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Second Opinion – The Snowman (2017)

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The Snowman, 2017. Directed by Tomas Alfredson Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, Toby Jones, Val Kilmer and J.K. Simmons SYNOPSIS: Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman. For the third time this year, Michael Fassbender has delivered a decent […]

Movie Review – Wonder Wheel (2017)

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Wonder Wheel, 2017. Written and Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, Jim Belushi, Max Casella, Jack Gore, and David Krumholtz. SYNOPSIS: On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his beleaguered wife. Say what you will about Wonder Wheel (the latest […]

Second Opinion – Jungle (2017)

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Jungle, 2017. Directed by Greg McLean. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russell, Joel Jackson, Lily Sullivan, and Yasmin Kassim. SYNOPSIS: Three travellers meet up in Bolivia and can’t resist the temptation of a trip into the rainforest to find a lost tribe.  When things don’t go according to plan, two of them give up […]

61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Breathe (2017)

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Breathe, 2017. Directed by Andy Serkis. Starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville, Ed Speleers, Stephen Mangan, and Dean-Charles Chapman. SYNOPSIS: When young married couple Robin and Diana have their new lives in Kenya violently halted by his devastating polio diagnosis, their fight to prevent his status as a responaut – one who […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 5 – Pet Sematary (1989)

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Pet Sematary, 1989. Directed by Mary Lambert. Starring Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Miko Hughes, and Fred Gwynne. SYNOPSIS: Upon moving to a new town, Louis Creed is introduced to the mysterious “Pet Sematary” that hides an ancient Native American burial ground behind it. A burial ground that allegedly possesses the power to resurrect […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 4 – Dead Ringers (1988)

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Dead Ringers, 1988. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, and Shirley Douglas. SYNOPSIS: Beverly and Elliot Mantle are a pair of identical twin brothers and gynecologists who run a highly successful fertility clinic in Toronto. After treating Claire, a famous film star, for fertility problems, the brothers […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 3 – The Hitcher (1986)

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The Hitcher, 1986. Directed by Robert Harmon. Starring Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jeffrey DeMunn. SYNOPSIS: Jim is delivering a car from Chicago to San Diego when he stops to pick up a hitchhiker named John Ryder who quickly reveals himself as a serial killer who kills anyone foolish enough to […]

Movie Review – The Glass Castle (2017)

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The Glass Castle, 2017. Directed by Destin Daniel Crettin. Starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook, Robin Bartlett, Ella Anderson, Sadie Sink, and Chandler Head. SYNOPSIS: A successful New York gossip columnist believes she has left her impoverished and difficult childhood behind her – until one night she encounters her now […]