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Last Night in Soho (2021)

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Last Night in Soho By Calum Whitfield  Edgar Wright’s foray into thrillers is a vintage delight, blending a 60s style with a 70s tone in one tight modern package. 4/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥 Directed by: Edgar Wright  Starring: Thomasin Mackenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, and Terrence Smith  Where to find it: Buy or Rent on Amazon Prime No Copyright Infringement Intended Edgar Wright is one of my favourite directors. Known for quirky comedy which he masterfully blends with other genres to create brilliant, fast-paced, kinetic movies in my opinion he hasn’t put a foot wrong so far in his film career. Last Night in Soho marks him moving into new, darker territory; does his winning streak continue? Last Night in Soho follows Eloise (Thomasin Mackenzie), a girl with a particular interest in 60’s music and culture from a small town in Cornwall where she lives with her Grandmother following her mother’s suicide when Eloise was young, who moves to London to pursue her ...

Our Favourite Directors

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  Our Favourite Directors  To celebrate hitting 1000 views, we thought we would each dive into our five favourite directors. With so many great choices available there’s a good chance these lists could change day to day, but right now, here are each of our favourites! 1. Taika Waititi Taika Waititi is undoubtedly one of the most in-demand directors in current cinema, but I’m going to be honest, like a lot of other people, my first introduction to Waititi’s work was through 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi’s ability to completely revitalise the Thor franchise, which was otherwise bland and largely considered to be the worst of the MCU titles, into a vibrant comedy that embraced the craziness of its source material within the first five minutes of its’ runtime is something to be marvelled at (excuse the pun). His work outside of the land of superheroes, however, is even more impressive. Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit is a touching, yet absurd, film set in Nazi Germany that highlights t...