Robert Eggers (2019) This has been on my to-watch list since it was first released. It did not disappoint. Eggers’ second film after The Witch (which I loved, but neglected to write about), the Lighthouse started off as an adaptation of an unfinished Poe story by Eggers’ brother, Max, before Robert helped him out withContinue reading “The Lighthouse”
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Dave Green (USA, 2016) I do kinda like the Turtles. I’ve always been into the idea of them, and the comics. I’ll go into length at some point in the future about how much I love 80s alternative/independent culture, from bands like the Minutemen and Hüsker Dü to the Garbage Pail Kids, Troma Films andContinue reading “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows”
Knives Out
Dir: Rian Johnson, 2019 I wasn’t sure what to make of this one, before I saw it. It looked like fun, and a friend whose opinion I respect recommended it. But it looked a bit period-y, and I’ve never been that into Agatha Christie. I was wrong: it’s not period-y at all. In fact, it’sContinue reading “Knives Out”
Harold and Maude
Hal Ashby (1971) I’ve been on this seventies movie kick of late. I don’t know why: I just tend to obsess about certain things at certain times, and make them “projects”. I see very few of these projects through to completion, and write about fewer still. But that’s the context. Even though it was fetedContinue reading “Harold and Maude”
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