Flickering Myth

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2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Evelyn

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Evelyn, 2018.Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel.SYNOPSIS:When his brother, newly diagnosed as schizophrenic and suffering from intense depression, took his own life at 22, Orlando and his other two siblings buried the trauma, rarely talking about it. Over a decade later, the remaining family set out on a hiking tour, visiting landscapes Evelyn liked to walk, to […]

Star Wars Resistance Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Recruit’

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Chris Cooper reviews the first episode of Star Wars Resistance…Here we go again, a new animated Star Wars show. I didn’t watch The Clone Wars, but I did see Rebels from the beginning, and loved it. Looking back at how that show started, and what I’ve now seen from Resistance, there are a lot of […]

SXSW Movie Review – Brother’s Nest (2018)

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Brother’s Nest, 2018.Directed by Clayton Jacobson. Starring Shane Jacobson, Clayton Jacobson, Kim Gyngell, Lynette Curran, Sarah SnookSYNOPSIS:With their Mother dying of cancer, intent on changing her will to benefit her new husband before she dies, two brothers go to extreme and deadly lengths to protect their inheritance from being signed away before it’s too late.All […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Widows

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Widows, 2018.Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya,  Colin Farrell, Cynthia Erivo, Brian Tyree Henry, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Liam Neeson, Robert Duvall, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, John Bernthal, Garret Dillahunt and Lukas Haas.SYNOPSIS:When her husband is killed in a robbery gone wrong, Veronica Rawlings must not only come […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 10 – The House by the Cemetery (1981)

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The House by the Cemetary, 1981.Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, and Giovanni Frezza.SYNOPSIS:Dr Norman Boyle moves his family to Boston to take up the research into the mysterious Freudenstein house being conducted by a colleague who seemingly went mad and murdered his mistress before hanging himself. However, as the […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Thunder Road

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Thunder Road, 2018.Directed by Jim Cummings. Starring Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, and Nican Robinson.SYNOPSIS:A police officer comes to grips with a death of his mom when giving a heartfelt eulogy at her funeral.If there’s any justice in the world, Jim Cummings will enjoy a prosperous career boost off the back of this delightfully unassuming tragi-comedy, […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

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The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man, 2018.Directed by Tommy Avallone. Starring Tommy Avallone and Bill Murray.SYNOPSIS:This documentary explores various urban legends around Hollywood’s most elusive star.If you’ve ever bothered to Google Bill Murray, you’ll probably be aware that he has a penchant for showing up in unexpected paces – be it […]

Movie Review – MFKZ (2018)

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MFKZ, 2018.Directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume “Run” Renard. Starring Kenn Michael, Vince Staples, Dascha Polanco, Michael Chiklis, RZA and Danny Trejo.SYNOPSIS:When strange superpowers begin to erupt out of him, Angelino discovers that he’s not as normal as he thought he was and that the mean streets of his hometown might not be the greatest […]

Comic Book Review – Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #2

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Calum Petrie reviews Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #2…When I reviewed issue #1 of Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying, I stated that it ended on a proper cliffhanger. The next issue wasted no time getting straight into the thick of it and letting readers explore more of the the steampunk/clockwork atheistic of the reading material.The […]