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Peaky Blinders Series 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘Mr Jones’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the series 5 finale of Peaky Blinders…We’ve seen enough seasons of Peaky Blinders at this point to know the drill. Tommy Shelby spends the majority of the campaign attempting to out manoeuver a villain, often at some sort of great personal cost, only to outsmart them in the final episode of the […]

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 happily marrying the love […]

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-HerveySYNOPSIS: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 2008.Contemporary cinema has […]

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 some […]

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 her memory, which […]

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 tradition on Halloween. Since […]

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 a road trip […]

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 most beloved movie icons; […]

Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Homeless Ashes

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Homeless Ashes, 2019.Directed by Marc Zammit. Starring Marc Zammit, Lew Temple, Jason Flemyng, Angela Dixon, Maria Howell, Jessica-Jane Stafford, Jamey May and Ike Leo.SYNOPSIS:A traumatic event in childhood leaves Frankie spending his life sleeping rough on the streets.Homelessness is certainly an important issue in British society. In November 2018, the housing charity Shelter revealed that […]