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  • Jon Watts’ ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ — A Review

    Jon Watts’ ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ — A Review

    Marvel have done a good job with Tom Holland. I guess given the age of most of the actors they work with (and the fact that many have been in the stable for approaching ten years) their characters tend to feel like uncles, even when they’re not sharing scenes with kids.

    E Warren

    July 3, 2019
    Film, Review
    Cinema, Cobie Smulders, Far From Home, Film, Films, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jon Favreau, Jon Watts, Marisa Tomei, Marvel, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Samuel L Jackson, Spider-Man, Superhero, Tom Holland, Zendaya
  • I played: Secret Little Haven

    I played: Secret Little Haven

    After I accepted that I was trans the first person I came out to was my mum and that was so uncomfortable an experience I’ve actively resisted doing it ever since.

    E Warren

    July 2, 2019
    Games, Review
    Game, Games, Gaming, Itchio, Secret Little Haven, Steam, Victoria Dominowski, Video Game
  • Danny Boyle’s ‘Yesterday’: A Review

    Danny Boyle’s ‘Yesterday’: A Review

    I don’t know why the insult ‘basic’ is pretty much exclusively levelled at young women when you can be an old man and write this fucking shit. I mean, I do, misogyny, but goddamn this some real boomer type trash.

    E Warren

    July 1, 2019
    Film, Review
    Cinema, Danny Boyle, Film, Films, Himesh Patel, Kate McKinnon, Lily James, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Richard Curtis, The Beatles, Two Stars, Yesterday
  • Some thoughts on Claire Denis’ ‘Nenette and Boni’

    Some thoughts on Claire Denis’ ‘Nenette and Boni’

    Maybe this wouldn’t hit so hard if in my second year of university I didn’t live with a dude who was basically Boni. Like, it’s uncanny.

    E Warren

    June 30, 2019
    Film
    1996, Alice Houri, Cinema, Claire Denis, Film, Films, France, French, Grégoire Colin, Movie, Movies, Nenette and Boni, Opinion, Review
  • Some brief thoughts on Michael Mann’s ‘Ali’ (2001)

    Some brief thoughts on Michael Mann’s ‘Ali’ (2001)

    I guess I probably had the same arc with Ali that most probably did. The first half hour got me thinking that damn, I should retrospectively downgrade my opinion on Mann’s other work given that we see what he’s doing here.

    E Warren

    June 29, 2019
    Film
    Ali, Cinema, Film, Films, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Michael Mann, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Will Smith
  • Thom Yorke & Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Anima’: A review

    Thom Yorke & Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Anima’: A review

    Thom Yorke has one of the best faces. I’ve kinda known this since discovering Radiohead as a teenager (eugh, I hate that. Yes, in 2008 I discovered one of the most acclaimed contemporary artists, as though it weren’t a cool English teacher who recommended them to me.)

    E Warren

    June 28, 2019
    Film, Review
    Anima, Cinema, Dajana Roncione, Damien Jalet, Film, Films, Movie, Movies, Music Video, Netflix, Opinion, Paul Thomas Anderson, Review, Streaming, Thom Yorke, Visual Album
  • Thoughts on Hideaki Anno’s ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion (eps 1-4)

    Thoughts on Hideaki Anno’s ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion (eps 1-4)

    So this is a show with a main character who is suicidally depressed. It’s confirmed at episode four, but the whole thing’s been building to that point.

    E Warren

    June 26, 2019
    Neon Genesis Evangelion, Television
    Animated, Animation, Anime, Hideaki Anno, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Netflix, Opinion, Recap, Review, Streaming, Television, TV
  • David Yarovesky’s ‘Brightburn’: A Review

    David Yarovesky’s ‘Brightburn’: A Review

    There’s a quote which I no longer no where I heard it: ‘The only difference between horror and comedy is the lighting.

    E Warren

    June 25, 2019
    Film, Review
    Brian Gunn, Brightburn, Cinema, David Denman, David Yarovesky, Elizabeth Banks, Film, Films, Horror, Jackson A. Dunn, James Gunn, Mark Gunn, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Three Stars
  • Netflix’s ‘Love Death & Robots: The Secret War’ Review

    Netflix’s ‘Love Death & Robots: The Secret War’ Review

    I guess this kinda represents an anticlimax then, the last episode isn’t the show’s worst or its best. It hangs somewhere around the middle, barely managing to escape the fog of mediocrity that it is mired in. Maybe i’m just exhausted, Netflix has just uploaded Neon Genesis: Evangelion and I kinda just wanna get this over with.

    E Warren

    June 24, 2019
    Film, Review, Television
    Animated, Animation, David Fincher, Film, Films, István Zorkóczy, Love Death & Robots, Movie, Movies, Netflix, Opinion, Philip Gelatt, Review, Short, Streaming, The Secret War, Tim Miller
  • Thoughts on Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’ (1999)

    Thoughts on Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’ (1999)

    Starts slow, but the queasy build of greater and greater consequence while simultaneously those in power start losing faith in the worth of their cause is undeniable.

    E Warren

    June 24, 2019
    Blank Check, Film
    Al Pacino, Blank Check, Christopher Plummer, Cinema, Film, Films, Michael Mann, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Philip Baker Hall, Review, Russell Crowe, The Insider
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