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Dune: Part Two 2024
One of the greatest sequels in cinema history, but one that's better described as a direct continuation, not only in terms of narrative in picking up exactly where its predecessor left off, but also in maintaining the astonishing standards of immersive cinema spectacle. It spices things up with evolving character motivations, new additions to the story, and even larger science fiction set pieces on a somehow even more mindblowing scale. Quite simply, we are witnessing one of the greatest achievements in filmmaking.
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The Iron Claw 2023
You can't handle the truth! Where biopics will bend the truth to embellish a story, the opposite is required here for a tale that's too tragic to be told. This account of one family's generational trauma deviates from fact for a retelling that's less true, but is made more believable and not so wholly depressing that it makes audiences tap out early. It's a soaring study of toxic masculinity, emotional suppression, and familial tensions that grabs a hold and suplexes…
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Black Hawk Down 2001
Scott described the film as ‘anti-war, but pro-military’ and that is certainly true. There’s no single star-lead protagonist, but a team of individual heroes. There’s no sentimental bullshit; showing the families back home or close-ups of American flags fluttering in the wind. Instead Scott bravely removes these genre clichés and replaces them with the gritty reality of war.
Typically of Scott there’s an incredible attention to detail, with even something as small as a hot shell casing burning a soldier’s…