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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).

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...

Black Christmas Review – A Forgettable 90-Minute Jump Scare Fest

Christopher Spencer
December 12, 2019
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This is the second remake of the 1974 Canadian slasher movie Black Christmas, and seems to be a remake in name only. The first two Black Christmas’ were about evil degenerate people living in the attic of a so...

Jumanji: The Next Level Review – Same As Before, Not as Much Fun

Christopher Spencer
December 11, 2019
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Directed and co-written by Jake Kasdan, Jumanji: The Next Level stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black as the four video game characters that inhabit the world of Jumanji, possessed now...

The Addams Family Review – Fun Gags, but Ultimately Toothless

Christopher Spencer
December 10, 2019
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Directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan, The Addams Family stars Oscar Issac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, and Nick Kroll as Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Uncle Fester, r...
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