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Movie Review – Don’t Worry Darling (2022)

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Don’t Worry Darling, 2022.Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, Kate Berlant, Douglas Smith, Ari’el Stachel, Asif Ali, Timothy Simons, Sydney Chandler, Wylie Quinn Anderson, Mariah Justice, Michelle Ells, and Marcello Julian Reyes.SYNOPSIS:A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental […]

Movie Review – Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021)

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Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, 2021.Directed by Edwin. Starring Marthino Lio, Ladya Cheryl, Reza Rahadian, and Ratu Felisha.SYNOPSIS:A man suffering from impotence meets the love of his life, but will his repressed childhood trauma allow him to be the man he wants to be?One of the most eye-catching titles for a movie you’ll […]

Movie Review – The Cellar (2022)

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The Cellar, 2022.Written and directed by Brendan Muldowney. Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Abby Fitz, Dylan Fitzmaurice-Brady, Aaron Monaghan, Tara Lee, and Andrew Bennett.SYNOPSIS:Keira Woods’ daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house. She soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or […]

Movie Review – Do Revenge (2022)

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Do Revenge, 2022.Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. Starring Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah, Talia Ryder, Ava Capri, Alisha Boe, Paris Berelc, Jonathan Daviss, Maia Reficco, Sophie Turner, Eliza Bennett, Cassady McClincy, Maia Reficco, Rachel Matthews, and Sarah Michelle Geller.SYNOPSIS:Drea and Eleanor agree to go after one another’s bullies.In the immortal words of […]

Movie Review – See How They Run (2022)

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See How They Run, 2022.Directed by Tom George. Starring Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, Charlie Cooper, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Pearl Chanda, Sian Clifford, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, David Oyelowo, Shirley Henderson, Paul Chahidi, Lucian Msamati, Angus Wright, Tim Key, Gregory Cox, Maggie McCarthy, Keiran Hodgson, Ania Marson, Philip Desmeules, Laura Morgan, […]

Movie Review – Funny Pages (2022)

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Funny Pages, 2022.Written and Directed by Owen Kline. Starring Daniel Zolghadri, Matthew Maher, Miles Emanuel, Josh Pais, Maria Dizzia, Marcia DeBonis, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Michael Townsend Wright, Cleveland Thomas Jr, Rob M. Anderson, Andy Milonakis, Louise Lasser, and Ron Rifkin.SYNOPSIS:A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban […]

Movie Review – God’s Country (2022)

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God’s Country, 2022.Directed by Julian Higgins. Starring Thandiwe Newton, Jefferson White, Tanaya Beatty, Jeremy Bobb, Kai Lennox, Joris Jarsky, Gabriel Clark, Phaedra Nielson, and Karen Jean Olds.SYNOPSIS:When a college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she’s drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.One would think that living in […]

Movie Review – Strawberry Mansion (2021)

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Strawberry Mansion, 2021.Written and directed by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley. Starring Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, and Constance Shulman.SYNOPSIS:In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric.Forward-thinking authors over the decades have theorised that our […]

Movie Review – Moonage Daydream (2022)

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Moonage Daydream, 2022.Directed by Brett Morgen. Starring David Bowie.SYNOPSIS:A cinematic odyssey featuring never-before-seen footage exploring David Bowie’s creative and musical journey.During one of the more playful archival interviews, taking place amid a move to Los Angeles, legendary pop-rock sensation David Bowie is asked something to the effect of “what is it like absorbing American culture.” Quickly […]

House of The Dragon Episode 4 Review – ‘King of the Narrow Sea’

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Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of House of the Dragon…After what has been a slow build up over its first three episodes with pockets of action amid constant intrigue and behind-closed-doors political manoeuvring, House of The Dragon well and truly comes alive in its fourth episode with ‘King of The Narrow Sea’ delivering on […]