Hemanth Kissoon
@filmaluation.bsky.social
Cinema and arts journalist. Searching for creativity, brains, and all-out entertainment. My website is Filmaluation (www.filmaluation.com), an online film and culture magazine.
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Predator: Badlands movie review
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I have recently started a YouTube channel, called 'Movie and Culture Reviews by Hemanth Kissoon'.
Here is my review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS:
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#PredatorBadlands
Here is my review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS:
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#PredatorBadlands
Ziam movie review
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December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I have done a review of hilarious French crime-comedy BANGER, starring Vincent Cassel:
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#BangerMovie #VincentCassel
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#BangerMovie #VincentCassel
Banger movie review
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December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I have done a review of hilarious French crime-comedy BANGER, starring Vincent Cassel:
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#BangerMovie #VincentCassel
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#BangerMovie #VincentCassel
I have done a review of action-comedy HEADS OF STATE, starring Idris Elba, John Cena and Priyanka Chopra Jonas:
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#HeadsOfState #IdrisElba #JohnCena #PriyankaChopraJonas
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#HeadsOfState #IdrisElba #JohnCena #PriyankaChopraJonas
Heads of State movie review
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December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I have done a review of action-comedy HEADS OF STATE, starring Idris Elba, John Cena and Priyanka Chopra Jonas:
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#HeadsOfState #IdrisElba #JohnCena #PriyankaChopraJonas
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#HeadsOfState #IdrisElba #JohnCena #PriyankaChopraJonas
I have done a review of 1970s Japanese crime thriller YAKUZA GRAVEYARD:
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#YakuzaGraveyard
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#YakuzaGraveyard
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Yakuza Graveyard movie review
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December 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I have done a review of 1970s Japanese crime thriller YAKUZA GRAVEYARD:
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#YakuzaGraveyard
@filmsradiance.bsky.social
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#YakuzaGraveyard
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I have done a review of Steven Soderbergh espionage thriller BLACK BAG:
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#BlackBag #CateBlanchett #MichaelFassbender #StevenSoderbergh
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#BlackBag #CateBlanchett #MichaelFassbender #StevenSoderbergh
Black Bag movie review
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December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I have done a review of Steven Soderbergh espionage thriller BLACK BAG:
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#BlackBag #CateBlanchett #MichaelFassbender #StevenSoderbergh
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#BlackBag #CateBlanchett #MichaelFassbender #StevenSoderbergh
I have done a review of Ridley Scott’s NAPOLEON: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT:
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#NapoleonMovie #RidleyScott
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#NapoleonMovie #RidleyScott
Napoleon: The Director’s Cut movie review
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December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I have done a review of Ridley Scott’s NAPOLEON: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT:
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#NapoleonMovie #RidleyScott
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#NapoleonMovie #RidleyScott
Havoc movie review
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November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I have done a review of Emma Thompson thriller DEAD OF WINTER:
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#DeadOfWinter #EmmaThompson #JudyGreer
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#DeadOfWinter #EmmaThompson #JudyGreer
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Dead of Winter movie review
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I have done a review of Emma Thompson thriller DEAD OF WINTER:
youtu.be/Gg8bdeq_78E
#DeadOfWinter #EmmaThompson #JudyGreer
@vertigorel.bsky.social
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#DeadOfWinter #EmmaThompson #JudyGreer
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F1 movie review
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November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Jurassic World: Rebirth movie review
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November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Superman movie review
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November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I have recently started a YouTube channel, called 'Movie and Culture Reviews by Hemanth Kissoon'.
Here is my review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS:
youtu.be/RkBPl7quB7M
#PredatorBadlands
Here is my review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS:
youtu.be/RkBPl7quB7M
#PredatorBadlands
Predator: Badlands movie review
YouTube video by Movie and Culture Reviews by Hemanth Kissoon
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I have recently started a YouTube channel, called 'Movie and Culture Reviews by Hemanth Kissoon'.
Here is my review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS:
youtu.be/RkBPl7quB7M
#PredatorBadlands
Here is my review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS:
youtu.be/RkBPl7quB7M
#PredatorBadlands
TIME BANDITS
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
April 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
TIME BANDITS
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
OPUS
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
OPUS
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
FLOW ★★★★★
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
March 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
FLOW ★★★★★
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
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Movies that take place at roughly the same time
March 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Movies that take place at roughly the same time
It is actor Oscar Isaac’s birthday. Isaac’s top 5 best films:
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It is actor Oscar Isaac’s birthday. Isaac’s top 5 best films:
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
THE MONKEY ★★★★☆
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
March 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
THE MONKEY ★★★★☆
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
The two best films of 2024 were:
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
March 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The two best films of 2024 were:
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
I watched Jackie Chan’s CRIME STORY last night. A different beast to his action-comedies, with a harder, grittier tone. The same explosive mayhem, but with a tougher edge to the combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I watched Jackie Chan’s CRIME STORY last night. A different beast to his action-comedies, with a harder, grittier tone. The same explosive mayhem, but with a tougher edge to the combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
It is director Mike Leigh’s birthday. Nearly 30 years on, SECRETS & LIES still astounds. If you haven’t watched, do yourself a favour, it is one of the peaks of British cinema. I hope Criterion bring out a 4K version.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It is director Mike Leigh’s birthday. Nearly 30 years on, SECRETS & LIES still astounds. If you haven’t watched, do yourself a favour, it is one of the peaks of British cinema. I hope Criterion bring out a 4K version.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
SUGAR [season 1] ★★★☆☆
Initially, a conventional neo-noir, but Colin Farrell’s ethereal performance masks a monumental rug-pull. The look & disjointed editing jar. Ambitious combination of elements, though individual parts don’t excel. Am still digesting. Theme of depravity disquiets.
#TVsky #Sugar
Initially, a conventional neo-noir, but Colin Farrell’s ethereal performance masks a monumental rug-pull. The look & disjointed editing jar. Ambitious combination of elements, though individual parts don’t excel. Am still digesting. Theme of depravity disquiets.
#TVsky #Sugar
February 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
BAD MONKEY [season one] ★★★★☆
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey
February 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
BAD MONKEY [season one] ★★★★☆
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey