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Movie Review – Active Measures (2018)

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Active Measures, 2018. Directed by Jack Bryan. Starring Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, John Podesta, Heather Conley and Mikhail Saakashvili. SYNOPSIS: An exhaustive look at the alleged links between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, both before and after the former made his move for the White House. There’s something more than a […]

Movie Review – At Eternity’s Gate (2018)

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At Eternity’s Gate, 2018. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Starring Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric and Mads Mikkelsen. SYNOPSIS: Isolated in a yellow house in rural France, Vincent Van Gogh is prolific with his paintings, but sees his mental state gradually unravel. There’s a moment in At Eternity’s Gate, which may […]

Movie Review – Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2018)

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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, 2018. Directed by Steve Sullivan. Starring Chris Sievey, Martin Sievey, Paula Sievey, Jon Ronson, Ross Noble, Johnny Vegas and Bernard Kelly. SYNOPSIS: The story of musician and entertainer Chris Sievey, who eventually achieved fame by wearing a papier-mâché head as the wacky Frank Sidebottom. If you were a child […]

Second Opinion – Shazam (2019)

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Shazam, 2019. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews and Marta Milans. SYNOPSIS: A teenage foster child becomes an unlikely superhero when he is handed magical powers by a dying wizard. DC has finally learned […]

Second Opinion – Ben is Back (2018)

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Ben is Back, 2018. Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Esper, David Zaldivar and Rachel Bay Jones. SYNOPSIS: A mother welcomes her drug addict son home early from rehab when he drops by on Christmas Eve, until the family dog disappears… Throughout the early part of […]

Exclusive Interview – Ben is Back director Peter Hedges on addiction, casting his son, and Dumbo

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Tom Beasley chats to director Peter Hedges about his new film Ben is Back, in which his son Lucas Hedges plays the title role… Just a few months after Timothée Chalamet broke the world’s hearts as a bizarrely attractive meth addict in Beautiful Boy, another exciting young actor is flexing his muscles as an addict […]

Movie Review – The Prodigy (2019)

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The Prodigy, 2019. Directed by Nicholas McCarthy. Starring Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Paul Fauteux, Colm Feore and Brittany Allen. SYNOPSIS: The parents of a young boy begin to suspect something supernatural might be happening when their child develops seriously violent tendencies. I can’t say I expected much from The Prodigy when I […]

Movie Review – Girl (2018)

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Girl, 2018. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter and Oliver Bodart. SYNOPSIS: A transgender ballet dancer undergoing hormone therapy becomes frustrated at the slow process of her gender reassignment surgery. As a cisgender, heterosexual man, it’s impossible for me to understand the plight of a transgender person, born into a body that […]

Movie Review – Under the Silver Lake (2018)

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Under the Silver Lake, 2018. Directed by David Robert Mitchell. Starring Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Patrick Fischler, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez and Luke Baines. SYNOPSIS: A jobless LA dreamer finds purpose in investigating the disappearance of his neighbour after they spend a romantic day together. The world of Under the Silver Lake is a weird, […]