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    Film Review: High-Rise (2015)

    April 28, 2017

    Director Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s novel, High-Rise, stars Tom Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, a physiologist and a new resident of a sleek, luxury high-rise building designed by Anthony Royal (Jeremy Irons), an eccentric, elderly...

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    TV Review: Mr Robot (Season 1)

    February 10, 2017

    Mr. Robot is a uniquely styled and riveting TV drama about a morphine-addicted vigilante hacker with a deeply fractured psyche. Rami Malek gives a terrific performance as Elliot Alderson, who by-day is a brilliant programmer at AllSafe, a cybersecuri...

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    Film Review: The Lobster (2015)

    February 9, 2016

    A surreal satire about the nature of modern, romantic relationships, The Lobster centres on a man trying to survive in a dystopian society that places coupledom at the place of utmost importance. When his wife leaves him for another man, David (Colin...

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    Favourite Film Friday: Children of Men (2006)

    July 10, 2015

    Children of Men is a sci-fi action-drama based on mystery novelist P. D. James’s book of the same name. Clive Owen plays the reluctant hero, Theo, living in a dystopian future where all of humanity has been infertile for the last 18 years. The world...

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    Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    June 11, 2015

    *Warning: Spoilers throughout review!

    Mad Max: Fury Road is the fourth instalment of the franchise (and disclaimer: I have not seen the previous three films) by 70-year old Australian director George Miller. Mainly comprised of car chases in a vast po...

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    Film Review: Ex Machina (2015)

    May 29, 2015

    Ex Machina is a slick sci-fi with a small but very adept cast that explores the possibilities of artificial intelligence, human limitation, and robotic sexuality. Domhnall Gleeson is Caleb, a programmer working at Bluebook (the in-movie version of Go...

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    Favourite Film Friday: Snowpiercer (2013)

    April 3, 2015

    Based on a French graphic novel, Snowpiercer is a fresh take on the post-apocalyptic film with an indelibly ambiguous ending that acts as a litmus test for determining if you are an optimist or pessimist. The premise of the story is that a small perc...

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