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Movie Review – Killers Anonymous (2019)

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Killers Anonymous, 2019.Directed by Martin Owen. Starring Rhyon Nicole Brown, MyAnna Buring, Michael Socha, Elizabeth Morris, Tommy Flanagan, Elliot James Langridge, Tim McInnerny, Sam Hazeldine, Gary Oldman, Jessica Alba and Suki Waterhouse.SYNOPSIS:A group of assassins gather for an impromptu meeting of their support group for killers, following an attempted hit on a high-profile US senator.The […]

Movie Review – The Banana Splits Movie (2019)

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The Banana Splits Movie. 2019. Directed by Danishka Esterhazy. Starring Dani Kind, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Romeo Carere, Steve Lund, Maria Nash, Richard White, Sara Canning, Celina Martin, Kiroshan Naidoo, and Naledi Majola. SYNOPSIS: A boy named Harley and his family (brother Austin, mother Beth, and father Mitch) attends a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, […]

Movie Review – Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)

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Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, 2018.Directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy. Starring Ken Kramer, C. Ernst Harth, John Innes, Michael Shepherd and Fleur Delahunty.SYNOPSIS:When the village druid decides it is time for him to choose a successor, Asterix and Obelix join him on his journey to find an heir, but an evil […]

Carnival Row Series Premiere Review – ‘Some Dark God Wakes’

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Martin Carr reviews the series premiere of Carnival Row…With the quarrelling politicians, warring unionists and class wars raging this feels like two latter day Scorsese films melded with an Alan Moore benchmark and touches of Tolkien. Carnival Row evokes Victorian London, back street bar fights and unsavoury elements in the dark. There is world building […]

Movie Review – Rabid (2019)

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Rabid, 2019.Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska. Starring Laura Vandervoort, Ben Hollingsworth, Hanneke Talbot, Mackenzie Gray, Ted Atherton, Phil “CM Punk” Brooks, AJ “AJ Lee” Mendez, Stephen Huszar and Stephen McHattie.SYNOPSIS:A fashion designer develops a thirst for blood when she undergoes experimental stem cell treatment to repair facial injuries sustained in a motorbike accident.There are […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Stairs

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Stairs, 2019.Directed by Tom Paton Starring Samantha Schnitzler, Bentley Kalu, Shayne Ward, Simon Meacock, Toby Osmond, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin, Alana Wallace, Spencer Collings and Julia SzamalekSYNOPSIS:When a group of Special Ops soldiers nicknamed “The Hell Bastards” are compromised during an infiltration mission on the battlefield, they seek solace within the confines of a building that houses […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, 2019.Directed by Abner Pastoll. Starring Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson and Jane Brennan.SYNOPSIS:A recently widowed young mother will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband’s murder.Director Abner Pastoll (Road Games) brings this year’s Frightfest to a close with […]

Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Daniel Isn’t Real

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Daniel Isn’t Real, 2019.Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer. Starring Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane and Mary Stuart Masterson.SYNOPSIS:A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.Elijah Wood’s production company SpectreVision keeps its neon-loving proclivities firmly in check with the sophomore feature from […]