Villeneuve’s film builds suspense like a worker laying bricks – slowly but surely, giving us a largely solid Mexican cartel infiltration thriller that packs a strong punch.
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Sicario (2015)
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Prisoners (2013)
Denis Villeneuve’s assured direction and Roger Deakins’ evocative cinematography elevates this seemingly generic suburban mystery-thriller into something that will shock and haunt you.
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Soul (2020)
It doesn’t always cohere with a creative concept that sometimes overreaches, but this is Pixar at its most existential, exploring the meaning of life at the crossroads of passion, purpose and living.
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Inside Out (2015)
Up (2009)
Pixar matures considerably with this delightful offering, despite an unimposing villain and a climax that feels too rushed.
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Monsters, Inc. (2001)
One of Pixar’s best efforts, and still one of their most conceptually imaginative pictures to date.
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Mank (2020)
Despite Fincher’s highly-calibrated craft and an excellent performance by Gary Oldman, this is way too dense and dull an ode to Old Hollywood to even be considered remotely compelling.
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Not as inspiring or thrilling as the first movie, this largely serviceable sequel has some interesting ideas that take too long to unpack and could benefit from a tighter edit.
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Wonder Woman (2017)
The film’s radical nature hides within its safe, formulaic underpinnings in what is DC’s finest superhero movie since Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ trilogy.
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13th (2016)
It may sometimes feel too didactic, but this documentary about the proliferation of prisons in the US as set in the context of racial inequality has its moments of shocking power.
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Eternality Tan 