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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 the film. While there are […]

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 AnduzeSYNOPSIS:Years after the events of The Shining, a grownup Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has repressed his abilities and hit the bottle, only to […]

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 cheer […]

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 found footage might be […]

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 3 […]

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: The Last […]

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 d’Or at the Cannes […]

Video Game Review – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

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Shaun Munro reviews Call of Duty: Modern Warfare…Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a game built on huge foundational contradictions. On one hand it expresses a clear desire to return to the series’ roots following increasingly adventurous – and divisive – departures from the Michael Bay-inspired military fetishism of prior installments.But on the other, this […]