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Theresa Smith

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 51% 4/5 EDIT “It's still as much fun as ever because nostalgia and exhilarating glee rule the day.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Dec 20, 2019 Full Review Gemini Man (2019) 27% 3/5 EDIT “At no point do you care about any of the characters...every bit of emotional interplay that might be happening is referenced in dialogue and the score does nothing to speed up or slow down action or add emotional heft.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Oct 15, 2019 Full Review Joker (2019) 68% 4/5 EDIT “Intense and disturbing, Joker is a well-crafted movie, if rather open-ended in its intentions.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Oct 4, 2019 Full Review Downton Abbey (2019) 84% 3/5 EDIT “Elegant, agreeable entertainment.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Sep 19, 2019 Full Review Rambo: Last Blood (2019) 26% 2/5 EDIT “Rambo 5 is more a generic, late night revenge action flick than satisfying end for what started out as a complex character.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Sep 19, 2019 Full Review Midsommar (2019) 83% 3/5 EDIT “The pace is slow-burn, the mood is ominous and the hallucinatory imagery will give you nightmares.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Jul 26, 2019 Full Review The Lion King (2019) 52% 3/5 EDIT “It is cute and watchable, which is more than you can say for a lot of the stuff you are forced to watch for the sake of taking your children to the movies.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Jul 19, 2019 Full Review Tolkien (2019) 51% 2/5 EDIT “If you've never read up about the author, this might work for you, but any passing familiarity with Tolkien means you won't learn anything you didn't already know.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Jun 21, 2019 Full Review Toy Story 4 (2019) 96% 4.5/5 EDIT “Toy Story 4 is finely crafted and gorgeously detailed -- everything we have come to expect from this particular Pixar franchise.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Jun 20, 2019 Full Review Dark Phoenix (2019) 22% 2/5 EDIT “X-Men movies keep on re-introducing characters and concepts instead furthering their overall story arc...” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Jun 7, 2019 Full Review Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 42% 2/5 EDIT “For a monster movie this is a surprisingly un-tense, limp affair.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) May 30, 2019 Full Review Avengers: Endgame (2019) 94% 4.5/5 EDIT “Well. That was not what I expected. And, I think I love it all the more for it.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Apr 25, 2019 Full Review The Seagull (2018) 4/5 EDIT “Sharp, nasty, brittle, thought-provoking, Christiaan Olwagen's film Die Seemeeu makes for uncomfortable but absorbing viewing, like watching a train wreck happen in front of your eyes.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Apr 6, 2019 Full Review Shazam! (2019) 90% 4/5 EDIT “There are plenty of sight jokes, but these never descend into farce and the dialogue is quick and witty.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Apr 5, 2019 Full Review Aquaman (2018) 66% EDIT “Not all comic book characters have unsolvable mommy issues and sometimes embracing the cheese is a relief.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Dec 21, 2018 Full Review Mary Poppins Returns (2018) 79% 4/5 EDIT “Parents will wallow in the nostalgia and laugh at the jokes, children will empathise with the Banks kids and catch the lessons embedded in the songs.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Dec 20, 2018 Full Review Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) 42% 3/5 EDIT “Don't go watch if you want intricate plotting or a deep characterising, but if you want to watch gigantic robots fight, this is for you.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Mar 23, 2018 Full Review Johnny Is Nie Dood Nie (2016) 4.5/5 EDIT “Touching on friendship, betrayal, sexual and political awakening, this film is as layered and nuanced as any of the theatre work Olwagen has worked on over the years and bodes well for his film career.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Mar 8, 2018 Full Review Love by Chance (2016) 2/5 EDIT “Stocked with beautiful black people and centered on what should be an interesting premise, it doesn't quite live up to its promise.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Mar 8, 2018 Full Review The Shape of Water (2017) 92% 4.5/5 EDIT “It is a story about outsiders and the very human need to connect. It is also about the love of movies, both the craft of movies and the way stories on screen captivate us and transport to another world.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Jan 19, 2018 Full Review Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a fun family adventure that is surprisingly better than expected.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Dec 29, 2017 Full Review Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Epic, fun, visually sumptuous, it will tug at your heart strings because we come to know the characters across several episodes and we root for them when we recognise our own emotional responses in theirs.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Dec 14, 2017 Full Review Wind River (2017) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “A finely sketched character-driven murder mystery, Wind River is a beautifully penned piece of work from Taylor Sheridan, who makes his directing debut.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Nov 3, 2017 Full Review It (2017) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Creepy and yet emotionally resonant, It is a disturbing reboot of a scary '80s film character.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Sep 22, 2017 Full Review The Dark Tower (2017) 16% 2/5 EDIT “Despite rich source material, The Dark Tower film version feels rather lifeless.” – Weekend Special (South Africa) Sep 15, 2017 Full Review
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