28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review: A genre masterwork
‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ is a riveting sequel that expertly builds on the previous narrative, elevating the story and the franchise.
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Review: ’28 Years Later’ matured over time
’28 Years Later’ is the second sequel in the franchise, following a new generation of survivor trying to make sense of their world.
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Review: ‘Conclave’ thrives on concentrated intensity
‘Conclave’ goes behind the curtain to glimpse the secretive and competitive process of choosing the next Pope.
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TIFF ’24 Review: ‘Conclave’ is shockingly tense
‘Conclave’ goes behind the curtain to observe the fictional election of the next Pope in a process surprisingly fraught with scandal.
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Review: ‘Dolittle’ is fluent in dog and fun (Includes first-hand account)
Even though we know animals probably don’t think the way we do, it’s nonetheless fun to project human reasoning and emotions onto them. People have imaginary/one-sided conversations with their pets and add humorous narrations to nature videos. Consequently, anthropomorphism is very prevalent in fiction as animals can be used to tell stories of social commentary as well as entertaining ventures. The more amusing narratives usually fall into the drama or comedy category, and have been presented in live-action, animated and the ever more popular CGI formats. Dolittle is a mix of these as it puts its personal twist on the tale of a doctor who can speak to animals.
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Review: Can’t take your eyes off ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ (Includes first-hand account)
Storytelling has taken many forms over time. While many now rely on movies and TV to deliver their narratives, before that books were key sources of entertainment. But even before the inventions of ink and paper that allowed for any of these tales to be recorded, they were passed on through word-of-mouth. Sharing ancient stories between generations was a favoured pastime and encouraged everyone to use their imaginations. With a touch of magic, Kubo and the Two Strings revives this tradition in Laika‘s latest stop-motion animated film.
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Review: ‘Hail, Caesar!’ is a revolving door of problems needing solving (Includes first-hand account)
For those who have more than a passing interest in film and its history, the studio system is an endless source of fascination. This long-lost age of Hollywood worked within many restraints, but it also generated some of the biggest, most impressive and critically acclaimed productions of the last 100 years, as well as the first true movie stars. The studio heads oversaw everything from the progress of each film being made to the public images of their top-performing talent. The Coen brothers‘ Hail, Caesar! finds the humour in these relationships, while also paying tribute to an era gone by.
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Review: ‘Spectre’ isn’t the retirement party this Bond deserved (Includes first-hand account)
One of the things many people liked about Daniel Craig was that he was ushering the classic spy into a modern day world. While James Bond was always ahead of the game in terms of technology, he’d been peddling the same archaic form of masculinity for decades. The era of Craig was meant to prove that 007 is actually just a man who’s exceptionally skilled at killing people. His first three films worked towards this goal and Spectre would be the last featuring the actor; unfortunately the new age of Bond ended with Skyfall.
