High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewMargot Robbie Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/margot-robbie/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Cannes Journal: Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2019-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2019-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-movie-review/#comments Wed, 22 May 2019 16:00:35 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=98242 The fable-like title (an obvious allusion to Leone) and Quentin Tarantino’s track record of toying with history should give you a pretty good hint about what’s in store with his latest film. Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood is set in 1969, and broadly speaking the film covers the era of the Manson murders, where...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/mary-queen-of-scots-movie-review/feed/ 0 Oscar Poll: Best Actress 2018 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/poll-best-actress-oscar-2018/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/poll-best-actress-oscar-2018/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:00:28 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=90253 While we’re predicting this year’s Oscars, let’s move on to the Best Actress category. Which of the nominees do you believe will take the trophy? Which one actually deserves it? PLEASE NOTE: This topic has been divided into two polls. The first is your prediction for which actress will actually take home the trophy, regardless...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/poll-best-actress-oscar-2018/feed/ 7 ‘Peter Rabbit’ Review: Beatrix Potter Plus Slapstick https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/peter-rabbit-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/peter-rabbit-movie-review/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:00:04 +0000 Philip Brown https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=89838 In the wake of the whimsical joy of the irresistibly charming ‘Paddington’ movies, along comes ‘Peter Rabbit’, another classic British children’s yarn due for an update. Unfortunately, the folks behind this movie opted to take a different direction, and made an almost inexplicably meta and faux-irreverent slab of slapstick comedy that won’t please either the...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/peter-rabbit-movie-review/feed/ 1 ‘I, Tonya’ Review: To Die For, Too https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/i-tonya-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/i-tonya-movie-review/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:00:38 +0000 Philip Brown https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=88964 Every winter, we’re treated to a parade of bio-pics about famous faces who made a mark on American culture. You know, your Abraham Lincolns and so forth. Tonya Harding wasn’t exactly an obvious choice to be added to the pantheon of award bait bios. Her legacy is a pop culture punchline at best, and that’s...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/i-tonya-movie-review/feed/ 1 ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Review: Dark Pooh https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/goodbye-christopher-robin-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/goodbye-christopher-robin-movie-review/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:00:11 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=87722 The concept of a bio-pic about the creation of Winnie the Pooh sounds like the most maudlin movie imaginable. What makes ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ watchable is the surprising darkness surrounding the joyous creation of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and the 100 Acre Wood. Domhnall Gleeson stars as Alan Milne, a popular comedic playwright and member of...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/suicide-squad-movie-review/feed/ 54 ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ Review: This Again, Only Super-Serious This Time https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/legend-of-tarzan-2016-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/legend-of-tarzan-2016-movie-review/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:00:29 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=78580 It’s hard to imagine that anyone out there was really begging for a new Tarzan movie. The jungle hero raised by apes lost his cultural cachet long ago, even with a Disney cartoon to help stretch out the legacy. However, blockbusters are dictated by brand names now and the name Tarzan resonates even with viewers...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-short-movie-review/feed/ 0 ‘Z for Zachariah’ Review: The End of the World and Nobody Feels Fine https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/z-for-zachariah-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/z-for-zachariah-movie-review/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:00:43 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=72221 Some post-apocalyptic tales are big and action-packed like this summer’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’. Others are small and quiet like this week’s ‘Z for Zachariah’. One thing that all movies in this genre tend to share is an unrelentingly pessimistic view of humanity. If nothing else, the latest film by deeply underrated director Craig Zobel...

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