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Movie Review: Project Hail Mary (2026)
“I was sent to save the world… I just didn’t expect to do it completely alone.” Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Screenplay: Drew Goddard Starring: Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt, James Ortiz as Rocky (voice/puppetry) Ken Leung, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub, Priya Kansara, and others When we look at the plot , the Hail Mary set up may came over as a bit dry and unrelatable. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a middle-school science teacher and former molecular biologist, wakes up alone on a spacecraft light-year from Earth with no memory of how he got there. As his memories gradually return, he learns the truth and…
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Movie Review of the Year!!
Christmas Crackers to catch up on and 3 Turkeys to avoid, Part 1 So, Christmas is over – a big Woo Hoo (!) or “Oh no!”, which largely depends on whether you are over 13 or not. Xmas, at least in our Western European culture, is a great leveller in that we all feel the same emotions and go through universal experiences – feelings stuffed with turkey and still hoovering / cleaning up mysterious stuff from the carpet. All of us running on the remnants of Baileys and Christmas pudding. Let us keep up / resuscitate the jolly holiday feeling with the 1st wordsbywright.com Movie Review of the Year!! Hooray!!…
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Movie Review: Bugonia (2025)
“ The workers gather pollen for the Queen…but the bees, they’re dying…and that’s the way they planned it…to make us the same as the bees” Bugonia (2025) DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster (2015), Poor Things (2023), Kinds of Kindness (2024) WRITER: Will Tracy MAIN CAST (CHARACTERS): Emma Stone (Michelle Fuller), Jesse Plemons (Teddy Gatz), Aidan Delbis (Don), Stavros Halkias (Casey), Alicia Silverstone (Sandy) Weirdness and Eccentricity in Modern Hollywood Weirdness and eccentricity seem to be the “new normal” now in Hollywood, and HEY, let’s suck it up! Horror fans, we are already living in a golden age – let’s look at the evidence and consider the downright spooky Weapons (unsettlingly…
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Movie Review 2 – Mission Impossible , Dead Reckoning part 2.
“Trust me- one last time” Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning(2025) Starring: Tom Cruise, Written : Christopher McQuarrie Directed: Christopher McQuarrie So, this is it. Cor blimey. When Ethan Hunt utters the fateful words to appease his political masters we know or hope that he is talking to us too “ Trust me – for one last time”. What a wild ride it has been for us the fans for the last 30 years. Yes, readers , impartiality will fly out the window today as I confirm that I am an uber fan of the MI series. I have been intrigued , excited and truly entertained by the jaw-dropping stunts,…
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Movie Review no 1 Weapons (2025)
Weapons is set in the small town of Maybrook, Pennsylvania, where 17 elementary school children mysteriously vanish on the same night at 2:17 a.m., leaving only one child, Alex. The film is structured in character-specific chapters, each offering a different perspective
