The Fear Street series, originally written by R.L. Stine, thrives off subversion. So much about this trilogy rejects typical horror tropes. As a newcomer to horror, I was nervous but excited to watch Fear Street. My intrigue won out. It seemed presumptuous to consecutively release all three films on Netflix in the weeks of July…
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13th – Netflix film review
Ava DuVernay’s BAFTA award-winning documentary 13th has recently seen a 4,500% increase in streams in light of the murder of George Floyd. The title is a reference to the thirteenth amendment, which states that American people should be subjected to “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime”. The film charts how…
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Film review: The White Crow
Rudolph Nureyev, widely regarded as the greatest male dancer of his generation, possessed the quality that makes any technically proficient artist into something special; rebelliousness. He learned the rules of dance, then pushed further. Ralph Fiennes’ third directorial offering tells the story of this Soviet ballet dancer gradually breaking free of constraints until the moment…
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Mississippi Burning and the White Gaze
Mississippi Burning is a tense historical thriller that tells the story of the FBI investigation into the murder of three civil rights activists during the Freedom Summer campaign by several KKK members. The film won an Oscar and has a fantastic cast, starring Gene Hackman as Agent Anderson and Willem Defoe as Agent Ward. Many…
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Film review: Beauty and the Beast
In Disney’s latest live-action remake, we are taken back to a story that we all love for always being incredibly ahead of its time, yet undeniably classic, Beauty and the Beast. A tale of how the beautiful, strong and intellectual Belle (Emma Watson), sacrifices her freedom in order to spare her father Maurice (Kevin Kline)…
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Film review: Logan
The year is 2029 and the X-Men are essentially a thing of the past. No, this isn’t the state of a post-superhero fatigue movie industry, but Logan, an exciting and unique remedy to that superhero fatigue. Right? Not exactly. Much has been touted of Logan’s grittiness, but the truth is that the film is so…
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The BFG
Far surpassing Tim Burton’s nauseating remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Spielberg’s film adaptation of The BFG will excite all audiences, from the ages of one to 100. No doubt, Dahl would be very happy with the final product. Spielberg, as in his timeless film adaptations of Jurassic Park, uses CGI to bring Roald…
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Review – A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash is the remake of 1969 film La Piscine, directed by Luca Guadagnino, and starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts. The film follows Marianne Lane (Swinton), a world famous rock star, on holiday with her boyfriend, Paul (Schoenaerts) following vocal surgery. Their blissful haven, however, doesn’t last for long…
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Review – The Finest Hours
Hot off the gargantuan success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes Disney’s latest release, period disaster movie The Finest Hours. The movie is based on the true story of the United States Coast Guard rescue of the ship SS Pendleton after it split apart during a violent storm in 1952. It stars Chris Pine,…
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