The Good in Movies ~ by Dominic Corry, Film Critic

What to expect from HBO Max in New Zealand

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Creep, Crawl, Stomp, Chomp: The monsters of Peter Jackson’s King Kong

In this feature for Letterboxd Journal, I talk to Wētā Workshop artist Greg Broadmore about the creatures that populate Peter Jackson's (still underrated) 2005 remake of King Kong.

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Taika Waititi on why he's done with Hollywood

In this (paywalled) feature for Sunday Magazine, I interview Oscar-winning Māori filmmaker Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) to mark the tenth anniversary of his breakout hit Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and also discuss what he's up to these days.

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Eddie Murphy on Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

In this dream-come-true feature for Letterboxd Journal, I talk to one of my childhood heroes, Eddie Freaking Murphy, about reviving the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. I also speak to co-stars John Ashton, who has since sadly passed away, Judge Reinhold, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kevin Bacon, as well as director Mark Molloy.

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Franchise director Chad Stahelski on the action movies that influenced John Wick: Chapter 4

In this action movie history-mining interview for Letterboxd Journal, I talk to John Wick franchise overlord/director, former stunt co-ordinator Chad Stahelski, about the genre classics that inform John Wick: Chapter 4.

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Tom Stourton and Tom Palmer on the excrutiatingly delightful All My Friends Hate Me

In this interview feature for Letterboxd Journal about one of my favourite films of the last five years, co-writer/star Tom Stourton and co-writer Tom Palmer talk about their fantastically uncomfortable social anxiety horror film All My Friends Hate Me.

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Sugar creator Mark Protosevich on the film noir classics embedded in the Colin Farrell-starring private eye series

In this interview feature for Letterboxd Journal, I interrogate the creator of the most film nerd-leaning series in years, the drench-in-noir Sugar, starring Colin Farrell as a film noir-obsessed private eye in LA living out his own film noir story.

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Looking back on early ’90s quiet masterpiece Sneakers

In this retrospective feature for Letterboxd Journal, I take a look back at one of my all-time favourite movies, 1992’s eerily prescient comedy-caper-heist-thriller Sneakers.

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