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Author Hagan Osborne

Hagan Osborne

Hagan Osborne

Could have bought a house by now but instead I went to the movies. Thoughts are unfortunately my own.

The Invisible Man Review – An Important Look at Moving Forward After Trauma

Hagan Osborne
February 25, 2020
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The overwhelming sound of angry waves crashing against a rocky shoreline opens Australian director Leigh Whannell’s adaptation of H. G. Wells beloved sci-fi novel The Invisible Man. The sheer thud, bringing...

The Call of the Wild Review – True Grit with Digital Dogs

Hagan Osborne
February 24, 2020
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Every year or so, we get a family film like The Call of the Wild; the family-friendly dog movie following an adorable pooch on a spirited journey into self-fulfilment. While recent years have seen the dog-a...

A Hidden Life Review – Terrence Malick Captures the Spectrum of Human Emotion in Slow-burning War-drama

Hagan Osborne
January 30, 2020
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The lengths taken by Nazi forces during World War II to forcibly enlist Austrian townspeople is depicted with heart-rending intensity in Terrence Malick’s latest historical drama, A Hidden Life. Based on r...

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review – Nice Guys Finish First in this Sorta-Biopic of Mister Rogers

Hagan Osborne
January 24, 2020
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Growing up in Australia in the mid-'90s, you were hard-pressed to find children's entertainment that didn't focus on brawling anime monsters or anthropomorphic bananas. That is where a beloved figure like ...

Underwater Review – K-Stew’s Heavy Breathing Cannot Salvage this Empty Vessel

Hagan Osborne
January 22, 2020
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The bottom of the ocean contains more than just a sparkling blue diamond belonging to Kate Winslet. Released under the studio formerly known as 20th Century Fox, Underwater is a sci-fi horror where monolith...

1917 Review – A Long Shot in Stakes and Filmmaking

Hagan Osborne
January 6, 2020
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It is the First World War.  The unnerving silence of a quaint French town - now occupied by German military forces - is interrupted by the sound of invading soldiers making howling commands. The fall o...

Wrinkles the Clown Review – A Glimpse into the Rise of a Petrifying Figure

Hagan Osborne
December 8, 2019
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In 2014, the eerie surveillance footage of a demented looking clown known as Wrinkles appearing from beneath a sleeping child's bed had spread across the internet faster than you could say Bloody Mary three ti...

Knives Out Review – Murder-Mystery Struggles to Cut the (Colonel) Mustard

Hagan Osborne
November 29, 2019
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Reminding Rian Johnson about his work on Star Wars is probably the last thing he wants to hear before releasing a new film. To Johnson’s dismay, his polarising work with Star Wars: The Last Jedi will hang o...

Ford v Ferrari Review – A Captivating Movie About Men and Their Cars

Hagan Osborne
November 18, 2019
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Will we celebrate petrol-guzzling car-racing films thirty years from now? Perhaps the only sport where catching on fire is a possibility, the hardscrabble attempt by the Ford Motor Company to beat Ferrari i...

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Review – A Frightful Film that Burns Bright

Hagan Osborne
September 25, 2019
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Given the option of facing Jason Voorhees or going to school with a bulbous sized pimple dangling from their cheek, you can bet teenagers would rather take their chances at Camp Crystal Lake than be seen by th...
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