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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 […]

Movie Review – Please Baby Please (2022)

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Please Baby Please, 2022. Directed by Amanda Kramer. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling, Karl Glusman, Demi Moore, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ryan Simpkins, Dana Ashbrook, Jaz Sinclair, Cole Escola, Jake Choi, Marquis Rodriguez, Karim Saleh, Jake Sidney Cohen, Matt D’Elia, Dalton Weaver, Yedoye Travis, and Alisa Torres. SYNOPSIS: Newlyweds Suse and Arthur become the dangerous obsession […]

White of the Eye (1987) – October Horrors 2022

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White of the Eye, 1987. Directed by Donald Cammell. Starring David Keith, Cathy Moriarty, Alan Rosenberg, Art Evans, Michael Greene, Danielle Smith and Alberta Watson. SYNOPSIS: Following a spate of brutal murders targeting rich women in their homes, a sound technician finds himself the prime suspect. Every once in a while, you have a filmmaker […]