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I ended up watching this movie completely blind with no prior knowledge, other than it’s based in the motels in Kissimmee, Florida and with just one known actor in the billing – Willem Dafoe who plays Bobby Hicks, the trusted managed of the Magic Castle Hotel where the story is based. Director Sean Baker directs in a very…
I was looking forward to Thor: Ragnarok a lot due to the involvement of one person: Taika Waititi. I’ve followed his previous work from Flight on The Concords through to What We Do in the Shadows, and I love how his directing style relies less on landing jokes, but more on improvisation and getting something…
I had no idea what I was about to experience when watching Double Date. All I knew that it was a comedy, but it turned out to be a dark comedy taking slasher horror from a very bland aesthetic to something violent but brimming with character.
When I heard they were actually creating a sequel to Blade Runner is was highly skeptical. Not only because cinema has moved away from its distinct ‘noir’ style, but it’s such a masterpiece of pacing, imagery, tension, world building and soundtrack, I thought it wasn’t going to happen.
[THIS FILM REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS] I sat down to watch this movie as someone who also watched the 1990 version of Flatliners . I was glad to see Ellen Page headlining the movie and Kiefer Sutherland also making a cameo too, with the promise of this not being a ‘remake’ but a sequel to the…