

Technically first released at the tail end of 2022, horror movie M3GAN arrived in Australian theatres properly this week as the first Hollywood studio contender of 2023. It is what you might call a ‘meat-and-potatoes’ film: it does not invent anything … Continue reading REVIEW: M3GAN (2022)

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REVIEW: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Grant Watson

Everything Everywhere All at Once had an odd run of it in 2022. The film itself was a weird blend of comedy, drama, science fiction, and action. The audience reaction was unexpectedly enthused; this is the kind of film that usually … Continue reading REVIEW: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

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REVIEW: Tentacles (1977)

January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 Grant Watson

When Jaws was an unprecedented commercial success in 1975, it inspired every enterprising independent producer to make their own version to profit from the original’s success. I recently watched Michael Anderson’s 1977 film Orca, likely the most successful and well-remembered of these derivative … Continue reading REVIEW: Tentacles (1977)

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REVIEW: Nope (2022)

January 3, 2023 Grant Watson

There was a time, about 20 years ago, when M. Night Shyamalan was the hottest name in Hollywood thanks to a run of inventive original thrillers. The Sixth Sense shot the writer/director into the stratosphere with critics and audiences, and he found … Continue reading REVIEW: Nope (2022)

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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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REVIEWS: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

December 21, 2022 Grant Watson

A group wealthy, social media-addicted twentysomethings assemble at a countryside mansion for a ‘hurricane party’, during which they decide to play “Bodies Bodies Bodies”, a murder-in-the-park style party game. As they play, secrets between them begin to be revealed, and … Continue reading REVIEWS: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

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