The Good in Movies ~ by Dominic Corry, Film Critic

Christopher Nolan and Harry Styles on Dunkirk

In this interview, conducted in a Santa Monica airport hangar for the Herald, I chat to master filmmaker Christopher Nolan and master pop star Harry Styles about their new World War II film.

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Quentin Tarantino’s Manson Movie—yay or nay?

In this column written for the Herald, I consider the tantalizing prospect of a Quentin Tarantino take on the Manson murders. Then I articulate the whip reaction snap that such a notion implies.

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Tom Holland on fulfilling his Spider-Man dreams

In this interview conducted for the Herald, I talk to newly minted Spidey Tom Holland and director Jon Watts about the eagerly anticipated Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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Gal Gadot on becoming Wonder Woman

I chat to Gal Gadot, star of the smash-hit new Wonder Woman movie, and director Patty Jenkins, in this interview conducted for the Herald.

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David Lynch on the return of Twin Peaks

I fulfill a lifelong dream by chatting to master filmmaker David Lynch in this interview conducted for the Herald. Granted, Twin Peaks is a TV show. But heck if it isn’t highly cinematic.

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The Biggest Movie Monsters Of Them All

In this blog entry for the Herald, I celebrate the insane magnitude of the title creature in the frankly awesome Kong: Skull Island by citing some of the biggest movie monsters ever. Most of them are recent. The modern era has been kind to gargantuan beasties.

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Bill Paxton’s Ten Greatest Performances

In this blog entry for the Herald, I attempt to comprehend the shocking loss of Bill Paxton, one of the great all-time actors, by celebrating ten of his greatest performances.

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Tom Hiddleston on Kong: Skull Island and Taika Waititi

In this interview conducted for the Herald, Kong: Skull Island lead actor Tom Hiddleston discusses his big monkey movie and also what it was like to collaborate with Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi on Thor: Ragnarok.

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What Happened to Sex at the Movies?

To mark the release of Fifty Shades Darker, I look back at how sex on the whole has disappeared from mainstream cinema, and lament its absence in both creative and sociological terms. Also: bare bottoms.

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Reviewing Five New Netflix Original Movies

In this blog for the Herald, I look at how on-demand services have removed the stigma of movies that bypass theaters, and I review five new Netflix Original Movies: Mercy, I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House, True Memoirs of an International Assassin, Mascots & Rebirth.

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