NO OTHER CHOICE – WHEN IT ALL GETS JUST TOO MUCH

This is a dark comedy  to its core, with a deliberately hyperbolic  style. Though  the screenplay  is clever, director Park Chan- wook does much of his storytelling  non-verbally, through sight gags, set design, action choreography and visual effects. Everything we …

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HAMNET: A PALPABLE HIT

Why is HAMNET such a fine film?

I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation provoke your discovery, and the sweet secret of this cinematic wonder shall moult its pleasure.

I have of late, (but wherefore I know not) …

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THE HBO SHOW INDUSTRY : A WALK ON THE RUTHLESS SIDE

Graduates  from all walks of life compete for a coveted  position at Pierpoint, a top investment bank in London.

The graduates include  Harper Stern (Myha’le), a black  upstate New York native who uproots her life in pursuit  of success,  despite  …

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SONG SONG BLUE : AUTHENTIC

SONG SONG BLUE follows its main characters, Mike and Claire, through both marriage and dream, wearing its heart openly, never pretending  to be smarter than it is.

The story follows Mike (Hugh Jackman) and Claire (Kate Hudson), a married couple  …

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ORWELL : 2+2 = 5 : THE PROPHET

ORWELL 2+2=5 is a 2025 documentary written, produced and directed  by Raoul Peck. It follows the career  of George Orwell, particularly the lessons  learned  from his novel 1984, and how his political  observations  are so relevant in present …

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MADLY (FOLLEMENTE) : A HIGH CONCEPT ROMANTIC COMEDY

 

The brain behind Italy’s  popular Perfect Strangers hatches another  high-concept comedy. It’s ripe for a remake rom-com focusing  on the conflicting emotions a man and a woman’s  experience  on their  first date, rendering both parties  insufferably neurotic.

Director  Paolo

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SOMEBODY TO LOVE : A QUIRKY BLACK COMEDY FROM 1994

SOMEBODY TO LOVE could have been titled ‘Nobody to Love’, because its three main characters  are locked in an endless waltz of disappointment.

Rosie Perez bounces through the movie as Mercedes, a taxi dancer who is hopelessly in love with …

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