Kahn Duncan
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With 'The Baltimorons', Jay Duplass delivers a cosy, comforting yuletide tale of unexpected connection and festive serendipity.
I had the pleasure of seeing this at this year's @melbfilmfest.bsky.social
Read my full review at @thisisfilm.bsky.social 🎄
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I had the pleasure of seeing this at this year's @melbfilmfest.bsky.social
Read my full review at @thisisfilm.bsky.social 🎄
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The Baltimorons - MIFF 2025 | Film Review | This Is Film
A new Christmas goodie to add to the rotation
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August 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
With 'The Baltimorons', Jay Duplass delivers a cosy, comforting yuletide tale of unexpected connection and festive serendipity.
I had the pleasure of seeing this at this year's @melbfilmfest.bsky.social
Read my full review at @thisisfilm.bsky.social 🎄
thisisfilm.com/review/the-b...
I had the pleasure of seeing this at this year's @melbfilmfest.bsky.social
Read my full review at @thisisfilm.bsky.social 🎄
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Kim A. Snyder’s powerful documentary 'The Librarians' chronicles the fight against censorship in an era of Christian nationalism.
Playing at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social, the film imbues hope to a dangerous situation.
Full review at @novastream.bsky.social
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Playing at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social, the film imbues hope to a dangerous situation.
Full review at @novastream.bsky.social
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The Librarians Review
Kim A. Snyder’s powerful documentary chronicles the fight against censorship in an era of Christian nationalism. The Librarians is a sobering and essential documentary detailing America’s accelerat…
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August 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Kim A. Snyder’s powerful documentary 'The Librarians' chronicles the fight against censorship in an era of Christian nationalism.
Playing at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social, the film imbues hope to a dangerous situation.
Full review at @novastream.bsky.social
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Playing at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social, the film imbues hope to a dangerous situation.
Full review at @novastream.bsky.social
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As MIFF continues, Slovenian filmmaker Urška Djukić's debut feature 'Little Trouble Girls' is delicate, disquieting, and drenched in desire.
The film plays at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social online until Aug 31st.
Read my full review @novastream.bsky.social
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The film plays at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social online until Aug 31st.
Read my full review @novastream.bsky.social
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Little Trouble Girls Review : A Quiet Portrait of Devotion and Yearning
Lttle Trouble Girls is a gentle meditation on the intersection of desire, faith, and adolescence. In her feature debut, Slovenian filmmaker Urška Djukić follows Lucía (Jara Sofija Ostan), a shy but…
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August 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
As MIFF continues, Slovenian filmmaker Urška Djukić's debut feature 'Little Trouble Girls' is delicate, disquieting, and drenched in desire.
The film plays at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social online until Aug 31st.
Read my full review @novastream.bsky.social
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The film plays at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social online until Aug 31st.
Read my full review @novastream.bsky.social
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Maya, Give Me a Title' is an ode to fatherhood, creativity, and the inventive ways you can connect with your family.
It's a delightful yet silly little film that will briefly please children and adults alike.
Read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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It's a delightful yet silly little film that will briefly please children and adults alike.
Read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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August 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Maya, Give Me a Title' is an ode to fatherhood, creativity, and the inventive ways you can connect with your family.
It's a delightful yet silly little film that will briefly please children and adults alike.
Read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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It's a delightful yet silly little film that will briefly please children and adults alike.
Read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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Based on the beloved video game, 'Exit 8' is a very dramatic version of spot-the-difference. I enjoyed it, even if it puts you through one too many loops.
Playing at MIFF on the 16th and 22nd August, read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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Playing at MIFF on the 16th and 22nd August, read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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MIFF Review: Exit 8 loops its protagonist—and its audience—in a psychologically draining descent - The Curb | Film and Culture
Exit 8 is an inventive and repetitive exercise in expanding what was once a simple video game into a character-driven psychological horror. Based on the 2023 adventure game The Exit 8 by developer Kot...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Based on the beloved video game, 'Exit 8' is a very dramatic version of spot-the-difference. I enjoyed it, even if it puts you through one too many loops.
Playing at MIFF on the 16th and 22nd August, read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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Playing at MIFF on the 16th and 22nd August, read my full review @thecurb.com.au
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Pixar returns with a reminder that friendship and community can extend beyond the galaxy. Elio features charming characters, eye-popping animation, and universal themes of love, belonging, and family. A decent return for Pixar.
