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2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – If Beale Street Could Talk

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If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Regina King, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, and Brian Tyree Henry. SYNOPSIS: Childhood sweethearts Tish and Fonny live in Harlem in the 1970s and are planning a life together, despite difficulties […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 20 – Starry Eyes (2014)

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Starry Eyes, 2014. Directed by Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer. Starring Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan, Fabian Therese, and Shane Coffey. SYNOPSIS: Sarah, an aspiring actress, is desperate to become a star. After securing an audition for a role in a horror film, Sarah is overjoyed to be given the chance to show her […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Outlaw King

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Outlaw King, 2018. Directed by David Mackenzie. Starring Chris Pine, Florence Pugh, Billy Howle, Stephen Dillane, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, James Cosmo, Sam Spruell, Tony Curran, Callan Mulvey and Duncan Lacroix. SYNOPSIS: A true David v Goliath story of how the great 14th Century Scottish ‘Outlaw King’ Robert The Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat and […]