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Reviews   -   Oct 03, 2024 Prima Facie: Voire Dire
Prima Facie: Voire Dire

TW: Sexual Assault, R*pe, the UK Justice System On the surface, this play is quite one dimensional - incredibly predictable, even. You know, even just from the warnings, what is about to happen. The play doesn’t need to surprise you to make you think, though. The story becomes

by Umnia El-Neil
Oct 02, 2024 A Real Pain.
A Real Pain.

Jesse asks, what does it mean to “feel your feelings”? From every angle - from the ancestral wound all the way down to the familial bond - from personal despair to community responsibility, what do we owe one another? And what do we suppress to ensure we keep the social

by Umnia El-Neil
Oct 02, 2024 Dahomey: a stamp in time
Dahomey: a stamp in time

I don’t need to hear rapturous applause or raving reviews in the lobby to know a film’s importance. Dahomey serves a very specific, very important, very beautiful purpose - to document the moment the Beninoise got 26 of their Treasures back from the French, and the conversation they

by Umnia El-Neil
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
Sep 15, 2024 ‘The Life of Chuck’ - time is the essence.
‘The Life of Chuck’ - time is the essence.

Time to start watching shows with my hands covering my eyes, I guess. Many a friend has opined their love for Mike Flanagan, and I couldn’t wait to watch ‘The Life of Chuck’ to get even just a sippy cup of a taste of his genius, and reader — he

by Umnia El-Neil
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
Sep 15, 2024 The Luckiest Man in America: Comfort Cinema
The Luckiest Man in America: Comfort Cinema

The entire film revolves around a TV studio — which you would expect to get very tiring very quickly, were it not for the fantastic talents of Director Samir Oliveros and Cinematographer Pablo Lozano, who keep movement and pace going with the most ecstatic effect. The performances from all figures were

by Umnia El-Neil
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