Nathan Hardie

Minari review – Season One: At The Oscars 2021

South Korean cinema is currently in its renaissance period. Born from liberation and war, the Golden Age of Cinema for the Korean film industry was the late 1950s, with 96 films being made between 1954 and 1959. Since then, there have been regime changes which increased censorship, blacklisting and imprisoning artists, as well as encouraging […]

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Promising Young Woman review – Season One: At The Oscars 2021

Revenge is a powerful and complex emotion. To quote Gandhi “An eye for eye makes the whole world blind”, whilst Francis Bacon describes revenge as ‘wild justice’. Is it not only fair that Maximus Decimus Meridius gets revenge for the murder of his family? I mean, they killed John Wick’s dog, what did they expect

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 review – Season One: At The Oscars 2021

Based on a true story set at the height of the Vietnam war effort, America is in political disarray as Lyndon B Johnson withdraws from presidency re-election due declining health and popularity ratings. The democrats are pushing for Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and intend to make him the electoral candidate at the Democratic National Convention

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