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The Kill Team (Movie Review)

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In 2013, Dan Krauss (The Death of Kevin Carter 2004. Extremis 2016) directed The Kill Team – a documentary about how Private Adam Winfield tried to blow the whistle on his platoon’s war crimes in Afghanistan. It did not go so well for him, being ... Read More

The Anatomy of a Remake: Oldboy

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Coming out of South Korea, Park Chan-Wook’s Neo-Noir Action Thriller Oldboy became a sensation upon its release in late 2003. The film told the story of a man who, after being kidnapped and kept captive for over 15 years, is let out on a 5-day ... Read More

Lords of Chaos (Movie Review)

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Jonas Åkerlund may not have been taught in film schools like his fellow Swede Ingmar Bergman, but music lovers will know his work well. The man has been directing music videos since the late 1980s, doing work for The Prodigy (‘Smack My Bitch Up’, 1997), ... Read More