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Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Aurora

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Aurora, 2019. Directed by Miia Tervo Starring Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Chike Ohanwe, Ria Kataja, Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman SYNOPSIS: Aurora (Mimosa Willamo) is a free-spirit-cum-alcoholic, who dreams of a life away from her job at a Lapland nail bar, or as the carer for her similarly sozzled father. Her path crosses with Darian (Amir […]

Movie Review – Ready or Not (2019)

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Ready or Not, 2019. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Samara Weaving, Andie MacDowell, Mark O’Brien, Adam Brody, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny, Melanie Scrofano and Kristian Bruun. SYNOPSIS: A bride has the wedding night from hell when she is thrust into a deadly game of hide and seek. Families, right? One minute you’re […]

Movie Review – Hotel Mumbai (2019)

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Hotel Mumbai, 2019. Directed by Anthony Maras Starring Dev Patel, Jason Issacs, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Kapil Kumar Netra, Tilda Cobham-Hervey SYNOPSIS: A dramatic recreation of the terror attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, which chronicles the movement of the terrorists and victims on that fateful night in […]

Preacher Season 4 Episode 9 Review – ‘Overture’

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Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Preacher season 4… There is something ludicrously inspired about putting Mozart into an apocalyptic scenario. Part vaudeville, part gameshow and all warm up act this Overture elegantly makes way for things to come. Our principals are tempted, bloodletting is rife and theological debate goes hand in hand with […]

Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Dark, Almost Night

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Dark, Almost Night, 2019. Directed by Borys Lankosz. Starring Magdalena Cielecka, Rafal Mackowiak, Modest Rucinski, Jerzy Trela, Roma Gasiorowska, Aleksandra Konieczna, Marcin Dorocinski, and Malgorzata Hajewska. SYNOPSIS: When a journalist (Magdalena Cielecka) returns to her childhood hometown to report on a series of abductions, secrets from her past begin emerging from the bleakest corners of […]

Movie Review – Candy Corn (2019)

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Candy Corn, 2019. Directed by Josh Hasty. Starring Courtney Gains, Caleb Thomas, Pancho Molder, P.J. Soles, and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: On Halloween weekend, a group of bullies plans their annual hazing on local outcast, Jacob Atkins. When they take things too far, Jacob is resurrected to seek revenge. Four horrible characters are doing their yearly […]

Movie Review – Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)

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Between Two Ferns: The Movie, 2019. Directed by Scott Aukerman. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Ryan Gaul, Lauren Lapkus, Jiavani Linayao, Will Ferrell,Matthew McConaughey, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Dinklage, David Letterman, Paul Rudd, Tiffany Haddish, John Legend, Brie Larson, Jon Hamm, Hailee Steinfeld, Keanu Reeves, Tessa Thompson and Gal Gadot. SYNOPSIS: Zach Galifianakis and his oddball crew take […]

Movie Review – Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

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Rambo: Last Blood, 2019. Directed by Adrian Grunberg. Starring Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim, Joaquín Cosío, and Oscar Jaenada. SYNOPSIS: Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. Sylvester Stallone sure has had a tough time saying farewell to his […]