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Movie Review – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 2019. Directed by André Øvredal. Starring Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Zajur, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris and Javier Botet. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers are pursued by various supernatural beasties when they uncover an old book from a haunted house. The importance of gateway […]

Movie Review – Jacob’s Ladder (2019)

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Jacob’s Ladder. 2019 Directed by David M. Rosenthal. Starring Jesse Williams, Michael Ealy, Joseph Sikora, Nicole Beharie, Karla Souza, Guy Burnet. SYNOPSIS: After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and […]

Blu-ray Review – Big Bad Wolves (2013)

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Big Bad Wolves, 2013. Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado. Starring Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Rotem Keinan, and Guy Adler.   SYNOPSIS: During a spate of child kidnappings and murders, the latest victim’s father, the investigating cop and the main suspect become embroiled in a twisted and violent downward spiral whilst seeking […]

Movie Review – Crawl (2019)

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Crawl, 2019. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark and Ross Anderson. SYNOPSIS: A young woman attempting to rescue her injured father from his house in the middle of a hurricane finds herself terrorised by aggressive alligators. Crocodiles and alligators are great. Movies about them, however, are often not. There’s very […]

Movie Review – Gwen (2019)

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Gwen. 2019. Directed by William McGregor. Starring Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Mark Lewis Jones, Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington, Richard Elfyn, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, and Gwion Glyn. SYNOPSIS: A dark folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution. Every year, horror journalists (including myself) crown a new “[X] year’s The Witch!” Such classification translates to […]

Krypton Season 2 Finale Review – ‘The Alpha and The Omega’

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Ricky Church reviews the season 2 finale of Krypton… With the recent news that SyFy has cancelled Krypton, what was its second season finale has now become its series finale (unless it finds another home for a third season). After the exciting episode that was ‘Blood Moon’ with Doomsday’s massacre, ‘The Alpha and The Omega’ saw […]

Video Review – Blinded By The Light (2019)

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Blinded By The Light, 2019. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Starring Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, Meera Ganatra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Dean-Charles Chapman, Frankie Fox, and Sally Phillips. This week sees the release of U.S. release of Blinded By The Light, a new musical film from Gurinder Chadha. In the video below, Flickering […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #10

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #10… Brian Ruckley has really been putting momentum on his Transformers series these last few issues. Transformers #10 ups the ante in some big ways as the true leader of The Rise is revealed. Things are moving along pretty quick as Ruckley continues some interesting and compelling takes on these classic characters. Unlike the previous […]

Movie Review – JT LeRoy (2018)

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JT LeRoy, 2018. Directed by Justin Kelly. Starring Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Courtney Love. SYNOPSIS: The true story of the literary phenomenon, who was actually not a troubled young man, but a middle-aged woman working with the aid of her partner’s androgynous sister. The story of JT […]