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Movie Review – The Nest (2020)

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The Nest, 2020. Written and Directed by Sean Durkin. Starring Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche, Michael Culkin, Kaisa Hammarlund, Adeel Akhtar, and Anne Reid. SYNOPSIS: Life for an entrepreneur and his American family begin to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor. In The Nest (the sophomore feature […]

Netflix Review – Ratched

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EJ Moreno reviews the new Netflix series from Ryan Murphy, Ratched… If there was ever a definitive example of creator Ryan Murphy’s creative interests and style, Ratched is surely that. From the darkly whimsical tone to the masterclass in camp acting, this new Netflix series is everything you’ve come to expect from the man behind […]

Movie Review – Spiral (2019)

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Spiral, 2019. Directed by Kurtis David Harder. Starring Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Ari Cohen, Jennifer Laporte, Chandra West, Lochlyn Munro and Ty Wood. SYNOPSIS: A gay couple flees the city to move somewhere quieter, only to find that the polite facade of their new hometown is concealing a sinister secret. In cinema, the suburbs are always something […]

Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Strange Case’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Lovecraft Country… Symbolism is rife, transformation graphic and repression just part of life in Lovecraft Country. Although this Strange Case might not be the old fashioned smash and grab from last week there is still plenty going on. Now more than ever it becomes apparent that everyone is […]

Movie Review – Blackbird (2020)

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Blackbird, 2020. Directed by Roger Michell. Starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Rainn Wilson, Sam Neill, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Lindsay Duncan, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: A terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film ‘Silent Heart‘. Blackbird is equal parts riveting […]

Movie Review – The Unfamiliar (2020)

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The Unfamiliar, 2020. Directed by Henk Pretorius. Starring Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Harry McMillan-Hunt, Rebecca Hanssen, Rachel Lin and Ben Lee. SYNOPSIS: A mother returns home from military service to find that her son has changed significantly and her husband is discussing an unusual change of career. British horror The Unfamiliar begins with an efficiently […]

Movie Review – The Devil All the Time (2020)

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The Devil All the Time, 2020. Directed by Antonio Campos. Starring Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Sebastian Stan, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, Haley Bennett, Eliza Scanlen, Harry Melling, Pokey LaFarge, Lucy Faust, Douglas Hodge, Eric Mendenhall, Cory Scott, Allen Michael Harding, Abby Glover, Emma Coulter, Michael Banks Repeta, David Maldonado, Mark Jeffrey […]

Movie Review – The Tomb: Devil’s Revenge (2019)

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The Tomb: Devil’s Revenge, 2019. Directed by Jared Cohn. Starring William Shatner, Jeri Ryan, Jason Brooks, Phillip Andre Botello, Robert Scott Wilson, and Ciara Hanna. SYNOPSIS: A man who believes his family is cursed takes his wife and children to a cave full of demons to prove it, or something – bit selfish of him […]

Movie Review – The Devil All the Time (2020)

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The Devil All the Time, 2020. Directed by Antonio Campos. Starring Tom Holland, Eliza Scanlen, Sebastian Stan, Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Bill Skarsgård, Haley Bennett, Harry Melling and Mia Wasikowska. SYNOPSIS: In a tiny Ohio community, the lives of various people intertwine in macabre and violent ways. Southern Gothic is one of the […]