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Read my review @thisisfilm.bsky.social🌌
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Elio (2025) | Film Review | This Is Film
Close Encounters of the Adorable Kind
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June 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Pixar returns with a reminder that friendship and community can extend beyond the galaxy. Elio features charming characters, eye-popping animation, and universal themes of love, belonging, and family. A decent return for Pixar.
Read my review @thisisfilm.bsky.social🌌
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Read my review @thisisfilm.bsky.social🌌
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'Sinners' is one of the best films of the year, and we aren't even halfway. I write about Delta Blues, vampires, and a well-realised piece of historical fiction. Special thanks to @nadinewhitney.bsky.social for the edit.
Read my full thoughts here @thecurb.com.au
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Read my full thoughts here @thecurb.com.au
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Ryan Coogler's Sinners mixes Blues, vampires and gangsters: birthing a transcendent masterpiece - The Curb | Film and Culture
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is a Southern Gothic fable that combines music, history, religion, and horror: building into an imaginative, cinematic eruption. Set in 1932 in rural Mississippi, the film follo...
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May 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
'Sinners' is one of the best films of the year, and we aren't even halfway. I write about Delta Blues, vampires, and a well-realised piece of historical fiction. Special thanks to @nadinewhitney.bsky.social for the edit.
Read my full thoughts here @thecurb.com.au
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Read my full thoughts here @thecurb.com.au
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'The Accountant 2' is back with far less accounting but a lot more laughs. When it's a thriller, it's weak. When it's an actioner, it's passable. When it's a comedy , it's a TOTAL blast. Read all my thoughts for @thecurb.com.au below!🧾
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The Accountant 2 improves on the original, but Ben Affleck's ledger still needs balancing - The Curb | Film and Culture
The Accountant 2 is a mishmash of tone that has surplus of entertaining laughs but a deficit of consistency and genre coherence. The action thriller is a direct sequel to 2016’s The Accountant, in whi...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
'The Accountant 2' is back with far less accounting but a lot more laughs. When it's a thriller, it's weak. When it's an actioner, it's passable. When it's a comedy , it's a TOTAL blast. Read all my thoughts for @thecurb.com.au below!🧾
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'Death of a Unicorn' is disappointing. Another entry into the genre I call 'Eat the Rich' fatigue - broad class satires that offer nothing original or creative. An enticing premise is wasted on shoddy vfx and bad messaging.
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Full review @novastream.bsky.social
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Death of A Unicorn Review
Death of a Unicorn suffers from ‘eat the rich’ fatigue, an increasing malaise present in the popular genre of class war satire, where bluntness and broadness replace originality and bit…
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April 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'Death of a Unicorn' is disappointing. Another entry into the genre I call 'Eat the Rich' fatigue - broad class satires that offer nothing original or creative. An enticing premise is wasted on shoddy vfx and bad messaging.
Full review @novastream.bsky.social
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Full review @novastream.bsky.social
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Jason Statham and David Ayer have a formula that, when utilised in A Working Man, sees the lead actor clock back in for another violent round of shift work.
@kahnduncan.bsky.social reviews for the Curb here:
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@kahnduncan.bsky.social reviews for the Curb here:
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A Working Man sees Jason Statham clock back in for tedious, violent shift work - The Curb | Film and Culture
A Working Man certainly requires a lot of work to sit through. Following an ex-black ops agent turned construction worker searching for his boss’s kidnapped daughter; director David Ayer reunites with...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Jason Statham and David Ayer have a formula that, when utilised in A Working Man, sees the lead actor clock back in for another violent round of shift work.
@kahnduncan.bsky.social reviews for the Curb here:
www.thecurb.com.au/a-working-ma...
@kahnduncan.bsky.social reviews for the Curb here:
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Disney's Snow White's newly revised Princess of the People fails to rejuvenate Disney's waning kingdom.
Not as atrocious as the current review-bombing campaign, but far from good. Gal Gadot, however, is that atrocious.
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Not as atrocious as the current review-bombing campaign, but far from good. Gal Gadot, however, is that atrocious.
Check my review out @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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Snow White (2025) | Film Review | This Is Film
A newly revised Princess of the People fails to rejuvenate Disney's waning kingdom.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Disney's Snow White's newly revised Princess of the People fails to rejuvenate Disney's waning kingdom.
Not as atrocious as the current review-bombing campaign, but far from good. Gal Gadot, however, is that atrocious.
