Given that the only reason pretty much anyone would seek out this film in 2024 is because it is the debut film by a successful blockbuster director, I will put this up front
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August 32nd on Earth (1998)
After the apocalyptic farmhouse siege sequence that closed out Gangs of London’s fifth, parenthetical episode, the first question on everyone’s lips was: how the hell can the show possibly top that in the four episodes left in the season?
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The Book of Clarence (2023)
The Book of Clarence is a thought-provoking and ambitious sophomore film by director Jeymes Samuel following the slick but straightforward western The Harder They Fall.
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My daughter and I wrote a book!
Hey film friends, I’m excited to share that my six-year-old daughter Eleanor and I wrote a kids fantasy chapter book together.
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
The Zone of Interest, the latest by Jonathan Glazer, is one of the grand cinematic achievements of 2023 — and, like his last film, nearly as frustrating to watch as it is great.
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The B.A.D.S. by The Goods, 2023
Ladies and germs! We gather today to celebrate that which was most important in cinema in 2023
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Argylle (2024)
Argylle comes on the heels of his cynical, violent, goofy quasi-parody espionage franchise, Kingsman, crumbling to critical and box office oblivion.
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The King’s Man (2021)
Who, exactly, was clamoring to see Matthew Vaughn’s World War 1 movie?
Episode 4 of Gangs of London ended on a heck of a cliffhanger, with Elliot bleeding out on the Wallaces’ dining table, while an assassin embedded in the wait staff (Laura Sofia Bach) almost succeeds in gunning down Sean in his own home.
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
In many ways, I’m the ideal viewer for X-Men: First Class.