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Reece Beckett

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Portrait of a City on Fire

Portrait of a City on Fire

My debut poetry collection, about a city falling apart.

2020

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Where can my other work be found?

A collection of my pieces written outside of Medium (Most recent to oldest).

Oct 1, 2022

Where can my other work be found?

Oct 1, 2022

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Review: ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ — Horror At Its Most Cynical

How successful is the latest studio effort to re-energise a horror franchise?

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Review: ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ — Horror At Its Most Cynical

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Rainbow Salad

Sick

A poem

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Sick

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Review: ‘The Surfer’ — Messy Nicolas Cage Madness Can’t Stick the Landing

Want to see Nic Cage attack a rat and drink a puddle? See this! Want to see a balanced, mature film? Don’t!

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Review: ‘The Surfer’ — Messy Nicolas Cage Madness Can’t Stick the Landing

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Review: ‘Warfare’ is a Harrowing Account of the Reality of War

Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland aim to recreate reality through cinema. But is such a thing possible?

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Review: ‘Warfare’ is a Harrowing Account of the Reality of War

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The Best of British Cinema: ‘Educating Rita’ (1983)

Lewis Gilbert’s adaptation of Willy Russell’s romantic comedy is warm, frank and thoughtful

May 12

The Best of British Cinema: ‘Educating Rita’ (1983)

May 12

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Rainbow Salad

Burrowing Deeper

A poem

May 10

Burrowing Deeper

May 10

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Review: ‘Celebrity’ — Woody Allen’s Simpering Cinema Satire

The New York-ian director takes jabs at the film industry, seemingly forgetting his own role within it

May 10

Review: ‘Celebrity’ — Woody Allen’s Simpering Cinema Satire

May 10

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Review: ‘Bob le Flambeur’ — Highly Influential, Enticing Heist Classic

Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1956 crime film likely led to your heist favourites

May 8

Review: ‘Bob le Flambeur’ — Highly Influential, Enticing Heist Classic

May 8

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Review: ‘Hounds of Love’ Mistakes Being Explicit for Being Effective

Ben Young’s 2016 true-story crime horror, unfortunately, prioritises perversion over its themes and characters

May 5

Review: ‘Hounds of Love’ Mistakes Being Explicit for Being Effective

May 5

Reece Beckett

Reece Beckett

4.98K followers

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Film/music critic and poet. New articles every Mon, Thurs & Sat. Poetry on Sundays! Contact: rbeckettwrites@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/reecebeckett

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