Grave of the Fireflies
A Japanese brother and sister (Tsutomu Tatsumi and Ayano Shiraishi) struggle to survive the end of World War II in Studio Ghibli’s only 12A-rated feature. Isao Takahata’s (Pom Poko, The Tale […]
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a pre-Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki movie set in a post-apocalyptic kingdom bordering a toxic jungle. Though watching the dubbed version is less than […]
Suspicion
A stinking rich young woman, Linda (Joan Fontaine) falls for the charming-but-cheap Johnnie (Cary Grant) after they encounter each other on a train. But will someone become suspicious of someone? […]
Nightmare Alley
Bradley Cooper stars in this remake about a carnival drifter turned psychic grifter who cons the wealthy elite into a baffling Best Picture nomination. Watching a Guillermo del Toro movie […]
Amulet
People who know Romola Garai from her appearances in period dramas such as Atonement and The Hour (and fundamentally misunderstand the concept of acting) will be shocked by her directorial […]
Lamb
Noomi had a little lamb in this Icelandic folk horror tale of a farming couple (Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason) raising a sheep as their own. The debut feature […]
Scream (2022)
It has been 25 years since Wes Craven cut through the slasher landfill with the ring of a landline. A decade on from Scre4m, Ghostface is back to terrorise a […]
Licorice Pizza
This week saw the passing of Peter Bogdanovich, whose 1971 masterpiece The Last Picture Show is one of many reference points in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Licorice Pizza. Just to explain […]
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Immediately after the events of Spider-Man: Far From Home, and some time after the events of Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spidey’s (Tom Holland) secret identity is leaked […]
The Matrix: Repetitions
Twenty-to-sixty years after Neo and Trinity (Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss) saved the human race from cyber-imprisonment, the Matrix is still everywhere, the human race is still enslaved, and the […]
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