Dr Luke Buckmaster

Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 06:40 UTC

James Stewart, followed around by a giant imaginary rabbit! I revisit the magic of Harvey

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 09:10 UTC

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 05:53 UTC

I just googled it, I've never seen this film...are you a fan?

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 05:25 UTC

I swear, I genuinely go in hoping to discover an unfairly maligned film!

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 05:19 UTC

Yes: there are viewing experiences even worse than today's Presidental debate. I revisit the Eddie Murphy comedy, or "comedy", currently sitting on a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 07:18 UTC

In honour of the late and great Donald Sutherland, I revisit one of his most iconic roles. So iconic it's distilled into a single image: memeable, gifable, fridge magnet-able, and freakishly great.

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 03:18 UTC

Mads Mikkelsen makes potato farming totally badass in his new film - an engrossing period piece honeycombed with pulpy action. My review of The Promised Land

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 04:54 UTC

If Bill and Ted wrote a movie about Australian history, it might look something like the stupedenously silly and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny The Emu War. Here's my review

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 21:02 UTC

Vale Donald Sutherland. He had that incredible serpentine glare: an otherworldly sparkle in his eyes we all recognise but nobody could ever really explain. Movingly human but powered by some mysterious ancient force. A terrific actor

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 05:35 UTC

Anyone have any favourite movie poster taglines they want to share? Here's a couple of mine. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: "History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell." Groundhog Day: "He's living life like there's no tomorrow. Because there isn't." 😂

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 22:37 UTC

The ever-bankable Guy Pearce attempts to save souls and keep the peace in Lee Tamahori's stately New Zealand period drama The Convert. My review

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 07:27 UTC

I can't tell you what accent Jean Claude Van Damme speaks in his new film, because that question has dogged cineastes for decades. But I can tell you that he's pretty good as a Broken Man who has Made Mistakes. My review of Darkness of Man

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 21:56 UTC

Alice Englert (the daughter of Jane Campion) delivers an excellent performance as a young photographer in the new, Sydney-set TV drama Exposure. Here's my review

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 06:33 UTC

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 04:35 UTC

Russell Crowe has been getting into excorisms. I compare his two, very pulpy exorcism movies. One spectacularly scales up, the other is psychologically reductive

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 04:34 UTC

Russell Crowe has been getting into excorisms. I compare his two, very pulpy exorcism movies. One spectacularly scales up, the other is psychologically reductive

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 04:31 UTC

Russell Crowe has been getting into excorisms. I compare his two, very pulpy exorcism movies. One spectacularly scales up, the other is psychologically reductive

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 06:57 UTC

In case you were wondering: yes, big juicy twists are hereditary. My review of Ishana Shyamalan's debut feature The Watchers, a horror movie set in a forest ruled by voyeuristic monsters

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 02:10 UTC

Thanks for reading - hope you like

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 02:09 UTC

The big-hearted Australian comedy series Austin - starring Love on the Spectrum's Michael Theo - is very sharply executed and laugh-out-loud funny. My review of its delightful first season

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 02:21 UTC

Here's my review of Hit Man (now on Netflix), which subverts the killer for hire genre and creates a sweetly sadistic rom-com

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 09:56 UTC

In Netflix's new series Eric, Benedict Cumberbatch joins a history of characters accompanied by weird child-like creatures. How does this production compare to others? My review

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 02, 2024 at 22:36 UTC

This month's biggest and most interesting streaming releases include House of the Dragons season 2, Richard Linklater's new film Hit Man, Jake Gyllenhaal’s thriller Presumed Innocent and The Bear season 3

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 00:08 UTC

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 23:55 UTC

One of the first people to read the new Japanese translation of my book is legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear and Death Stranding 🔥🏍🚨

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 07:52 UTC

Thanks for that, will fix

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 01:09 UTC

No I haven't. Thank you, i'll check it out

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 00:52 UTC

YouTube influencer Jenny Nicholson's four hour anatomy of the failed Star Wars hotel has gone viral. And so it should: here's me on why this long and detailed video is excellent, addictive viewing

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 01:42 UTC

Out of Sight, very cool film. I'm due for a rewatch

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 01:30 UTC

Was J Lo's new Netflix film written by malfunctioning software? My review of Atlas, the dumbest sci-fi of the year

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 03:44 UTC

In Tires, Shane Gillis reminds us that racist accents are a hill upon which he's prepared to die. But...what bit's the funny bit?

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 05:36 UTC

But the conservatives told us, again and again, that real action on the climate would cost too much

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 00:56 UTC

Happy 40th birthday, Amadeus! I revisit this fabulously frisky Mozart film, which has an intoxicating punch-drunk spirit. It’s about dealing with greatness when it’s not your own

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 03:50 UTC

The cuddly characters in the family film IF are supposed to be adorably strange - but I wanted to assault them with the nearest blunt instrument. Here's my review

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 16, 2024 at 22:57 UTC

Haven't seen that. Thank you for the recommendation

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 16, 2024 at 22:57 UTC

How lovely

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 16, 2024 at 21:58 UTC

The Way, My Way is an almost audaciously undramatic Australian film about walking the Camino de Santiago. It celebrates life’s simple pleasures: walking, talking, imbibing

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 15, 2024 at 21:57 UTC

I literally wrote the book on Mad Max. Here's my review of Furiosa - a beast of a movie, scattered and a little out of control but wildly and enjoyably so

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 15, 2024 at 06:46 UTC

Produced by Eli Roth, The Faceless Lady is a horror series unlike any other - while at the same time bulging with boilerplate elements. My thoughts on a strangely immersive slice of next-gen storytelling

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 08, 2024 at 22:31 UTC

I'm a big fan of the Planet of the Apes series. No other franchise is like it. These films open up interesting spaces involving empires, legends, allegories. Here's why the latest film is worth your time

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 08, 2024 at 04:22 UTC

I couldn't get enough of Dark Matter. Smashed through it in three successive evenings, then bought the book. Here's my thoughts on one of the best TV shows of the year

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 22:26 UTC

Oh dear. Jerry Seinfeld's directorial debut, Unfrosted, is lame, tame comedy that tries very hard and gets old very quick. A big Pop-Tart shaped lemon. My review

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 00:13 UTC

Jeff Daniels is hellishly entertaining as a shit-eating real estate mogul in trouble with the banks in Netflix's A Man in Full - a very bingeable tale of bad bonds and bad behaviour. Here's my review

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 06:01 UTC

Thank you - will check it out

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 05:25 UTC

Is The Butterfly Effect the most sensationally pessimistic time travel movie ever made? I revisit a shockingly unique film, hellishly wild and dark

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 23:10 UTC

Such a great performance

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 23:04 UTC

New Zealand drama After the Party is a hell of a watch, diving into fraught and morally complex spaces, starring Robyn Malcolm in one of the best TV portrayals in recent years. My review for The Guardian

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 07:29 UTC

“No Mr Netanyahu, it is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that, in a little over six months, your extremist government has killed over 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 78,000, 70% of whom are women and children"

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Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 26, 2024 at 04:50 UTC

Despite its eagerness to comment on itself, and the broader Hollywood playbook, The Fall Guy is a straight-up slice of Hollywood confection, not nearly as clever as it wants to be

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