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First impressions: Children of Men (2006)

This review is just a sample to test my website, don’t take it too serious. Given my recent neglect of action movies, I felt the need to watch some exploding stuff on a big screen again, so I took the opportunity of a special screening at Passage Neukölln and gave Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopic 2006 classic, a try. The movie immediately throws you into the action with an exploding store on a bustling London street - if you look closely, you can spot a CGI rendering of The Shard, the now iconic Southwark skyscraper that dominates London’s skyline. ...

January 29, 2026 · 2 min · Johann Kleindopf