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Mark Rylance

Don’t Look Up movie review: is the sky falling?

Fri, Jan 14, 2022
11 comments

I laughed a lot while also feeling sick to my stomach. As subtle as a sledgehammer, almost obnoxious… and yet it might as well be a documentary. Is it elegant? Is it art? Who the fuck cares?

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curated: Mark Rylance quits Royal Shakespeare Company over BP sponsorship

Sun, Jun 23, 2019
2 comments

Ouch. The arts are so underfunded that they rely on corporate sponsorship… but that sponsorship can be a way for a big corp to wash its karma.

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Ready Player One movie review: trivial pursuit*

Thu, Mar 29, 2018
118 comments

A nightmare of nothingness, of empty, soulless wankery, that serves only to reassure male dorks that their pop-culture obsessions make them special, and will make cute girls like them.

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Dunkirk movie review: the power of purpose

Wed, Jul 19, 2017
17 comments

Primal and exhilarating, full of dread and tension. Drops us right into the chaos of war to tell an intimate story about fear and intensity of purpose.

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The BFG movie review: that sense of wonder where it all went wrong

Thu, Jun 30, 2016
3 comments

Fantasy meandering twists into something more action-oriented, and there’s little magic in it. This is not what we expect from a master cinematic fantasist.

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my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)

Mon, Feb 29, 2016
10 comments

Now updated with all the winners…

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
6 comments

Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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OFCS 2015 awards winners announced

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
1 comment

Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…

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Bridge of Spies movie review: the lawyer who went out in the Cold War

Fri, Nov 27, 2015
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Presents American hypocrisy in defense of America with the snorting derision it warrants, while also being a gripping and intense Cold War thriller.

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