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The Awakening (2011)
I’ve never been a fan of horror cinema. I’m not sure whether that’s down to my experience of people hiring Saw LXII ad nauseum at…
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Yes we POPCAANZ
I’m sitting in an apartment, outside which the manic Wellington weather swirls and swishes. After a glorious week, with crisp, sunny days (see above), the…
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Spared no expense on everything but story
There are lots of things you can do with collaborators. Build a house, manage some kind of project that synergises all the paradigms, play sports.…
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I jumped a shark and I liked it
Of course it’s not believable. Of course it’s not pristine storytelling. It’s got lots of stupid action in it for no real reason. There’s no…
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Speed and politics
Cinema is movement. Movement is change. Change is politics — politics regulates change. Movement in the frame is thus political. The addition of speed amplifies…