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Midsommar (2019) – October Horrors 2022

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Midsommar, 2019. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional couple travel to Scandinavia with friends to take part in a midsummer festival which occurs every 90 years. Upon arrival however, their trip turns into something much more sinister. […]

Movie Review – The Good Nurse (2022)

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The Good Nurse, 2022.  Directed by Tobias Lindholm Starring Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Nnamdi Asomugha, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Malik Yoba, Alix West Lefler and Gabe Fazio SYNOPSIS: Amy (Jessica Chastain), a compassionate nurse and single mother struggling with a life-threatening heart condition, finds solace in the friendship of a new member of […]

Movie Review – Run Sweetheart Run (2022)

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Run Sweetheart Run, 2022. Directed by Shana Feste. Starring Ella Balinska, Pilou Asbæk, Lamar Johnson, Clark Gregg, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Betsy Brandt, Jess Gabor, Aml Ameen, Dayo Okeniyi, and Brandon Keener. SYNOPSIS: A woman tries to get home alive after her blind date turns violent. There is a genuinely frightening concept at the core of Run […]

Comic Book Review – James Bond Vol. 1: Vargr

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Tony Black reviews James Bond Vol. 1: Vargr…  After a mission of vengeance in Helsinki, James Bond returns to London and assumesthe workload of a fallen 00 Section agent. His new mission takes him to Berlin, presumably to break up an agile drug-trafficking operation. But Bond has no idea of the forces gathered in secret […]

Movie Review – The Childhood of a Leader (2015)

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The Childhood of a Leader,2015. Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Tom Sweet, Robert Pattinson and Stacy Martin. SYNOPSIS: Against the backdrop of the end of World War I, a young boy is growing up in a shabby mansion in the French countryside.  His American father is heavily involved in peace treaty […]

Movie Review – Bad Moms (2016)

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Bad Moms, 2016. Written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay Hernandez. SYNOPSIS: When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence. […]

Shadow of the Vampire (2000) – October Horrors 2022

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Shadow of the Vampire, 2000. Directed by E. Elias Merhige. Starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cary Elwes, John Aden Gillet, Eddie Izzard, Udo Kier and Catherine McCormack. SYNOPSIS: Acclaimed director FW Murnau sets out to direct an unauthorised adaptation of Dracula entitled Nosferatu, casting Max Schreck in the lead role. However, as filming begins, it […]

Movie Review – Nina Forever (2016)

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Nina Forever, 2016. Written and Directed by Ben Blaine and Chris Blaine. Starring Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, David Troughton, and Elizabeth Elvin. SYNOPSIS: After his girlfriend Nina dies in a car crash, Rob unsuccessfully attempts suicide. As he begins to overcome his grief, he falls in love with a coworker, Holly. Their relationship […]

House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale Review – ‘The Black Queen’

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Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of House of the Dragon… After its ninth episode focused on the Greens, led by Queen Alicent, the finale of season one of House of the Dragon, ‘The Black Queen’, shifts focus to Rhaenyra and Daemon as the pair learn of the death of King Viserys and installment […]