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5/5
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Ad Astra
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Toxic masculinity, daddy issues and mankind's battle with existentialism make up the poetry of James Gray's magnificent, beautiful space odyssey.
Posted Sep 19, 2019
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5/5
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Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Tarantino's penultimate film is pure movie magic; a beautifully crafted, deliriously cathartic sonnet to Hollywood's Golden Age.
Posted Aug 16, 2019
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4/5
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Deliriously entertaining, pure action escapism - Hobbs & Shaw is B-movie ecstasy.
Posted Aug 04, 2019
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5/5
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Spider-Man: Far From Home
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A web-slinging triumph; flabbergasting, charming and always entertaining, with heart, laughs and plenty more up its sleeve.
Posted Jul 02, 2019
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4/5
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Toy Story 4
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A majestic epilogue.
Posted Jun 23, 2019
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2/5
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Dark Phoenix
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Truly the end of an era; a flat finale shackled by superficial themes, with no sense of event. Goodbye, old friend.
Posted Jun 09, 2019
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3/5
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Ma
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Trashy horror sharpened by a deliciously wicked Spencer, but hindered by vapid clichés.
Posted Jun 03, 2019
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2/5
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A Titanic spectacle; however, the film's tiresome tendencies outweigh some genuinely breathtaking moments.
Posted May 30, 2019
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5/5
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Rocketman
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A coke-fuelled musical odyssey beyond the black and white.
Posted May 30, 2019
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4/5
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High Life
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Human nature and Mother Nature come to blows with uncomfortable consequences in this disturbing, mystifying sci-fi odyssey.
Posted May 12, 2019
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5/5
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Avengers: Endgame
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime epic. Avengers, dismissed.
Posted Apr 30, 2019
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1/5
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Hellboy
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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There's a parallel universe where Del Toro made Hellboy 3 - you can find me there.
Posted Apr 11, 2019
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2/5
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Pet Sematary
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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There's something wrong when you walk out of a film as bleak, sobering and downright hopeless as Pet Sematary, and the response is a shrug à la Partridge.
Posted Apr 07, 2019
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4/5
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Shazam!
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Big for today's superhero crazed world; hilarious, packed with heart and carelessly breezy.
Posted Mar 30, 2019
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4/5
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Us
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A sharp, sophomore thrill ride that lingers long after like a shadow.
Posted Mar 24, 2019
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3/5
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Captain Marvel
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A distinctly Phase One pre-Endgame appetiser, progressive and thematically powerful in areas missing a little wonder.
Posted Mar 11, 2019
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4/5
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Fighting With My Family
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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The charm of Fighting With My Family is irresistible. Uplifting and hilarious, embodying the tropes and delights of the underdog genre with a shameless smile.
Posted Feb 26, 2019
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4/5
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Mid90s
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Unflinching with an absorbing aesthetic, Mid90s is proper coming-of-age; terrifying, fleeting and funny with pathos to spare.
Posted Feb 26, 2019
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4/5
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Cold Pursuit
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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An insanely watchable slice of icy mayhem, self-amused but also self-assured right down to the last rib-tickling frame.
Posted Feb 26, 2019
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4/5
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The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A surrealist, pop culture tornado that whirls you up and spits you out in a state of post-playtime delirium.
Posted Feb 20, 2019
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4/5
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The Kid Who Would Be King
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Cornish provides heart, jollity and a timely reminder of how far honour goes in this throwback to legendary, adolescent-led blockbusters.
Posted Feb 20, 2019
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2/5
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Happy Death Day 2U
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Rothe is the attraction of this high-concept, ludicrous sequel that trades charm for convolution.
Posted Feb 20, 2019
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4/5
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Boy Erased
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Edgerton solidifies his talents behind the camera, crafting solid, emotionally-charged polemic that sticks with you long after leaving the cinema.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
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3/5
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Escape Room
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Awesome production design illuminates this fun flick, repressed by a lack of real wickedness.
Posted Feb 06, 2019
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3/5
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Alita: Battle Angel
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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A big-budget, not-so family-friendly adventure that kicks a healthy amount of robo-ass.