Check my review out @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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Not as atrocious as the current review-bombing campaign, but far from good. Gal Gadot, however, is that atrocious.
Check my review out @thisisfilm.bsky.social
thisisfilm.com/review/snow-...
'The Alto Knights' tries very hard to recreate the success of Nicholas Pileggi's previous writing credits on 'Casino' and 'Goodfellas', but even Scorsese would be shaking his head. Double De Niro does not equal double the fun.
My review for @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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My review for @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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The Alto Knights (2025) | Film Review | This Is Film
Double trouble.
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March 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
'The Alto Knights' tries very hard to recreate the success of Nicholas Pileggi's previous writing credits on 'Casino' and 'Goodfellas', but even Scorsese would be shaking his head. Double De Niro does not equal double the fun.
My review for @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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My review for @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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I haven't had as much catty fun in a movie since Conclave until I watched Steven Soderbergh's 'Black Bag'.
In channelling a John le Carré novel, it is a taut, slick chamber piece pairing romance and espionage. Highly recommend!
Read my review at @thecurb.com.au
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In channelling a John le Carré novel, it is a taut, slick chamber piece pairing romance and espionage. Highly recommend!
Read my review at @thecurb.com.au
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Black Bag is a slick, flirtatiously entertaining chamber piece - The Curb | Film and Culture
Steven Soderbergh is giving Ridley Scott a run for his money by showing how quickly a big-named director can whip up a consistent number of movies in a short space of time. After the intriguing experi...
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March 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I haven't had as much catty fun in a movie since Conclave until I watched Steven Soderbergh's 'Black Bag'.
In channelling a John le Carré novel, it is a taut, slick chamber piece pairing romance and espionage. Highly recommend!
Read my review at @thecurb.com.au
www.thecurb.com.au/black-bag-re...
In channelling a John le Carré novel, it is a taut, slick chamber piece pairing romance and espionage. Highly recommend!
Read my review at @thecurb.com.au
www.thecurb.com.au/black-bag-re...
As technology allows us to escape further and further from reality , 'Eat the Night' is a dark reminder of late-stage capitalism's effect on the real and virtual world. I was captivated as equally as I was emotionally drained.
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Eat The Night Review
Eat The Night explores conflict and love through the lives of siblings Apoline and Pablo, juxtaposing their obsession with an online game against Pablo’s descent into drug dealing. As their r…
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February 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As technology allows us to escape further and further from reality , 'Eat the Night' is a dark reminder of late-stage capitalism's effect on the real and virtual world. I was captivated as equally as I was emotionally drained.
Review @novastream.bsky.social
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Review @novastream.bsky.social
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I did not expect to enjoy the last entry in the Bridget Jones series, but I was pleasantly surprised. Everyone's favourite hapless, romcom heroine's final diary entry is witty, charming, and unexpectedly moving. Hugh Grant on fire. Review at @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) | Film Review | This Is Film
A victorious and saccharine send-off to a loveable, chaotic heroine
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February 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I did not expect to enjoy the last entry in the Bridget Jones series, but I was pleasantly surprised. Everyone's favourite hapless, romcom heroine's final diary entry is witty, charming, and unexpectedly moving. Hugh Grant on fire. Review at @thisisfilm.bsky.social
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I admired 'Grand Tour' more than I enjoyed watching it. It uses anachronism and a hypnosis-inducing travelogue form to portray a screwball comedy akin to the colonial romances in the early days of Hollywood. Read my review here at @thecurb.com.au
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Grand Tour is a striking yet at times impenetrable docufiction made with love by a cineaste - The Curb | Film and Culture
Grand Tour poetically travels across space, time, and form to create a comedic melodrama of ethnographically sweeping proportions. Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes mixes the aesthetics of the early 2...
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February 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I admired 'Grand Tour' more than I enjoyed watching it. It uses anachronism and a hypnosis-inducing travelogue form to portray a screwball comedy akin to the colonial romances in the early days of Hollywood. Read my review here at @thecurb.com.au
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'Magic Beach' is a well-intentioned experiment that stays playing in the shallows. With a narrative as thin as angel hair spaghetti - It's frustrating at best and a tired gimmick at worst. The craft is admirable.
Read more of my review at #NovastreamNetwork
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Read more of my review at #NovastreamNetwork
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Magic Beach Review
Magic Beach is an animated portmanteau film inspired by Alison Lester’s picture book. Blending live-action and diverse animation styles, it explores children’s dreams through ten vignet…
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January 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
'Magic Beach' is a well-intentioned experiment that stays playing in the shallows. With a narrative as thin as angel hair spaghetti - It's frustrating at best and a tired gimmick at worst. The craft is admirable.
