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Movie Review – Silent Night (2021)

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Silent Night, 2021.Written and Directed by Camille Griffin. Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Davida McKenzie, Rufus Jones, Sope Dirisu, Lucy Punch, Holly Aird, Trudie Styler, Dora Davis, Gilby Griffin Davis, and Hardy Griffin Davis.SYNOPSIS:Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family […]

Movie Review – Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)

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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman, 2021.Directed by Daniel Farrands. Starring Chad Michael Murray, Holland Roden, Jake Hays, Greer Grammer, Dash Connery, Gabrielle Haugh, Olivia DeLaurentis, Sky Patterson, Marietta Melrose, Diane Franklin and Lin Shaye.SYNOPSIS:In the 1970s, a pair of dedicated investigators find themselves on the trail of one of America’s most notorious serial killers; Ted Bundy.A […]

Blu-ray Review – Free Hand For a Tough Cop (1976)

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Free Hand For a Tough Cop, 1976.Directed by Umberto Lenzi. Starring Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Claudio Cassinelli, Nicoletta Machiavelli, and Dana Ghia.SYNOPSIS:A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.When it comes to knock-offs of popular Hollywood movies […]

Book Review – Charles Boyer: The French Lover

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews Charles Boyer: The French Lover…According to the flap copy, John Baxter’s Charles Boyer: The French Lover “is the first biography of Boyer (1899-1978) to exist in English in almost forty years.” The last one, as cited in Baxter’s bibliography, would appear to be Larry Swindell’s The Reluctant Lover: Charles Boyer, which was published […]

Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)

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Black Bear, 2020.Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon.SYNOPSIS:A filmmaker visits a couple at their secluded lakeside cottage in the hope of finding inspiration for her new screenplay.Films about filmmakers can often feel rather tired. It feels like the ultimate symptom of a creative person who’s out of ideas […]

TV Review – Alex Rider Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews the second season of Alex Rider… When Amazon first decided to adapt Alex Rider, a character conjured up by writer Anthony Horowitz, audiences were sceptical to say the least. The movie version may have featured solid performances from Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor and Damian Lewis but never spawned a sequel. However, when […]

Movie Review – Back to the Outback (2021)

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Back to the Outback, 2021.Directed by Clare Knight & Harry Cripps. Featuring the voice talents of Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, Aislinn Derbez, Diesel La Torraca, Jack Charles, Celeste Barber, Gia Carides, Rachel House, Wayne Knight, Aaron Pedersen, Lachlan Ross Power, Kiara Marr and Jacki Weaver.SYNOPSIS:Tired […]

Marvel’s Hawkeye – Episode 3 Review – ‘Echoes’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Marvel’s Hawkeye…Alaqua Cox is a name people should get comfortable with. Her introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe will light fires, forge in-roads and welcome a chrome domed villain back into the fray. Being both deaf, disabled and Native American, Echo turns Hawkeye on its head. ASL (American Sign Language) […]

Movie Review – Girls Just Wanna Have Blood (2020)

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Girls Just Wanna Have Blood, 2020.Directed by Anthony Catanese. Starring Gigi Gustin, Bettina Skye, Destyne Marshai, Amanda Renee, Craig Kelly, Chrissy Cavallo, and Penny Praline.SYNOPSIS:When Jessica’s accepted by a trio of fun loving vampires, she finds herself thrust into a lifestyle full of long nights, sex-crazed bikers, and blood suckin’.While “Girls Just Wanna Have Blood” […]