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Killers of the flower moon review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Killers of the Flower Moon

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in the 1920s when members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances after oil was discovered on the tribal land, sparking a major F.B.I. investigation. I’ve watched all of Scorsese’s work over the years and in my view,

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OppenheimerReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Oppenheimer

Directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer tells the story of the personal and historical life of “the father of the atomic bomb,” J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose work at the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory led to the invention of the first nuclear weapons during World War II, changing the course of world history forever.

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BarbieFilmReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Barbie

Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling), who are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land, full of other Kens and Barbies. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and

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MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPart1Review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 follows Ethan Hunt and the IMF team who must track down a terrifying new weapon in the form of an Artificial Intelligence, a threat to all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the

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IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestinyReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Directed by James Mangold, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny follows daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) as he races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi

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ElementalReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Elemental

Directed by Peter Sohn, Elemental is set in Element City, a world inhabited by anthropomorphic elements of nature, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story follows Ember (Leah Lewis), a tough, quick-witted, and fiery fire elemental, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow water elemental named Wade (Mamoudou Athi) challenges her beliefs

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SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerseReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse takes place one year after Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is unexpectedly approached by his love interest Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) to complete a mission to save every universe of Spider-People from the Spot (Jason Schwartzman), who

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GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3Review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Directed by James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 follows our beloved band of cosmic misfits who are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s (Bradley Cooper) turbulent past. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), still reeling from the loss of Gamora (Zoe Saldana),

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TheBansheesOfInisherinReview
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Review – The Banshees of Inisherin

Reviewer David Leninhawk returns with a look at The Banshees of Inisherin, nominated for nine Academy Awards. Inisherin is a fictional island off the coast of mainland Ireland, and the film takes place there in the early 1920s during the time of the Irish Civil War. I don’t think it’s a stretch to think this

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