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Video Review – Terminator: Dark Fate

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Terminator: Dark Fate, 2019. Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Diego Boneta, and Gabriel Luna. In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on Terminator: Dark Fate. While many are callings this the best sequel since Terminator 2, he tries to figure out what that means for […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 31 – Mandy (2018)

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Mandy, 2018. Directed by Panos Cosmatos. Starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, and Richard Brake. SYNOPSIS: The happy lives of Red and his girlfriend Mandy are ruined by the arrival of a sinister cult leader and his deranged minions, forcing Red into a surreal and increasingly bloody quest for revenge. HAPPY HALLOWEEN […]

Movie Review – Pain & Glory (2019)

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Pain & Glory, 2019. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Julieta Serrano and Leonardo Sbaraglia. SYNOPSIS: A film director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.   The title of Pain & Glory is a truly perfect way to describe […]

Movie Review – Doctor Sleep (2019)

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Doctor Sleep, 2019. Directed by Mike Flanagan Starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Carel Struycken, Bruce Greenwood, Chelsea Talmadge, Alex Essoe, Catherine Parker, and Selena Anduze SYNOPSIS: Years after the events of The Shining, a grownup Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has repressed his abilities and hit the […]

Die Hard with comedian Iszi Lawrence | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #53

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, comedian and podcaster Iszi Lawrence pops by to discuss the “Christmas” classic action movie Die Hard… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, comedian Iszi Lawrence brings early Christmas […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 30 – Ghost Stories (2017)

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Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther and Paul Whitehouse. SYNOPSIS: Professor Philip Goodman, an investigator specialising in debunking fraudulent physics is tasked with solving three mysterious and seemingly supernatural events. Among the horror genre, we have many different sub-genres lurking within it, and while […]

Video Game Review – Close to the Sun

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Jo Craig reviews Close to the Sun… As Halloween creeps closer once again, gamers will be looking to sink their thumbs into a fitting scare for the senses and experience an immersive dose of horror for some downtime after carving another Sackboy pumpkin. Bloober Team’s Blair Witch is already in our backpacks and Luigi’s Mansion […]

Video Review – Knives Out

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Knives Out, 2019. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer. In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on Knives Out, a “whodunit” film from Rian Johnson. Following up, Star Wars: […]

Movie Review – Sorry We Missed You (2019)

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Sorry We Missed You, 2019. Directed by Ken Loach. Starring Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor and Ross Brewster. SYNOPSIS: A family is driven to severe hardship by the manipulative machinations of the modern gig economy. Ken Loach is arguably Britain’s most prominent cinematic polemicist. Three years ago, he won his second Palme […]