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An Ang Lee masterpiece
Being stranded in the middle of an unforgiving ocean is a theme that’s been explored in films as diverse as Swiss Family Robinson and Hitchcock’s surprisingly tense Lifeboat. But being cast adrift for more than 200 days in a lifeboat with an adult Bengal tiger? It ...
Something to see; something to read
Well, that didn’t take very long, did it? It’s only the second week of 2022, and we already have the first great movie and...
I can’t believe they went hare
Here we go again, yet another CGI-animated children’s movie about the tyranny of unspoken, stereotypical racial beliefs that also acts as a metaphor for...
Leni Riefen-stalling
On the one hand, any film subtitled “Part 1” is a naked cash grab. On the other hand, shut up and take my money, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1...
Thieves like us
Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood) is not exactly the image of your typical con artist. Nor is her name: Her parents named her after...
Lonely Hearts’ Club
Let’s be honest, Love Is All You Need (or Den Skaldede Frisør if Danish is more than a donut to you) is basically redundant escapist fantasy. But when the fantasy services the desires of middle-aged women struggling with uncompassionate husbands and cancer and not ...
