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How a fifth leads to a sixth: a review of The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment Created and written by Sarah Phelps Directed by Saul Dibb Starring Timothy Spall Anne Reid Sheila Hancock Éanna Hardwicke Annabel Scholey Ben Bailey Smith Executive producers Lucy Richter, Derek Wax, Sarah Phelps, Brian Woods Producer Frances du Pille Cinematography Rik Zang Editors Sarah Peczek, Steven Worsley Production companies Wild Mercury Productions, True …

Uh-uh, no way, I’m outta here: a review of Nope

Nope Directed by Jordan Peele Written by Jordan Peele Produced by Jordan Peele & Ian Cooper Starring Daniel Kaluuya Keke Palmer Steven Yeun Michael Wincott Brandon Perea Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Edited by Nicholas Monsour Music by Michael Abels Production company Monkeypaw Productions Distributed by Universal Pictures Nope opens with two vignettes that at first …

After after life: a review of Post Mortem–No One Dies in Skarnes

Post Mortem Norwegian Post Mortem: ingen dør i Skarnes Directed by Harald Zwart & Petter Holmsen Original language Norwegian Production Producers Espen Horn Kristian Strand Sinkerud, Production company Motion Blur Distributor Netflix Starring: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen as Live Hallangen Elias Holmen Sørensen as Odd Hallangen André Sørum as Reinert Kim Fairchild as Judith Sarah Khorami …

Koreans having a worse day than you: a review of Kingdom Season 2

Kingdom Season 2 Hangul 킹덤 Genre Historical period, Political drama, Supernatural, Horror, Thriller Based on The Kingdom of the Gods by Kim Eun-hee and Yang Kyung-il[1] Written by Kim Eun-hee Directed by Kim Seong-hun Starring Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong, Bae Doo-na, Kim Sung-kyu Country of origin South Korea When I wrote a review of Kingdom …

Life considered as a bowl of Oatmeal: a review of Russian Doll

Created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler Starring Natasha Lyonne, Greta Lee, Yul Vazquez, Charlie Barnett, Elizabeth Ashley There’s an overwhelming temptation to compare this series to Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day. In both, the central character is caught on a hamster wheel in which life resets to a certain point, one identified by …