Category: Review Wednesdays
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Don’s Reviews: Saltburn
Saltburn is a 2023 psychological thriller black comedy starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, and Rosamund Pike. Written and produced by Emerald Fennell (and also Margot Robbie). There’s certainly buzz around the film given its five BAFTA nominations, two Golden Globe noms, and three Critic’s Choice award noms. No Oscar noms, once again, for Barry Keoghan,…
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Review Wednesdays: Why you like Roma
ROMA is a 2018 drama film directed and written by Alfonso Cuaron about a domestic worker during the tumultuous political climate of 1970s Mexico. You may recognize Cuaron from Children Of Men as well as Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban a.k.a. the only good Harry Potter film. The film won an Academy award for best cinematography…
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Writing Villains: Hunter Aloysius Percy ‘HAP’ from The OA
*SPOILERS AHEAD for those who haven’t watched The OA. Jason Isaacs plays one of the most fascinating villains I’ve witnessed in a while. Hunter Aloysius Percy (a.k.a. ‘HAP’) and his relentless scientific breakthrough that breaks minds and bends dimensions. A brief synopsis The OA is a strange, esoteric American mystic drama series that debuted in…
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Review Wednesdays: The Queen’s Gambit
Any of my friends who’ve played me in chess probably cried after because I always beat them. Though, were my opponents grandmasters or mean-mugged Soviets who look like they probably belonged in the mob? Thankfully no, but I still enjoy the thrill of absolutely dominating somebody else in a game based on power. First, you…
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Review Wednesdays: A Farewell to Arms
The 1929 Ernest Hemingway novel A Farewell to Arms is an all-time classic and a personal favorite of mine. Bradley’s Cooper reaction to reading this book in Silver Linings Playbook is probably the exact same as mine, but maybe just slightly less aggressive. The novel centers around an ambulance driver, Lieutenant Frederic Henry, during WWI…
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