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Prey, Dan Trachtenberg 2022 Prey is a new prequel to the Predator franchise, set in 1719. In a North America still largely native, we find Naru (Amber Midthunder). She’s a young female Comanche who doesn’t like the way she’s treated by the men of the tribe as “just a woman”. She wants to be partContinue reading “Prey train”

I watched several films in the last week. Moonfall (2022) This is very big and very dumb. There might be a small modicum of accurate scientific information in here, but it’s swamped by the dodgy dialogue and terrible exposition. The cast does their best with what they’re given, but even an actor of Oscar-winner HalleContinue reading “An Uncharted Moon Souvenir on the Nile in two parts”

THE LAST DUEL (2021, USA/UK, dir. Ridley Scott, 18 cert, 152 mins)The title of the film refers to the last government-sanctioned (or imposed) trial by combat in France. Duelling did carry on in a much less official basis for many decades longer but it was a private affair. The film starts by showing us theContinue reading “Review: The Last Duel”

Went to see this film this morning (before picking up a ukelele) and didn’t really enjoy it. It’s such a poisoned chalice for Chloe Zhao – if it doesn’t succeed, she’ll get the blame because she’s an Oscar winner. It really does show, by the way. How some of the shots are constructed is excellentContinue reading “Review: Eternals (2021)”

Directed by Denis VilleneuveDune opens with a discordant sound that really sets the tone for the film and the vivid blue Warner Bros credits are a stark colour contrast to the ochre tones that dominate the rest of the film. As usual with Denis Villeneuve films, the visual in spectacle is assured and measured. QuickContinue reading “Review: Dune (2021)”

This film looks and feels like a Japanese production. Many of the techniques are lifted directly from Japanese cinema so, right from the get-go, it surprises by being a French director and screenwriter in a majorly European production with support from France’s Canal+, Italy’s Rai Uno and several other countries’ involvement. Given the subject matter,Continue reading “Review: Onoda: 10,000 nights in the Jungle, dir. Arthur Harari, 2021”