Tag: 2020s
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Twinless (2025)
★★★★ Twinless is a black comedy about a man who lost his twin. When Roman (Dylan O’Brien) flies into Portland due to the untimely death of his brother, he decides to stay in his dead brother’s apartment. At a support group for twins who have lost a loved one, he meets Dennis (James Sweeney) who…
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Sketch (2025)
★★★★ Sketch is a fantasy horror film about a girl’s artbook come to life. After the death of her mother, Amber (Bianca Belle) is encouraged by the school’s guidance councillor to explore her feelings in art. When her brother Jack (Kue Lawrence) finds a nearby pond that seems to have magical restorative properties, her notebook…
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Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)
★★★ Remarkably Bright Creatures is a drama about two lost people, told through the eyes of the octopus to observes them. Marcellus is a giant pacific octopus spending his final days of life in an aquarium. When his escapes get him tangled, the ageing cleaner Tova (Sally Field) saves him, and Marcellus vows to repay…
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Small Things Like These (2024)
★★★★ Small Things Like These is an Irish historical drama that indirectly deals with the Magdeline asylums that were part of Irish society for over decades. The coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) works in a poor area where he witnesses the grinding effects of poverty on a daily basis. When delivering coal to the…
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Weapons (2025)
★★★★ Weapons is a mystery horror film, centring around a class of students who just go missing one night. 17 of the 18 students in Justine Gandy’s (Julia Garner) class at 2:17am one morning run out of their house, never to be seen again. Although there’s no evidence, the parents are convinced that Justine has…
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
★★★ Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale hopefully the final time they flog the British period drama for what amounts to an overlong episode. If this were a Christmas special – as British television is want to do – it would be understandable as a bookend to the show, even though it had one of those…
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5 Films: Survival
I will survive, as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive. Gloria Gaynor While the adventure genre has hardships and dangers the protagonists must overcome, survival films focus on the grave challenge where surviving is the point. Not all survival films are adventures, with survival being the point of some…
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No Other Choice (2025)
★★★★★ No Other Choice is a black comedy about looking for work. After 25 years in the paper business, manager Yoo Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) is unceremoniously laid off. With few jobs for someone in his position, he realises he needs to literally eliminate the competition. By posing as a fake paper company, he’s able to scout who his likely competition for the new…
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Honey Don’t! (2025)
★★★ Honey, Don’t is a black comedy crime thriller from Ethan Coen. Honey Donahue (Margret Qualley) is a private detective, trying to figure out why her prospective client wound up dead the day before they were due to meet. In pulling at the thread, it points to the victim’s church where the charismatic preacher (Chris…
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Great Docs: The Lost City of Melbourne (2022)
As technology progresses at a lightning pace, especially in the building industry, the desire to replace old with new fast becomes a necessity. Combine that with the fast expansion of cities and those old buildings are sitting on prime real estate. The choice to preserve any of these relics from another era must be done…
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