Michael Mann’s intense thriller is a highly stylised, but deglamorised imagining of Thomas Harris Red Dragon. Unlike Bret Ratner’s star-studded, but tame 2002 release, Manhunter is a thematic marvel, brimming…
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City of God 2002
Approximately seven years ago I had the opportunity to watch Fernando Meirelles’ and Kátia Lund’s City of God, but through a combination of naivety, stupidity and a ridiculous abstention from…
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Armageddon 1998
I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve now sat through each of Michael Bay’s “films”, but I will never be able to tell you why. As I begrudgingly made my way…
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Cloud Atlas 2012
When the Wachowski siblings and co-collaborator Tom Tykwer announced they would be creating an adaptation of Cloud Atlas message boards erupted with doubt and trepidation. Despite their shared filmmaking acclaim,…