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4 Great Films About Loners (That Look At The Darker Side of Loneliness)

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Graeme Robertson with four great films about loners… Do you ever feel lonely dear readers? Do you ever sometimes feel that you just don’t quite fit in with the rest of the world? I’ll admit that I sometimes I feel this way in certain situations. Often at a social event like a party or whatever, […]

4 Great British Political Dramas (To Keep You Entertained on Election Night)

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Graeme Robertson with 4 great British political dramas to keep you entertained on election night… Election fever has gripped the British people once more, with the country going to the polls to decide who will walk into Number 10. Will it be “strong and stable” leadership of the incumbent Conservative leader and u-turn master Theresa […]

Another 4 Great War Films (That Still Aren’t Saving Private Ryan)

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Graeme Robertson with another four great war films (that still aren’t Saving Private Ryan)… Given that I’ve written two features previously on the genre (read them here and here) I think you can probably guess dear readers that I’m a fan of the war film. And as many will probably point out, I still haven’t […]

Movie Review – Dead Awake (2016)

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Dead Awake, 2016. Directed by Phillip Guzman. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Jesse Bradford, Jesse Borego, Brea Grant, and Lori Petty. SYNOPSIS: After her estranged sister Beth dies suddenly while suffering from sleep paralysis, Kate is plagued with guilt after dismissing her initial claims that she was being regularly haunted in her sleep by a sinister force […]

4 More Great War Films (That Still Aren’t Saving Private Ryan)

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Graeme Robertson with four more great war films (that still aren’t Saving Private Ryan)… A while back I wrote a feature in which I looked back at four of what I considered to be great war films, with the main linking theme being that they weren’t Steven Spielberg’s beloved classic Saving Private Ryan. However, as […]

Movie Review – The Dark Tapes (2017)

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The Dark Tapes, 2017. Directed by Vincent J. Gustini and Michael McQuown. Starring Emilia Ares Zoryan, Danielle Baez, Katelyn Bailey, and David Banks. SYNOPSIS: Science fiction and the supernatural interchange and interlock in a dark anthology of mystery, superstition, psychopaths, demons and horror. I’ve probably said this before but I’m not a fan of the […]

4 Great War Films (That Aren’t Saving Private Ryan)

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Graeme Robertson with four great war films (that aren’t Saving Private Ryan)… I recently wrote a piece arguing that Steven Spielberg’s visceral war epic Saving Private Ryan should have won have been named Best Picture of 1998 by the Academy Awards, and I concluded in that feature that I thought Saving Private Ryan was one […]

Oscars: What Should Have Won – There Will Be Blood for Best Picture over No Country for Old Men

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Graeme Robertson on why There Will Be Blood should have won Best Picture at the 80th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best that 2007 had to offer were something of an oddity, in that nearly every film nominated in the main categories dealt with rather dark and complex themes, with the only light in this […]

Oscars: What Should Have Won – Good Night, and Good Luck. for Best Picture over Crash

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Graeme Robertson on why Good Night, and Good Luck. should have won Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 2005 are probably among the most controversial and divisive on record. For it was Paul Haggis’s race-based ensemble drama Crash that received the Best Picture trophy, beating the favourite to win […]

Oscars: What Should Have Won – Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture over Shakespeare in Love

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Graeme Robertson on why Saving Private Ryan should have won Best Picture at the 71st Academy Awards… The Oscar ceremony celebrating the best that 1998 had to offer is something an embarrassment looking back. While many were deserving of the awards they received, such as the legendary James Coburn (one of my favourite actors) finally winning a […]