‘The Harder They Fall’ (2021) – Newcomer Director Nails It With Afro-Western Beauty

☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5 Revisionist Westerns have the unique position of blurring the line between good and evil in the “Wild West” setting. Since their introduction to cinemas in the late ’60s, they’ve rewritten the traditional fight against criminality and lawbreakers into something with more ambiguity. The term ‘revision’ makes you think that the filmmakers are changing history, that there is a deviation from what is accurate to the times and, therefore, the story. But to revise the conventional Western film is

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (2021) – A Tangled Web Isn’t Enough To Ruin the Fun

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5 Director Jon Watts and writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers succeed with No Way Home in a careful balancing act that others have failed at with past Spider-Man series. Sony’s ambition for a new cinematic universe to rival Disney’s MCU fizzled after the launchpad, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), was criticized for its overcrowded narrative and villainous line-up.It echoed the visceral reception towards indie-master Sam Raimi and his 2007 entry, Spider-Man 3 (which I don’t think is as

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