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From the Past

Films on the to-do list

  • Armageddon Time
  • Black Widow
  • Chimes at Midnight
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Last Christmas
  • Remember Sunday
  • Shazam! 2
  • Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Spy Guys

Category: Reviews

Dune (2021)

Film review: Dune (2021), directed by Denis Villeneuve tl;dr: At least I stayed awake throughout this one? Dune is based on the 1965 (!) Frank

The Batman (2022)

Film review: The Batman (2022), directed by Matt Reeves tl;dr: Not so much a Batman film as a general ~vibe~. The Caped Crusader is back

Bad Sisters (2022)

TV miniseries review: Bad Sisters (AppleTV+, 2022) tl;dr: Irish remake of Belgian dramedy miniseries does not disappoint. A few years ago I wrote about a

Emma. (2020)

Film review: Emma. (2020), directed by Autumn de Wilde tl;dr: Does what it says on the tin. From a director mostly known for music videos

Armageddon Time (2022)

Film review: Armageddon Time (2022), written and directed by James Gray tl;dr: Naive sixth-grader in 1980s New York learns about white privilege, but it’s really

Black Adam (2022)

Film review: Black Adam (2022), directed by Jaume Collet-Serra tl;dr: A film that gets lost in its own mythology and Hulk smashes through everything. In

Goodfellas (1990)

Film review: Goodfellas (1990), directed by Martin Scorsese tl;dr: Iconic gangster biopic is still really iconic. Goodfellas is based on the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy