Contributions from Kambole Campbell | Little White Lies

Contributor Kambole Campbell

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
Colourful, stylised portrait of a bespectacled man with a beard, set against a night sky with crescent moon and stars.
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.
Two men in period attire - one in a blue cap, the other in a cowboy hat - stand next to a vintage car in a rural setting.
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
Illustration of a grey robot with large, expressive eyes against a vibrant purple background with sparkles.
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
Young Black man sitting on kerb outside building, looking thoughtful
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
Nighttime scene with colourful illuminated mushroom-shaped sculptures, a large tree, and a crescent moon in the dark blue sky.
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.
Nude figure seated in wooden ring, arms outstretched, with ropes surrounding frame.
Review

Monkey Man review – a ferocious, rough-hewn directorial debut

by Kambole Campbell

Dev Patel emerges as a com­pelling action star in his direc­to­r­i­al debut Mon­key Man, a scrap­py revenge tale set in a fic­tion­alised Indi­an city where cor­rup­tion is rife.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Not Movies

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – leaving behind an unexpected reinvention

by Kambole Campbell

The tit­u­lar char­ac­ter goes his own way in a new ani­mé that builds on the exist­ing Scott Pil­grim canon, giv­ing the sup­port­ing cast a chance to step up.
Three adults, one woman and two men, operating a video camera in a rural setting with brick buildings in the background.
Interviews

Isaac Nabwana: ‘We should tell our own stories in the way we want’

by Kambole Campbell

The wild­ly imag­i­na­tive and high­ly resource­ful film­mak­er behind Ugan­da’s ultra low bud­get stu­dio Wakali­wood describes his own cin­e­mat­ic edu­ca­tion, trav­el­ling to Chi­na to shoot Shaolin monks, and the next gen­er­a­tion of African filmmakers.
Assorted action figures of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, featuring vibrant green, blue, and orange colours.
Review

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem review – Turtle Power is alive and well

by Kambole Campbell

The piz­za-lov­ing, wise­crack­ing anthro­po­mor­phic rep­tiles receive a sub­stan­tial facelift in this charm­ing ani­mat­ed out­ing, which embraces their ado­les­cent spirit.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A young man with curly hair wearing a dark hoodie, standing in a grassy field with houses visible in the background.
Interviews

Emile Mosseri and Joe Talbot: ‘We’re just following the feeling of what we like’

by Kambole Campbell

To cel­e­brate the release of Emile Mosser­i’s new album, he sat down with old pal and col­lab­o­ra­tor Joe Tal­bot for a chat about Tupac, George Con­stan­za, and swim­ming in LA lakes.
Man in protective suit excavating ancient fossil from rocky terrain.
Interviews

Takehide Hori: ‘Everything started from my misunderstanding’

by Kambole Campbell

The writer, direc­tor, set design­er, pup­pet builder, ani­ma­tor, com­pos­er and actor behind the dystopi­an stop-motion epic Junk Head dis­cuss­es how he cre­at­ed a film almost single-handedly.