Read more of my review at #NovastreamNetwork
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Read more of my review at #NovastreamNetwork
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'Wolf Man' is a serviceable Blumhouse affair at best and a misguided, ugly remake at worst. A strong prologue quickly whimpers out by the time the claws start sharpening. See what I thought of Leigh Whannell's new horror film below! 🐺
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Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man underwhelmingly howls through a tired reimagining - The Curb | Film and Culture
Wolf Man is a disappointing reboot of the 1941 lycanthrope horror The Wolfman starring Lon Chaney Jr, struggling to build momentum despite a promising prologue. After an estranged father leaves his Or...
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January 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
'Wolf Man' is a serviceable Blumhouse affair at best and a misguided, ugly remake at worst. A strong prologue quickly whimpers out by the time the claws start sharpening. See what I thought of Leigh Whannell's new horror film below! 🐺
www.thecurb.com.au/wolf-man-rev...
www.thecurb.com.au/wolf-man-rev...
What's there to say about 'Kraven the Hunter' you don't already know. It's a final nail in the coffin for a doomed cinematic universe. I enjoyed it more than Madame Web - take with that what you will. Review for @thisisfilm.bsky.social below!
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Kraven the Hunter (2024) | Film Review | This Is Film
Kraven for the Sonyverse to finally end
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January 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
What's there to say about 'Kraven the Hunter' you don't already know. It's a final nail in the coffin for a doomed cinematic universe. I enjoyed it more than Madame Web - take with that what you will. Review for @thisisfilm.bsky.social below!
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I found it hard to rank my Top 10 films of the year. A special mention to Trần Anh Hùng's achingly romantic historical drama 'The Taste of Things' that I completely forgot to mention.
Thanks @insessionfilm.bsky.social for the opportunity! Happy New Year.
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Thanks @insessionfilm.bsky.social for the opportunity! Happy New Year.
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List: Kahn Duncan’s Top 10 Films of 2024 | InSession Film
Kahn Duncan's Top 10 Films of 2024
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December 30, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I found it hard to rank my Top 10 films of the year. A special mention to Trần Anh Hùng's achingly romantic historical drama 'The Taste of Things' that I completely forgot to mention.
Thanks @insessionfilm.bsky.social for the opportunity! Happy New Year.
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Thanks @insessionfilm.bsky.social for the opportunity! Happy New Year.
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Living under the weight of political oppression during Peru in the early 1990s is at the centre of Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke's family drama - 'Reinas'. Families become symbols for the nation.
Read my review of this tender film at @thecurb.com.au
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Read my review of this tender film at @thecurb.com.au
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Reinas is a Caring, Tender, and Joyous Peruvian Drama - The Curb
Reinas (Queens) is a caring, tender, and joyous Peruvian drama that celebrates those who strive for a better life. Following two young sisters, Aurora and Lucía, who reconnect with their absent father...
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December 21, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Living under the weight of political oppression during Peru in the early 1990s is at the centre of Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke's family drama - 'Reinas'. Families become symbols for the nation.
Read my review of this tender film at @thecurb.com.au
www.thecurb.com.au/reinas-revie...
Read my review of this tender film at @thecurb.com.au
www.thecurb.com.au/reinas-revie...
Wicked: Part 1 is an Extravagant, Epic Musical Fantasy Destined to Defy Gravity.
A joyous time on the big screen (minus VXF) that should please all who want to take another trip back to Oz. Oscar nom for Erivo, please.
Check out my review for 'This Is Film'🩷💚
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A joyous time on the big screen (minus VXF) that should please all who want to take another trip back to Oz. Oscar nom for Erivo, please.
Check out my review for 'This Is Film'🩷💚
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Wicked: Part One | Film Review | This Is Film
Defying exepctations
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November 26, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Wicked: Part 1 is an Extravagant, Epic Musical Fantasy Destined to Defy Gravity.
A joyous time on the big screen (minus VXF) that should please all who want to take another trip back to Oz. Oscar nom for Erivo, please.
Check out my review for 'This Is Film'🩷💚
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A joyous time on the big screen (minus VXF) that should please all who want to take another trip back to Oz. Oscar nom for Erivo, please.
Check out my review for 'This Is Film'🩷💚
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