Tag: sam mendes
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Review: Empire of Light
By Christian DiMartino Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light is a curious experience. The movie begins well, features splendid performances, is beautifully filmed by Roger Deakins, is immaculately scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Everything appears to be in its right place, but ultimately it doesn’t hang together as a movie. It’s like looking at…
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My bond with… Bond: Spectre (2015)
After the hugely successful and Oscar winning (the first Bond film to win an Oscar since Thunderball) heights of Sam Mendes’ Skyfall, Mendes was brought back in three years later for the hotly anticipated Spectre. Even six years later, I get the sense that the jury is still out on this movie. I know people…
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My bond with… Bond: Skyfall (2012)
After Quantum of Solace, the Bond franchise was left in limbo once again. The film left people shaken and stirred. Not only that, but the series was a part of a legal battle over the rights to the property once again, so there was even talk of the franchise being finished once and for all.…
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