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It Is In Us All (2022) Review – SXSW Film Festival

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Cultural Hater

The protagonist of It Is In Us All (2022) embarks on a self-discovery journey, through which he’s pushed to the brink of mental stability when his car crashes badly, leaving a 15-year old as a casualty. Over the slick runtime, … Continue reading It Is In Us All (2022) Review – SXSW Film Festival

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The Feast (2021) Review – SXSW 2021

April 13, 2021August 31, 2021 Cultural Hater

The Feast (2021) is a disappointingly incoherent film that focuses a lot on the foreboding part without actually delivering the much-needed climax. It’s a lot of fuss for a paper-thin plot. A well-situated family of four – parents with two … Continue reading The Feast (2021) Review – SXSW 2021

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Gaia (2021) Review – SXSW 2021

April 4, 2021August 31, 2021 Cultural Hater

Eco-themed horror Gaia (2021) puts its tiny budget to good use. It’s scary when it needs to be, and with a deftly sketched plot beating in its heart, you’re likely to fall for its mystery. If Gaia (2021) needed an … Continue reading Gaia (2021) Review – SXSW 2021

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Event Horizon (1997) Review

March 28, 2021 Cultural Hater

When it comes to sci-fi guilty pleasure, Event Horizon (1997) is the full package. The science supporting the story might be far-fetched, sometimes silly too, but damn, what an entertaining trip it is. In Event Horizon (1997), Sam Neill plays … Continue reading Event Horizon (1997) Review

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Sputnik (2020) Review

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Cultural Hater

Egor Abramenko sends his regards from the 1980s space-obsessed Soviet Russia. Sputnik (2020) is a cosmic horror tale with a human heart, and there’s a lot to appreciate about its proceedings and design. Sputnik (2020) opens with two astronauts who … Continue reading Sputnik (2020) Review

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Captive State (2019) – Sci Fi Review

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Cultural Hater

Captive State (2019), Rupert Wyatt’s independent sci-fi thriller, bogs itself down with too much politics and plot intricacies. With no heartfelt characters at its heart, the film is occasionally enjoyable albeit not emotional enough to stay with you longer. Numerous … Continue reading Captive State (2019) – Sci Fi Review

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The Impression Of: Mekong 2030

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Cultural Hater

Mekong 2030 (2020) consists of five shorts where various filmmakers depict the future of the Mekong River. Through these several separate views, the film paints an image of how nature sustains the lives of thousands of people. The river Mekong … Continue reading The Impression Of: Mekong 2030

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Capone (2020) Review

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Cultural Hater

Tom Hardy mutters and splutters his way through Capone (2020), an ordeal of a film that incorporates an overly complicated plot only to cover up its obvious flaws. Viewers – like me – who cheered up for Tom Hardy tackling … Continue reading Capone (2020) Review

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The Devil All The Time (2020) Review – Netflix Original

September 22, 2020August 31, 2021 Cultural Hater

Evil wears many faces in Antonio Campos’ somber The Devil All The Time (2020) – a tale about one eager heart set against the parochial, pre-Vietnam America where religious fanatics roam freely.  In a secretly located grove two people – … Continue reading The Devil All The Time (2020) Review – Netflix Original

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American Pickle (2020) Review

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Cultural Hater

Seth Rogen’s double stunt – as an unsuccessful developer and a defrosted pickle factory worker – fails to rescue the inevitably shallow American Pickle (2020).  To be in a pickle is a common way of describing a fairly difficult situation. … Continue reading American Pickle (2020) Review

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I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Review – Netflix Original

September 13, 2020August 31, 2021 Cultural Hater

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) stands in line with Charlie Kaufman’s previous works – it’s enigmatic, disturbingly dark and often perplexing. On a side note, it is also one of the year’s best films so far. When it comes … Continue reading I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Review – Netflix Original

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Hammer (2019) Review

September 3, 2020September 2, 2020 Cultural Hater

In Christian Sparkes’ no-frills Hammer (2019), son draws his father into a post-heist-gone-wrong drama. Minimal style of the film works because of its tight runtime, and the go-for-broke plot. Neatly packed in just 82 minutes, Hammer (2019) introduces us to … Continue reading Hammer (2019) Review

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Tenet (2020) Review

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Cultural Hater

Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster Tenet (2020) rings hollow despite its riveting action sequences, superb effects and the enormous ambitions written all over it. Is there a person in this world who is even vaguely interested in cinema and hasn’t heard … Continue reading Tenet (2020) Review

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The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) Review

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Cultural Hater

A traumatized ex-cop finds herself trapped with a demon in The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) – a horror film you’ve probably seen a dozen times already. In an opening sequence of an exorcism gone wrong, a father strangles his … Continue reading The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) Review

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Zama (2017) Review – New Horizons Film Festival 2018

August 22, 2020August 10, 2022 Cultural Hater

Lucrecia Martel’s adaptation of Antonio di Benedetto’s novel Zama (2017) is a costume drama that paints rich existential poetry, but what works in the form of written language doesn’t translate on the screen. The foundations of existential drama are laid … Continue reading Zama (2017) Review – New Horizons Film Festival 2018

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