Tag: The Lighthouse
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Mickey 17 Review: Messy Mickey
MICKEY 17 (2025) Director/writer Bong Joon Ho – The Host (2006), Snowpiercer (2013), Parasite (2019) – has released his first film post-Oscar Best Picture win; and while class conflict and wealth disparity were front and centre for Parasite, new offering Mickey 17 adds a story of space colonization and printable/disposable humans to his provocative repertoire. First…
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Nosferatu Review: Nailed it
NOSFERATU (2024) Robert Eggers is one of the greatest and most interesting directors working today. His track record speaks for itself: The Witch (2015), The Lighthouse (2019) and The Northman (2022). Needless to say, I was very excited to see his obsessively detailed reimagining of FW Murnau’s silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922),…
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Five Killer Medieval Movies
The Dark Ages. What a glorious time to explore…from this safe distance. A swift decline in culture and science, and a rapid rise in the plague, are archaic fodder for some tremendous films. Here are five that do the brutality of this time period justice. VALHALLA RISING (2010) In between The Pusher Trilogy (1996 –…