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2018 BFI London Film Festival Movie Review – The Hate U Give

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The Hate U Give, 2018.Directed by George Tilman Jr. Starring Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Lamar Johnson, Issa Rae, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Common, K.J. Apa, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Myles Evans, TJ Wright, Megan Lawless, Rhonda Johnson Dents, Al Mitchell, Karan Kendrick, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Drew Starkey, Kurt Yue, Susan Santiago, Brian Lafontaine, Tanya Christiansen, […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Support the Girls

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Support the Girls, 2018.Directed by Andrew Bujalski. Starring Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, James Le Gros, AJ Michalka, Dylan Gelula, Shayna McHayle, Lea DeLaria, Jana Kramer, and Brooklyn Decker.SYNOPSIS:The general manager at a highway-side ”sports bar with curves” has her incurable optimism and faith, in her girls, her customers, and herself, tested over the course of […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Life Itself

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Life Itself, 2018.Directed by Dan Fogelman. Starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Annette Bening, Jean Smart, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Antonio Banderas, Mandy Patinkin, Àlex Monner, Lala Costa, Isabel Durant, Adrian Marrero, Lorenza Izzo, Jake Robinson, Charlie Thurston, Gabby Bryan, and Samuel L. Jackson.SYNOPSIS:A young couple in New York meet, get married and have a daughter.  […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 19 – 28 Weeks Later (2007)

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28 Weeks Later, 2007.Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton, Harold Perrineau, and Idris Elba.SYNOPSIS:28 weeks after the RAGE virus devastated Britain and with the infection dying out, a US-led NATO forced invades the country to restore order and rehouse survivors. This return to stability proves […]

Daredevil Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘Resurrection’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Daredevil season 3…From out of the ashes and bomb blast rubble emerges a shell shocked and bleeding Matt Murdock. Concussed, hearing impaired and washed up on a derelict shoreline this is how we are thrown back in as our anti-hero hits rock bottom. Disillusioned, deserted and emotionally barren […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lords of Chaos

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Lords of Chaos, 2018.Directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Starring Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jack Kilmer, Valter Skarsgård and Sky Ferreira.SYNOPSIS:A teenager’s quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.Whether you’re fond of the Norwegian black metal scene or haven’t a clue about it, this chilling, unflinchingly violent dramatisation […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Burning

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Burning, 2018.Directed by Lee Chang-dong. Starring Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, and Steven Yeun.SYNOPSIS:Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighbourhood. She asks if he’d mind looking after her cat while she’s away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces Jong-su […]

Kidding Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Cookie’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Kidding…There is so much invention beneath the surface of this show that knowing where to begin each week represents a huge challenge. Theological questions around existence lock horns with foul mouthed parakeets, while romantic entanglements and musical numbers break your heart. This show is no longer about divorce, […]

Movie Review – Assassination Nation (2018)

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Assassination Nation, 2018.Directed by Sam Levinson. Starring Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Abra, Colman Domingo, Bill Skarsgård, Joel McHale, Anika Noni Rose, Bella Thorne, Maude Apatow, and Cody Christian.SYNOPSIS:This is a thousand percent a true story about how the quiet, all-American town of Salem absolutely lost its mind.Fuck me up some more why don’t […]