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Movie Review – Dream Horse (2021)

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Dream Horse, 2021. Directed by Euros Lyn. Starring Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O’Donnell, Nicholas Farrell, and Siân Phillips. SYNOPSIS: Dream Alliance is an unlikely racehorse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbours to chip in their meager earnings to […]

Movie Review – Uncharted (2022)

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Uncharted, 2022. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas. SYNOPSIS: Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. It’s easy to take a look […]

Movie Review – Karen (2021)

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Karen, 2021. Written and Directed by Coke Daniels. Starring Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict, Ava Ann Gale, Gregory Alan Williams, Dawn Halfkenny, Brandon Sklenar, Hunter Bodine, Mary Christina Brown, Betsy Landin, Lorenzo Cromwell, Jaxon McHan, Roger Dorman, Veronika Bozeman, and Norah Elin Murphy. SYNOPSIS: A racist woman takes it as a personal mission to displace the […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nitram

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Nitram, 2021. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Judy Davis. SYNOPSIS: A fictionalised take on the story of the Port Arthur shooting – the most notorious mass shooting in Australian history. The 1996 Port Arthur shooting is one of the most horrifying events in recent Australian history, and […]

Movie Review – The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)

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The Sky Is Everywhere, 2022. Directed by Josephine Decker. Starring Grace Kaufman, Pico Alexander, Jacques Colimon, Cherry Jones, Jason Segel, Ji-young Yoo, Havana Rose Liu, Madisyn Wood, Julia Schlaepfer, and Tyler Lofton. SYNOPSIS: A shy, teenage musician tries to keep things together in the aftermath of her older, more outgoing sister’s death. Musician prodigy Lennie […]

Movie Review – The King’s Man (2021)

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The King’s Man, 2021. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Charles Dance, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Robert Aramayo, Ross Anderson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Neil Jackson, Alison Steadman, Branka Katić, Alexander Shaw, Valerie Pachner, Joel Basman, Ron Cook, Barbara Drennan, Ian Kelly, Kristian […]

Movie Review – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, 2021. Written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Starring Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, and Aoba Kawai. SYNOPSIS: An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap, and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters […]

TV Review – Magpie Murders

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Chris Connor reviews Magpie Murders… Anthony Horowitz has been at the forefront of British literature and television for over two decades, and the latest of his books to receive the small screen treatment is 2016’s Magpie Murders, which had the novel concept of a story within a story, depicting the murder of mystery writer Alan […]

Movie Review – Nightmare Alley (2021)

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Nightmare Alley, 2021. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Mark Povinelli, Jim Beaver, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Drew Nelson, Troy James, Dian Bachar, Linden Porco, and Tim Blake Nelson. […]

Movie Review – I Want You Back (2022)

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I Want You Back, 2022. Directed by Jacob Orley. Starring Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Scott Eastwood, Manny Jacinto, Clark Backo, Gina Rodriguez, Luke David Blumm, Braxton Alexander, Ava Ann Gale, Mason Gooding, Giselle Torres, Isabel May, Quinn Cooke, Claudia Rocafort, Kysen Acevedo, Jami Gertz, Dylan Gelula, Lauren Halperin, Thy Bui, and Pete Davidson. SYNOPSIS: Newly […]