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Bank of Dave – Film Review

Director: Chris Foggin Writer: Piers Ashworth Starring: Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Rory Kinnear Rating: ★★★½ Bank of Dave is one of those quintessentially British films that takes the mostly true and mundane story of an everyday person and turns it … Continue reading

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Junji Ito Maniac – Episode Two: The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel/Ice Cream Bus

The second episode of Junji Ito Maniac adapts two of Ito’s stories, The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel and Ice Cream Bus. The first story follows Goro, a teenager who revisits a tunnel with a group of friends where years … Continue reading

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Junji Ito Maniac – Episode One: The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance – Review

The first episode of Netflix’s new anthology series Junji Ito Maniac, adapts Ito’s short manga story The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance into a twenty minute anime. It follows the Hikizuri family who are mourning the loss of the their … Continue reading

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Plane – Film Review

Director: Jean-François Richet Writer: Charles Cumming and J. P. Davis Starring: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, and Tony Goldwyn Rating: ★★★½  Gerard Butler’s latest action thriller is Plane. A film that had a working title and at no point … Continue reading

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My Thoughts on Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru

After seeing Living last year, which was one of my favourite films of 2022, I really wanted to check out the film it was based on, Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa. What I wasn’t expecting was how close the adaptation actually … Continue reading

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