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  • Inception
  • The Handmaiden
  • The Dark Knight
  • 1917

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  • Don't Worry Darling

    ★★★

  • The Gray Man

    ★★★½

  • The Black Phone

    ★★★½

  • Thor: Love and Thunder

    ★★½

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  • Don't Worry Darling

    Don't Worry Darling

    ★★★

    Florence Pugh adds another powerhouse performance to her repertoire while standing above a film clouded in rumour and conflict. Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling provokes plenty of intrigue but does so little with the material to substantiate to the viewer.

    Don’t Worry Darling has had one of the most interesting press tours that we have seen in a while. The marketing for the film promoted the film as a high concept thriller and there is some deliverance to that -…

  • The Gray Man

    The Gray Man

    ★★★½

    The Gray Man has all the theatrics of a Michael Bay spectacle; cleanly shot action sequences, FPV drone shots, high caliber stars, and minimal character development – however, with all that it also manages to evade the permeating odor of Bay's early 2000's dialogue, opting instead, for minimalism and clean thrills.












    FULL REVIEW BELOW:

    What on God's green earth compelled Netflix to spend $200 million on a frivolous action flick directed by the Russo Brothers with stars Ryan Gosling and…

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  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    ★★★½

    While not the most masterful finale in a trilogy, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World provides just enough satisfying dives to make the final ride with Hiccup and Toothless a memorable and heartfelt one.



    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World may not be a groundbreaking narrative, but the send-off and development of its lead characters is something to appreciate. So what does this film do differently that grants it approval as a complete and well concluded…

  • Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame

    ★★★★½

    #DontSpoilTheEndgame - SPOILER-FREE REVIEW


    Tying together 11 years of cinematic history into a single 3 hour epic - 'Avengers: Endgame' is an ode to those that forged the franchise; a fantastically structured narrative combining the best elements of every MCU film into one final chapter.


    This is a story about family, those that we lose, moving on, but also... refusing to. 'Avengers: Endgame' doesn't just signify a closing point for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the fundamental ending of a…