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First Love

December 25, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Takashi Miike’s 2019 thriller sees a boxer (Masataka Kubota) rescue a call girl (Sakurako Konishi) from murderous gangsters. Let’s call it 13 Assassin’s Creed. For his 103rd picture, the insanely […]

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Die Hard

December 23, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Off-duty cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) tries to put on-the-take terrorist Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) under a vest in this oft-quoted Christmas classic.  Stripping The Towering Inferno down to its […]

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Fanny and Alexander

December 21, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Just as Wolfgang Petersen was threatening Europe with a 300-minute TV cut of Das Boot came the ultimate “hold my stein” move from Ingmar Bergman, whose Fanny and Alexander miniseries […]

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The Descent

December 13, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Six friends (Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, MyAnna Buring, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid and Nora-Jane Noone) find themselves at the end of their tether when a spelunking holiday takes a rappellent turn. […]

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Decision to Leave

December 5, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A homicide detective (Park Hae-il) falls for a victim’s widow (Tang Wei) in this unprocedural thriller. For his 11th feature, Park Chan-wook makes the bold decision to leave behind the […]

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Fallen Angels

October 31, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Wong Kar-wai’s fifth feature reunites the Hong Kong filmmaker with cinematographer Christopher Doyle, for another dose of slo-mo fast living. This is two stories in one: the first a hitman […]

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

October 24, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A psychotic gangster and restaurant owner’s (Michael Gambon) nightly gorges leave his long-suffering wife (Helen Mirren) well and truly fed up. Set in a gourmet restaurant over a single week, […]

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Crimes of the Future

September 18, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

The past eight years mark the longest ever gap between David Cronenberg films, the delicious irony being that is partially due to a global pandemic. Loosely based on Cronenberg’s 1970 […]

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Jaws

September 16, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Universal has re-released Jaws (the film, not the shark) at the IMAX, marking the first time there has been a great shark movie in cinemas since 1975. The film that […]

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Paris, Texas

August 31, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

After being found adrift in the desert, Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) is reunited with the son (Hunter Carson) he abandoned four years earlier. Almost 40 years since its Palme […]

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