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Review of Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral
If a young artist has a famous parent, it's very easy to lazily dump that fact into a discussion of their work, regardless of relevance; see, for example, the number of reviews of Moon and Source Code that pointlessly name-drop Duncan Jones' father, David Bowie. That said, with Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral it's impossible not to mention his father because the only way I can describe the film is as distinctly Cronenbergian. →
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Review of X-Men: First Class
Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class is a welcome return to form for the X-Men franchise after the risible X-Men: Last Stand and the sloppy Wolverine origins story. The '60s setting allows for a lighter tone than previous instalments but Michael Fassbender's intensity as Erik Lehnsherr takes the film to some dark places. →