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Sequels. These days, no matter where you go, it's often the case that the biggest selling films are either reboots of previous films, sequels to previous films, or are part of a big expanded universe. 

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Embrace of the Serpent Film Review

Published in Grapeshot Magazine (Vol 8, Issue 7: Warhol, August 2015).

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Set in the Amazonian jungle of Columbia, Embrace of the Serpent tells two stories following a shaman named Karamakate. The first follows him as a young man help...

12:05am. I’m waiting at the gate to Macquarie Centre’s Event Cinemas.  There are hundreds of people queuing outside the entrance. A few Darth Vaders walk past, then a Yoda, a few Han Solos, even a Boba Fett… and there are lightsabres everywhere. There’s an energy in th...

When I left the cinema after watching Mad Max: Fury Road, I had no idea what had hit me… so much so that I had to go and drink a considerable amount of alcohol to process what I had just seen. I have been a Mad Max fan for sometime now, and so often, when you watch seq...