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Sundance London 2019 Review – The Death of Dick Long

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The Death of Dick Long, 2019. Directed by Daniel Scheinert. Starring Michael Abbott Jr, Andre Hyland, Virginia Newcomb, Sarah Baker, Jess Weixler, Poppy Cunningham and Roy Wood Jr. SYNOPSIS: Two friends scramble to hide the truth from their families and the authorities after a raucous night together leads to the hospitalisation of their fellow band […]

Good Omens Season 1 Finale Review – ‘The Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of Good Omens… Cloven hoofed wreckers of military might, quartets of apocalyptic fury and bath tubs of blessed water all figure in this figurative finale to Good Omens. Simultaneously divine and hellishly pleasurable, it carries as much emotional heft as it does delicate moments of character reconciliation. A […]

Movie Review – Brightburn (2019)

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Brightburn, 2019. Directed by David Yarovesky. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, and Meredith Hagner. SYNOPSIS: When a child from another world named Brandon Breyer suddenly makes a crash landing on Earth, where a family takes him in and raises him. But darkness awaits as he begins to show signs of […]

Movie Review – Dirty God (2019)

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Dirty God, 2019. Directed by Sacha Polak. Starring Vicky Knight, Bluey Robinson, Rebecca Stone, Katherine Kelly, Dana Marineci and Eliza Brady-Girard. SYNOPSIS: A young woman tries to rebuild her life in the aftermath of an acid attack that left her horribly scarred. The prevalence of acid attacks in the UK – London has been called […]

Sundance London 2019 Review – After the Wedding

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After the Wedding, 2019. Directed by Bart Freundlich Starring Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn and Will Chase. SYNOPSIS: When a woman is invited to New York to meet with a company offering to sponsor the orphanage she runs in India, she is forced to confront decisions she made 20 years ago, and […]

Blu-ray Review – A Star Is Born: Special Encore Edition

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A Star Is Born Encore, 2019. Directed by Bradley Cooper. Starring Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Dave Chapelle, Anthony Ramos, and Michael Harney. SYNOPSIS: A musician helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. It was only a few months ago […]

Movie Review – Rocketman (2019)

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Rocketman, 2019. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Steven Mackintosh, Gemma Jones, Stephen Graham, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: Based on the early life of legend Sir Elton John, this compellingly, uplifting musical biopic, starring Taron “The Kingsman” Egerton, charts key moments during his meteoric rise, melancholic fall, […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Alexandra Shipp. SYNOPSIS: Jean Grey grapples with her identity, and her relationship with the X-Men, as she struggles to harness the Phoenix force within her. As the […]

Good Omens Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Doomsday Option’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Good Omens… Burning Bentleys, ring roads aflame and psychic charlatans absorbing celestial bodies are just some of the oddities which populate this penultimate episode as Armageddon warms up in the wings. With hells angels riding four abreast and causing convergences north of London, while witch finder sergeant majors […]