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DVD Review – The Hippopotamus (2017)

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The Hippopotamus, 2017 Directed by John Jencks. Starring Roger Allam, Fiona Shaw, Tim McInnerny, Emily Berrington, Geraldine Somerville, and Matthew Modine.   SYNOPSIS: Ted Wallace, a washed up, alcoholic theatre critic, is recruited by his estranged god-daughter to establish if a miracle has occurred at the ancestral home of his oldest friend, leading him on […]

Comic Book Review – The X-Files #13

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Tony Black reviews The X-Files #13… “Skinner,” Part 2 (of 2): Assistant Director Walter Skinner finally gets the spotlight! When a face from the past resurfaces, Skinner must confront painful memories of the Vietnam War in his effort to keep a dark secret from being exposed. The second part of ‘Skinner’, this two-part exploration of […]

Movie Review – I Am Heath Ledger (2017)

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I Am Heath Ledger, 2017. Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis & Derik Murray. Featuring Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: Using home video footage and artwork from across his life, this documentary charts the life and career of Heath Ledger, all the way to his untimely death… Almost a decade on, the […]

No One Can Hear You Scream: Life and Death in Space Horror

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Tony Black on space horror… The release this week of Life, the new science-fiction horror film from Daniel Espinosa, may herald for many a revelation if they’re unfamiliar with a sub-genre all of its own – the space horror movie. Espinosa’s film is entertaining, if workmanlike, and will be enjoyed primarily by people unfamiliar with […]

Faster & Furiously: How Vin & the Family Owe an 80s & 90s Debt

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Tony Black on how Fast & Furious owes a debt to 80s and 90s action movies… You may have avoided the Fast & Furious franchise. I did, for ages. To me it was nothing more than ‘car porn’, full of slick machismo, bad dialogue and poorer plot choices. 2008’s semi-reboot Fast & Furious began a […]

Free Fire: The 70’s Crime Pictures It Takes a Bullet From

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Tony Black on Free Fire… Let’s be honest, if you’ve seen Free Fire, you’ll know it’s not particularly like a lot of the 1970’s crime films that, on the face of it, Ben Wheatley’s movie would sit alongside. This pulpy, lean slice of comic violence owes more to the early 90’s stylistics of down’n’dirty Tarantino […]

Raising Caine: Sir Michael Going On In Style

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Tony Black on screen legend Michael Caine… His recent political leanings aside, Sir Michael Caine remains one of the surviving legends of British and indeed American cinema of the last fifty years, and this weekend’s Going in Style–a heist caper directed by none other than Scrubs‘ Zach Braff–sees him share top billing with fellow aged […]