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Review of A Prayer Before Dawn (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 02 Oct 2018

As an immersive audio-visual experience, it's a rather extraordinary technical feat in creating style and meaning from even the most confronting…

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Review of American Animals (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 01 Oct 2018

Regardless of the over-speculation, the movie works when it's hilarious and intense because we are invested in the result of the unlikely caper…

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Review of Leave No Trace (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 22 Aug 2018

One of the most gentle and unique films to be released so far in 2018…

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Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 17 Aug 2018

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems…

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Review of The Wife (2017)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 30 Jul 2018

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly and that its conclusion perpetuates the type of sympathy that it holds for the character Joan…

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Review of Adrift (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 22 Jul 2018

The emotional weight of the narrative, the triumph and the sadness, resonates because of Woodley's dominant performance…

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Review of The Breaker Upperers (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 21 Jul 2018

From the big laughs the film generated, it's clear that Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek have a fruitful partnership ahead of them…

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Review of Skyscraper (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 19 Jul 2018

What could possibly go wrong for the Rock and this pale imitation of Die Hard? Everything…

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Review of RBG (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 19 Jul 2018

RBG taught me a lot about a figure I had previously only known by name…

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Review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 09 Jul 2018

It's the failure of Soldado to employ a hero we can sympathise with that nullifies its ideas and makes the film achingly dull to watch no matter…

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Review of Brothers' Nest (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 28 Jun 2018

It's not a flawed movie because its not Kenny. It's because the third act has no rhythm and grows sluggish and purposeless…

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Review of Tully (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 01 May 2018

Despite the rich setup, the plot is undercooked. It's a cute idea in need of development…

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Review of Last Flag Flying (2017)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 23 Apr 2018

It is funny and well-acted but its emphasis on banter over incident makes it a minor entry in Linklater's filmography…

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Review of Isle of Dogs (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 19 Apr 2018

The cleverness and the charm of the world means we sometimes forget we're watching talking animals, which is a major attraction of this unique…

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Review of I Feel Pretty (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 17 Apr 2018

Its glossiness is what prevents Schumer from utilising her darkest edges, the same properties that have defined her ongoing comic schtick…

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Review of The Shape of Water (2017)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 04 Apr 2018

Del Toro takes the central relationship seriously, and the weight of the villain makes us care for the characters and hope they'll be buoyed…

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Review of A Quiet Place (2018)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 03 Apr 2018

As it stands, A Quiet Place is muted in form but also in its depth compared to progressive and subversive horror stories from various mediums…

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Review of A Quiet Place (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 03 Apr 2018

As it stands, A Quiet Place is muted in form but also in its depth compared to progressive and subversive horror stories from various mediums…

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Review of The Death of Stalin (2017)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 27 Mar 2018

The Death of Stalin overcomes several obstacles to prove that it is both funny and cinematic…

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Review of Human Flow (2017)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 14 Mar 2018

A humane documentary that opts to spread itself across many different countries and dramatise a visually immersive, ground-level viewpoint…

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