Review: Les Miserables, Episode One
While I don’t often review individual shows, this is a unique and rare instance where the worlds of film, musical theatre, literature and ...
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The 300 Coda: My Top 50 Movies of 2018 and My Top 40 First-Time Watches of Older Films
As a capstone to The 300, I’ve decided to look at the 317 movies I saw in theaters during 2018 and pick my ...
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Review: Widows
A fusion of stark brutality, underhand crimes and complex systems of political and personal power, Widows is far more just than an awards-season thriller, ...
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Review: They Shall Not Grow Old
Coinciding with the centenary of the Great War, I think it’s safe to say They Shall Not Grow Old is a once in ...
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Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ to star Timothee Chalamet, Benicio del Toro and more
After I (perhaps overzealously) reported in the summer that Wes Anderson’s latest film would turn out to be a musical set in 1950s ...
Rejoice! Artemis Fowl trailer shows that Disney can do an adaptation right
I once I had the honor of meeting Eoin Colfer – and he is such a cool guy. Regrettably, I didn’t own a ...
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New trailer for The LEGO Movie 2 is a glorious Mad Max homage
You don’t need me to go on about how fantastic this is going to be, or how I cried with laughter in the ...
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Review: Roma
Thinking about the opening shot of Roma brings tears to my eyes. The centerpiece film at the 2018 New York Film Festival is ...
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New Mary Queen of Scots trailer has Ronan and Robbie vying for Oscar glory
Okay, so it might not be true that the women were friends, or that they ever met in person – and, well, Saoirse’s ...
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Spellbinding Mirai trailer oozes fantastical, time-travelling charm
A weird baby, a time-hopping sister, and a toddler on an epic adventure – I’m sold! It’s all here in the trailer for ...
Review: The Great Buster
Why is it so flipping funny to watch a grown man fall over? I don’t know, but Buster Keaton realized this from a ...
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Wes Anderson’s new musical in 1950s France announced
Watching too much Wes Anderson is like eating too many Fondant Fancies in one go and then wondering why you feel sick. They’re ...