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Author: Stefan Pape

  • The Zookeeper’s Wife Review

    You would think, given the narrative, that suspense would be a prevalent sensation within this movie, and yet the film comes devoid of any real tension. Read More >

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  • The Sense of an Ending Review

    Nostalgia is a key theme within this delectable production, making for an endearingly poignant piece of cinema. Read More >

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  • Going in Style Review

    While Braff’s preceding pictures strived tirelessly to not be generic, this can be described as very little else. Read More >

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  • Mad to be Normal Review

    Though an interesting narrative, with a fascinating character at the heart of it, the film struggles to transcend the usual biopic fodder. Read More >

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    Stefan Pape

  • The Lost City of Z Review

    At its core this film is an intimate character study, lingering over the notion of obsession, finding a strand any viewer can resonate with. Read More >

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  • Life Review

    Heavily influenced by Alien, though somewhat too closely at times, it’s in the antagonist of the piece where such similarities are effective, for we have no way of understanding Calvin, and what it’s capable of. Read More >

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  • CHIPS Review

    The action comedy genre is one that rarely breeds results in a contemporary setting, often struggling to find a compatible balance between having a fast-paced, engaging narrative, while injecting comedy in the process, and where CHIPS is concerned, it falls short in both areas. Read More >

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    Stefan Pape

  • Beauty and the Beast Review

    While in animation form anything is possible, in these Disney live action remakes, they still abide by the very same notion. Read More >

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  • Viceroy’s House Review

    An interesting picture too that should provide a new, alternative argument into the partition debate. Read More >

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    Stefan Pape

  • Trespass Against Us Review

    When leaving the two lead roles in the hands of actors of the calibre of Fassbender and Gleeson, it works not only as a stamp of quality on proceedings, but adds such a degree of nuance and subtlety, which enriches the layered dynamic between the two characters. Read More >

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    Stefan Pape