Casual Racism, Sexism and Homophobia in Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’

The thin line between humour and offensive Guy Ritchie’s style of filming is so distinctive that it can in itself be considered an adjective.  That’s so Guy Ritchie!It’s the Guy Ritchie touch!I want to film it like Guy Ritchie! Okay, well maybe those are slight exaggerations, as frankly, I have never heard anyone say those, but it does not make the point any less true. Throughout his years in cinema, Ritchie has formed a stylistic narrative technique that is all his own. Notable for classics such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, followed by more recent, but…

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‘Triple Frontier’ Reflection

At the beginning of March, Netflix released Triple Frontier, a film that has been in works since 2011, and has a star-studded cast including Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garret Hedlund and Pedro Pascal. In my regular weekend haze of swiping through the lists of recommended movies on Netflix I was intrigued by the trailer that showed off an exciting mix between a heist and action movie. So, obviously it was my choice for my next movie night. Before starting, I was bracing myself for yet another patriotic, pro-military Hollywood production, but I was happily surprised otherwise. The film…

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