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The Elastic Worlds of the Looney Tunes

by Kambole Campbell

With insights from The Day The Earth Blew Up director Peter Browngardt, we salute the mad, mad, mad, mad worlds of Bugs, Daffy and co.
Review

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up review – pure unbridled cartoon silliness

by Kambole Campbell

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig team up for a zany adventure in this delightfully wacky dose of cartoon hijinks.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Blue and orange alien warrior with dreadlocks, fanged teeth, holding metal weapon. Dramatic lighting with purple background.
Review

Avatar: Fire and Ash review – another James Cameron must-see

by Kambole Campbell

We’re back on digital paradise of Pandora for this quietly radical sequel in which eye-popping action is combined with the director’s own geopolitical frustration with the world right now.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Digital illustration of armoured figure in cockpit with glowing orange curved panels and red lighting throughout interior space.
Review

Tron: Ares review – plays like a vapid, neon-spangled album promo

by Kambole Campbell

Jared Leto cool-poses his way through this high style / low substance sci-fi threequel.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Three cartoon children with large eyes sheltering under green leaves by water, surrounded by autumn foliage and tree roots.
Review

Savages review – direct action education, for kids!

by Kambole Campbell

Claude Barras’s new animated feature ties together fights for indigenous rights and climate action with coming-of-age angst.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four figures in blue uniforms with white boots stand on circular platform beneath large blue geometric shape with bright white lighting.
Review

The Fantastic Four: First Steps review – hard not to wish for more commitment

by Kambole Campbell

Hesitance to commit to pulpy retrofuturism undermines one of the better MCU entries.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
M3gan in a beige outfit standing in dimly lit room with lamps.
Review

M3gan 2.0 review – a silly sequel shooting for action grandeur

by Kambole Campbell

The bot is back in this winking AI-themed caper movie which goes all out to expand the lore of the M3GAN universe. 

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Interviews

Ryan Coogler: ‘I’m more confident in my film language than I am in my English’

by Kambole Campbell

Ryan Coogler reflects on developing a story rooted in personal passions with his grand, IMAX-shot thriller, Sinners.
Review

Sinners review – links the past and present with music and blood

by Kambole Campbell

Finally free from the Marvel machine, Ryan Coogler delivers the goods and then some with his music-powered, genre-splicing latest.

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Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

The Wild Robot review – a moving ecological parable

by Kambole Campbell

Chris Sanders crafts an expressive, visually striking fable about a robot forced to adapt to the environment of an uninhabited island.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Rebel Ridge review – Aaron Pierre delivers the goods and then some

by Kambole Campbell

Jeremy Saulnier returns with a flinty, restrained crime-conspiracy thriller exploring small town police corruption and the one guy who they should never have messed with.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Exhibitions

A new exhibition shows off the invisible processes behind stop motion

by Kambole Campbell

LAIKA’s Frame x Frame exhibition is a compact but detailed deep dive into how the studio approaches the mechanics of the medium.

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