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Over the bounding mien: a review of The Sea Beast

Directed by Chris Williams Screenplay by Chris Williams, Nell Benjamin Story by Chris Williams Produced by Chris Williams, Jed Schlanger Starring Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste Edited by Joyce Arrastia Music by Mark Mancina Production company: Netflix Animation Distributed by Netflix The Sea Beast represents Netflix’ first foray into feature-length animation, and …

There doesn’t seem to be anyone around now: a review of I Think We’re Alone Now

I Think We’re Alone Now Directed by Reed Morano Written by Mike Makowsky Produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fernando Loureiro, Roberto Vasconcellos, Peter Dinklage, Mike Makowsky Starring Peter Dinklage, Elle Fanning, Paul Giamatti, Charlotte Gainsbourg One Tuesday afternoon, everyone on Earth dropped dead. For Del (Dinklage) this is mildly annoying. All those bodies around …

Of condors and men with metal skin: a review of Pachamama

Pachamama Directed by Juan Antin Written by Christophe Poujol & Juan Antin Produced by Didier Brunner Starring Adam Moussamih, Charli Birdgenaw, Vlasta Vrana Music by Pierre Hamon Production company Folivari Distributed by Netflix Running time 72 minutes Countries France, Luxembourg, Canada Languages English & French Pachamama is another of those little treasures that would have …

Eve of Deconstruction: a review of The Adam Project

Eve of Deconstruction: a review of The Adam Project Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin Produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds Cinematography Tobias Schliessler Edited by Dean Zimmerman, Jonathan Corn Music by Rob Simonsen Production companies Skydance Media, Maximum Effort, 21 …

Who You Gonna Call: a review of Ghostbusters Afterlife

Ghostbusters Afterlife Directed by Jason Reitman Written by Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman Based on Ghostbusters by Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis Produced by Ivan Reitman Cinematography Eric Steelberg Production companies Columbia Pictures Bron Creative Ghost Corps The Montecito Picture Company Right of Way Films Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing Carrie Coon as Callie (née …

“It’s a very very fine house.”: a review of The House

The House Directed by Emma de Swaef & Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza Screenplay by Enda Walsh Produced by Charlotte Bavasso & Christopher O’Reilly Starring Mia Goth, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Goode, Mark Heap, Miranda Richardson, Stephanie Cole, Jarvis Cocker, Dizzee Rascal, Will Sharpe, Paul Kaye, Susan Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter Cinematography …