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Oct 12, 2024 Anora: Ani, are you OK?
Anora: Ani, are you OK?

OK. The moment you’ve all been waiting for. Anora does a great job of insisting you’re not watching what you think you’re watching. Aside from the impeccably kind and respectful handling of sex workers, you are going to be told, nay, rallied into ignoring your first instincts.

by Umnia El-Neil
Oct 10, 2024 Conclave: All Creatures Great and Small
Conclave: All Creatures Great and Small

I’m not going to say this film won’t surprise you. It truly will, in ways you cannot comprehend yet. The intrigue and passion and speed and patience and beauty alone will astound you. What I will say is whatever prediction you make at the start, will probably be

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Sep 15, 2024 ‘The Substance’: Misogyny Metastasises
‘The Substance’: Misogyny Metastasises

Do not see this film if you cannot watch Body Horror or Gore. This is not a mild movie - there is more gore, guts, blood and mess than there is dialogue. Please, please, please, don’t see it if you can’t handle that. This is a film about

by Umnia El-Neil
Trophy Case   -   Sep 15, 2024 The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot

Fink. Fink, I hated you Fink. For a good chunk, my guy. ‘The Wild Robot’ has a stacked but ultimately successfully completed mandate - adapt a book, and in turn, marry together the twin causes of Climate Change and Technology being able to save the world, provide the message in

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Sep 05, 2024 Sing Sing, soothe your soul
Sing Sing, soothe your soul

I can’t promise you’re going to leave this film feeling that goody goody fuzzy wuzzy feeling. Maybe a tiny bit. What you’ll leave the theatre with is relief. In Colman Domingo’s hands, you are always safe. However, in an incredibly rare turn of events, it’s

by Umnia El-Neil
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