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Movie Review – Knock Knock (2015)

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Knock Knock, 2015. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, and Ana de Armas. SYNOPSIS: When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a […]

Hardware Review – ZX Spectrum Vega

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Villordsutch reviews the ZX Spectrum Vega… I’ve been interested in getting my hands on the ZX Spectrum Vega since its conception a year or so ago.  I’ve been a ZX Spectrum user since the early 1980’s, my first Sinclair product was the ZX81, then I went straight to the hard-shelled 48K and moved to the […]

Movie Review – Pink Flamingos (1972)

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Pink Flamingos, 1972. Directed by John Waters. Starring Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Danny Mills and Edith Massey. SYNOPSIS: Gross-out comedy as Divine is defending her tabloid crown of ‘The Filthiest Person Alive’… “The best worst movie ever made” is Steven Jay Schneider’s verdict of Pink Flamingos. Roger Ebert refused to even give the film a star rating, […]

BFI Review – Cecil B. Demented (2000)

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Cecil B. Demented, 2000. Directed by John Waters. Starring Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Mink Stole, Ricki Lake, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jack Noseworthy and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: A crazed cult kidnap an A-list film star, determined to make a new shocking, underground film… Fed up of the relentless onslaught of Hollywood junk? Watch Cecil B. Demented. Are you sick […]

Movie Review – Nil by Mouth (1997)

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Nil by Mouth, 1997. Directed by Gary Oldman. Starring Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Laila Morse and Charlie Creed-Miles. SYNOPSIS: Depicting the lives of a dysfunctional, South London family. Aggressive Ray and junkie Billy are central roles as we see how their flaws bleed into their home lives and affect others. There is a moment, on the tube, […]

Movie Review – Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), 1948. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Liannela Carell, Vittorio Antonucci and Gino Saltamerenda. SYNOPSIS: In post-war Italy, Antonio is offered a job that requires a bicycle. Selling his bed sheets, he manages to buy a bike. On his first day it is stolen forcing Antonio, […]

Movie Review – The Knowledge (1979)

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The Knowledge, 1979. Directed by Bill Brooks. Starring Mick Ford, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Elphick, David Ryall, Jonathan Lynn, Kim Taylforth, Maureen Lipman and Leslie Joseph. SYNOPSIS: Four out-of-work Londoners decide to train to be taxi-drivers. But, before they can take charge of a Hackney cab, they need to learn ‘The Knowledge’… All Brits know about “The Knowledge”. […]

Movie Review – Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2015)

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles, 2015 Directed by Chuck Workman SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the life and work of Orson Welles… Vincent van Gogh, famously, sold only one painting in his lifetime. Leonardo Da Vinci struggled to finish many of the commissions he was given – his Last Supper is technically […]