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Intricate facial prosthetics elevate Colin Farrell to the method in The Penguin
Having never taken to the trio of Christopher Nolan Batman films, or most of his movies, I wanted the new Robert Pattinson Batman movie, named, in a stunning bit originality, The Batman, to impress me. Ugh. It tried too hard … Continue reading
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Thankfully Blue Eye Samurai overcomes all the limitations of cultural projection and appropriation
Need an escape from the grim coverage of Israel victimising Gaza, or, on the benign end of the grim spectrum, that sad melter on your street covering their house with Christmas tat and lights in early November? Well Blue Eye … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 ½, Amazon Prime, Americanization, Anime, Blue Eye Samurai, Chernobyl, Christmas tat, Christopher Nolan, Disney, Dubbing is a no, Edo, Fellini, Gaza, Guardian columnist, HBO, I cannot translate Japanese to English or English to Japanese, Incel twat, Israel, Japan, Kill Bill, Kurosawa, Masi’s verbal diarrhoea, Miyasaki, Netflix, Seven Samurai, Tenet, Western influence
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How HBO’s Chernobyl successfully mixes dramatisation and science.
Representing a non-fiction period piece set in the Soviet Union with English dialogue seems ridiculous. In fact, it is. The question is whether the narrative and performance is capable of sufficiently wrestling your attention away from the elephant’s ginormous arse. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Shcherbyna, bromance, Chernobyl, Emma Watson, English dialogue, HBO, Hiroshima, Jared Harris, KGB, Moscow, Pete Tong, Radiation, self-styled champagne socialist millennial professional types earning 60k a year, Soviet Union, Stalinist, Stellan Skarsgard, TV, Twitter, Ulana Khomyuk is a composite, Valery Legasov
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Yes, believe the hype. True Detective warrants it.
HBO earned its reputation as the best TV production company going during the last decade with dramas such as ‘The Sopranos’, ‘The Wire’ and the comedy ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’. Maintaining that standard of programming was always going to be tricky … Continue reading
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