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Podcast Rating Review

The Greatest Showman (2017)

In his review of The Greatest Showman, Hunter from Kinemalogue suggests that it would have worked a lot better if it had been about “C.T. Farnum,” a Charles Foster Kane-esque stand-in for the film’s actual subject.

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Arrival (2016)

I’ve always loved the English language idiom of referring to the vast expanse of space as “the heavens.”

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The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)

Plenty of times in my movie-watching life, my first reaction to a film has been that it’s like watching two movies tussling for control.

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Sicario (2015)

I’ve seen Denis Villeneuve compared to Christopher Nolan on multiple occasions, and I think there’s some truth to the comparison.

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Enemy (2013)

I really wish that I loved Enemy more than I did.

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TV Review Guest Post

Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 7

The last time I watched Gangs of London’s first season all the way through was in the spring of 2020, fully four years ago now, but my memory of the show up to this point has, I think, been pretty sharp.

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Prisoners (2013)

It’s strange: With Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve has a bigger budget, a more talented cast and crew, a script that he did not write himself, a new language to film in, an entirely new genre

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Incendies (2010)

Denis Villeneuve spends Incendies creating a tension between docudrama and melodrama

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Toast (2010)

Toast is a fluffy and bittersweet English dramedy set in the 1960s, following the story of a talented teenage chef as he navigates the loss of his mother and his passion for cooking.

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Madame Web (2024)

Remember last year when half of y’all decided that Moonfall was a lovably dopey and charming throwback blockbuster?