Brooke Trezise

Mini Review – The King is Dead

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The King is Dead! Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson   Max and Therese move into a suburban house. They’re nice. There are nice neighbours… on one side. On the other is the drug-fried, weak-willed King (Gary Waddell, perfect), whose house is used by his aggressive, ice-fuelled ‘friends’ for all-night parties. Max and Therese get … Read more

Mini Review – Snow White and The Huntsman

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Snow White and The Huntsman Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson   “How the hell would I know? I’ve got a sheet over my head” In Snow White and the Huntsman and the Witch and the Fetching Wardrobe, an evil queen steals the plots of various other fantasy tales and bungs them into the Tolkienator to … Read more

Mini Review – Le Chef

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Le Chef Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson   Original title: Comme un chef Jacky (Michaël Youn) is a talented chef who can’t even hold down a job in a fast-food joint due to his habit of imposing haute cuisine where it isn’t wanted. So his wife (like apparently all French women, she’s gorgeous yet attracted … Read more

Mini Review – Declaration of War

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Declaration of War Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson   Original title: La guerre est déclarée A quirky and upbeat film about… cancer. Hmm. But before you switch off, this is based on a couple’s true story and stars the couple as versions of themselves. Bit weird, yes. French, obviously. As Juliette (Valérie Donzelli, also the … Read more