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Author Christopher Spencer

Christopher Spencer

Christopher Spencer

Christopher Spencer is an emerging film critic and feature writer for ECU's Dircksey publication and website. Christopher has also written infrequently in the past for Taste of Cinema, Pelican Magazine, and Heroic Hollywood, and studied at Edith Cowan University, attaining two Bachelor's Degrees in Communications and Arts. His bread and butter is Star Wars, superheroes, the works of Spielberg, Scorsese, Nolan and Kubrick, and is quite guilty over never seeing anything by Kurosawa or Studio Ghibli (he's working on it).

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review – A Nice Film About a Nice Guy

Christopher Spencer
February 5, 2020
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Directed by Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood stars Matthew Rhys as journalist Lloyd Vogel who’s assigned to write a puff piece on beloved television host Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks). Lloyd’s ow...

Jojo Rabbit Review – A Deep, Satirical Conversation About the Effects of Fascism

Christopher Spencer
January 23, 2020
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Written and directed by Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit stars Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, a lonely German boy living during the end of World War II and whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his ...

Dolittle Review – An Inexplicable Garbage Dump

Christopher Spencer
January 20, 2020
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Directed and co-written by Stephen Gaghan, Dolittle stars Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Dolittle, the famed physician of animals who can also communicate with them. Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) is dying, and ...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Review – A Film You Want to Fall in Love With

Christopher Spencer
January 10, 2020
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Written and directed by Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire stars Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel as Marianne and Héloïse, a painter and her unknowing subject, respectively. Marianne is sent to the isla...

Bombshell Review – Great Performances Fail to Give This One Purpose

Christopher Spencer
January 8, 2020
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Directed by Jay Roach, Bombshell stars Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, and Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil: three women who used to work for FOX News and who were, among many...

Stars Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker Review – This is the End

Christopher Spencer
December 30, 2019
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A quick look into Episode IX’s production will tell all you need to know about its problems. Carrie Fisher’s untimely passing, the divided fanbase left from The Last Jedi, and original director Colin Trevorrow...

Cats Review – Springtime for Kitler

Christopher Spencer
December 20, 2019
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Directed and co-written by Tom Hooper, Cats introduces ballerina Francesca Hayward as Victoria, a new cat in this strange world of the Jellicle cats. Over the course of a single night and through many introduc...

Sorry We Missed You Review – Flawed, but Still Vitally Important

Christopher Spencer
December 19, 2019
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Directed by Ken Loach, Sorry We Missed You stars Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, and Katie Proctor as a family fighting an uphill straggle against debt since the 2008 financial crisis. The dad Rick...

The Irishman Review – Ageing Powerful Men With Big Egos

Christopher Spencer
December 19, 2019
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Directed by Martin Scorsese, The Irishman stars Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran, a truck driver turned hitman and enforcer for the Philadelphia mafia lead by Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) throughout the 50s and...

Marriage Story Review – A Story of Flawed People Trying to Be Civil in a Time of Trauma

Christopher Spencer
December 17, 2019
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Written and directed by Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story stars Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as Charlie and Nicole, respectively, a couple going through a coast-to-coast divorce that involves their 8-year-ol...
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