Review – Widows (2018)
An exceptional movie. Steve McQueen is an auteur of people. Their successes, their triumphs, their despairs, all are often explored
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Review – Overlord (2018)
Blood-splattered Nazisploitation fun. Any film that opens with the most insanely terrifying noise to mankind, the air siren, is setting
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Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (London Film Festival)
Not even the proven talents of brothers Joel and Ethan Coen can circumvent the issues with the anthology format. Conceived
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“Deadwood” Film Begins Production
12 years after the end of the highly acclaimed HBO television series “Deadwood”, the feature film sequel has entered production.
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Review – Mandy (2018)
“Mandy, you’re a fine girl” Nicholas Cage is the definitive lunatic actor, a fearless performer who happily takes on the
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Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
Genre: Biographical, Drama. Starring: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello. Year Of Release: 2018 Certificate: 12A (UK) Runtime:
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Movie Corner at London Film Festival 2018 (Part 2)
Another 48 hours at the London Film Festival and I’m all movie-d out! Following on from part one, I’ve got
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Review – The Hate U Give (2018)
Teen-friendly but hard-hitting parable on racism. The film’s title, taken from the book upon which it is based, comes from
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Stephen King Appearances/Cameos
Over the years, horror writing extraordinaire Stephen King has popped up in a lot of works based on his writing,
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Review: First Man
Genre: Biographical Drama Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire foy, Corey Stall, Pablo Schreiber, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Christopher Abbott. Year Of
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Review – First Man (2018)
Chazelle goes three-for-three. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” said Neil Armstrong, as he set foot
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Review – Halloween (2018)
The ultimate successor to a purely evil classic. There are few films as seminal as John Carpenter’s Halloween. The 1978
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Review – Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
El Royale with cheese. Drew Goddard shook the horror genre with his twisted deconstruction in 2012’s The Cabin in the
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The Lowedown on “Peppermint” (R – Theatrical – US)
Here’s The Lowedown on “Peppermint” (R – Theatrical – US) Genre: Action/OMA (One woMan Army) Or: “Jennifer Garner’s back
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Movie Corner at London Film Festival 2018
Hey there, Nathan here! I’m fresh back from my first experience of London Film Festival, an annual celebration of all
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The Lowedown for August 2018
August 2018 Hello, again my friends, It is strange to think I haven’t seen you for a month. I have
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[Editorial] Watchmen: The ‘Cam’ Cut
This long-read review of Watchmen will be primarily focused on the ‘Ultimate Cut’, the most recent edition of the graphic
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Review – Venom (2018)
Twisted, hugely problematic spin-off with salvation in its laughs. Life, the 2017 space-horror flick, was a surprising watch. It borrowed
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Review – The Predator (2018)
An over-the-top ode to 87’s majesty. Predator, one half of the galaxy’s most feared and fierce monsters, first appeared on
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The Lowedown on “Mission Impossible: Fallout”
“Mission Impossible: Fallout” or “My heart rate monitor thinks I’m running…” Genre: Action/Thriller In this the sixth instalment of the
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