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Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, 2021. Directed by Junta Yamaguchi. Starring Kazunari Tosa, Riko Fujitani, Gota Ishida, Masashi Suwa, and Yoshifumi Sakai. SYNOPSIS: A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future. As proof of what can be achieved on a […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – The Brilliant Terror

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The Brilliant Terror, 2021. Directed by Paul Hunt and Julie Kauffman. Starring Mike Lombardo, Jeremiah Kipp, Ashley Thorpe, Heidi Honeycutt, and Julie O’Connor Ufema. SYNOPSIS: A documentary about the grassroots horror phenomenon, the filmmakers, the fascination and the brilliant terror. It’s easier than ever today to make your own movie, with the lowering prices of […]

Movie Review – Together (2021)

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Together, 2021. Directed by Stephen Daldry. Starring Sharon Horgan, James McAvoy and Samuel Logan. SYNOPSIS: A couple on the edge of breaking up try to survive lockdown together. The pandemic was hard for everyone. In recent memory, no world event has been felt or experienced so universally, and the effect on the film industry has […]

Movie Review – Candyman (2021)

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Candyman, 2021. Directed by Nia DaCosta. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams, Rebecca Spence, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Brian King and Miriam Moss. SYNOPSIS: A “spiritual sequel” to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighbourhood where the legend began. As the camera glides through […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Demonic

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Demonic, 2021. Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. Starring Carly Pope, Chris William Martin, Nathalie Boltt, Michael J. Rogers, and Andrea Agur. SYNOPSIS: A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed. Few filmmakers can claim to have had as unpredictable […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Night Drive

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Night Drive, 2021. Directed by Brad Baruh and Meghan Leon. Starring AJ Bowen, Sophie Dalah, Scott Poythress, and Nathan Owen. SYNOPSIS: A ride share driver’s life is turned upside down after an unexpected series of misfortunes. Almost two years after it premiered at Fantastic Fest, this deceptively ambitious low-fi thriller from directing duo Brad Baruh […]

Movie Review – Deadpool (2016)

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Deadpool, 2016. Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic, Brianna Hildebrand, Gina Carano, Leslie Uggams and Karan Soni. SYNOPSIS: Ex-mercenary Wade Wilson subjects himself to secret experimentation, hoping it will cure his cancer. Instead, it turns him into a wise-cracking, fourth-wall-breaking anti-superhero. Apart from the odd foray […]

Movie Review – Straight Outta Compton (2015)

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Straight Outta Compton, 2015. Directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr., Marlon Yates Jr. and Paul Giamatti. SYNOPSIS: The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in […]

Marvel’s What If? – Episode 3 Review

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Marvel’s What If…? The Avengers coming together was a turning point for the MCU. That is when a disparate string of blockbuster films coalesced into something else. This is when comic book franchises turned into big business. Audiences were enthralled, Disney expressed an interest and studios started running […]