Posted Feb 02, 2019
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5/5
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If Beale Street Could Talk
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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A sensory, tender, romantic work of incredible poignancy.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
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3/5
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The Mule
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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The Mule has more than a few bumps along the way, but there's worse roads to take a Sunday drive down.
Posted Jan 27, 2019
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4/5
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Destroyer
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Kidman gives the performance of a lifetime in a gruelling, impassioned penance parable.
Posted Jan 25, 2019
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3/5
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Mary Queen of Scots
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Ill-pacing and bland storytelling betray this powerhouse showcase of Ronan and Robbie's boundless talents.
Posted Jan 24, 2019
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2/5
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Glass
(2019)
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Cameron Frew
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Shyamalan's final entry in his unlikely cinematic universe is a Split sequel with Unbreakable filling; but what's the point if none of it makes sense?
Posted Jan 19, 2019
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3/5
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Vice
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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A product of flamboyant vitriol that inspires hatred, resentment and ultimately, despair.
Posted Jan 17, 2019
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4/5
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The Favourite
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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A stunning trifecta of women lead this delectably vicious tale on the gluttony of power.
Posted Jan 07, 2019
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4/5
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The House That Jack Built
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Disgusting and cathartic in the way only Von Trier can allow without a criminal conviction.
Posted Dec 16, 2018
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5/5
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Roma
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Perfection. Cinema doesn't get as rich as this.
Posted Dec 14, 2018
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5/5
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Beautiful, hilarious, enthralling, inspiring; everything Spidey stands for and more. Masterpiece.
Posted Dec 11, 2018
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5/5
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The Old Man & the Gun
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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An unreserved, mellow triumph that soothes the soul.
Posted Dec 11, 2018
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4/5
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Creed II
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Gripping and poignant, Creed II marks the humble passing of the mantle. Just need Mr. T's son for next time.
Posted Dec 06, 2018
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2/5
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The Girl in the Spider's Web
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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A fat, big-budget dud with a pulse that even a versatile Foy can't keep from flatlining.
Posted Dec 06, 2018
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4/5
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Green Book
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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More slight than sobering, this is a charming, deftly performed piece of work.
Posted Dec 06, 2018
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4/5
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Peterloo
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Violence takes a backseat to powerful rhetoric in this dense, Universal Credit-era history lesson.
Posted Nov 19, 2018
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2/5
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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Razzle dazzle doesn't save this problematic foray into the pre-Potter world of witchcraft and wizardry.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
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3/5
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Suspiria
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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A beguiling, macabre, at times feverish remake with more to admire than enjoy. It'll churn your soul.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
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5/5
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They Shall Not Grow Old
(2018)
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Cameron Frew
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A spine-chilling, jaw-dropping window into a passage of history we shan't ever forget.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017)
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Cameron Frew
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This is without a doubt an amazing return for our legendary web-head, leaving great scope for an even greater future. Welcome home, Spidey.
Posted Nov 01, 2018
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5/5
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It
(2017)
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Cameron Frew
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No matter how hard you try, you can never be freed from the violent grip of IT, set to send many's sleep patterns into a self destructive cycle.
Posted Nov 01, 2018
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4/5
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Wind River
(2017)
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Cameron Frew
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If I were to give it a name, it'd be a neo-western-noir mystery thriller. Cinema would be a better place if there was more of them.
Posted Nov 01, 2018
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1/5
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The Emoji Movie
(2017)
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Cameron Frew
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This is more than a flop - it is an unmitigated cinematic disaster that deserves to be mercilessly beaten in a brutal, bloody fashion.
Posted Nov 01, 2018
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5/5
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Oldboy
(2003)
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Cameron Frew
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A jaw-dropping seminal masterwork, blending heart-wrenching physical and emotional brutality.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
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5/5
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Waltz With Bashir
(2008)
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Cameron Frew
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A sensitive, remarkable piece of work that presents a devastating part of history in a way that never feels inappropriate, rather, it feels essential.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
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1/5
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The Snowman
(2017)
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Cameron Frew
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You'll go in looking for an ice-cold, grisly chiller. Instead you'll be served the equivalent of a tepid cup of Bovril - and I really hate Bovril.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
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