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Looking for Eric (2009) Review
Looking for Eric (2009)Director: Ken LoachScreenwriter: Paul LavertyStarring: Steve Evets, Matthew McNulty, Eric Cantona, Justin Moorhouse, Stefan Gumbs, John Henshaw, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is struggling. His diagnosis, whether something medical or purely the hardships of life, is never given. Frankly, it isn’t important. To keep it vague is to keep…
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Watch the Lights (2024) Review
Watch the Lights (2024)Director: Alex Ayre Everyone can relate to the journey of the dreamer, the conqueror, and the artist – to those with an extraordinary dedication to expression, both of the self and towards others. We can all see ourselves in the heroes that fall and get back up again, and we are each…
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) Review
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahScreenwriters: Chris Bremner, Will BeallStarring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Rhea Seehorn, Joe Pantoliano, Quinn Hemphill Questions must be asked in films, and with the fourth instalment of the Bad…
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Hit Man (2024) Review
Hit Man (2024)Director: Richard Linklater Screenwriter: Richard Linklater, Glen PowellStarring: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Austin Amelio Despite having been on the scene for around a decade, it’s only in the past few years that Glen Powell has been recognised for having the ‘it factor’. From Top Gun: Maverick, to Anyone But You,…
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Arcadian (2024) Review
Maxwell Jenkins, Nicolas Cage, and Jaeden Martell in Benjamin Brewer’s ARCADIAN. Courtesy of RLJE Films and Shudder. An RLJE Films and Shudder Release. Arcadian (2024)Director: Benjamin BrewerScreenwriters: Mike NilonStarring: Nicholas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Samantha Coughlan, Jow Dizon, Joel Gillman, Daire McMahon Lower budget filmmaking often turns to horror because you can…
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‘Speed’ at 30 – Review
Speed (1994)Director: Jan de BontScreenwriter: Graham YostStarring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels When Speed opened in the summer of 1994 at the number one spot at the box office, beating out the highly anticipated sequel to City Slickers, City Slickers: The Legend of Curly’s Gold, the action thriller’s surprise…
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Review
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)Director: Jane SchoenbrunScreenwriter: Jane SchoenbrunStarring: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Danielle Deadwyler, Fred Durst Do you like girls?I don’t know.Boys?I- I- I think that, I like TV shows. Psychological thriller, coming-of-age story, spacey sci-fi – all categories that general audiences will try to fit I…
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Sting (2024) Review
Sting (2024)Director: Kiah Roache-TurnerScreenwriters: Kiah Roache-TurnerStarring: Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, Jermaine Fowler A giant spider movie. Almost like it’s been done before. Has it? And if it has, can we do anything new with it? This is the question asked by writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner, who…
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In a Violent Nature (2024) Review
In a Violent Nature (2024)Director: Chris NashScreenwriter: Chris NashStarring: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Charlotte Creaghan, Cameron Love, Liam Leone, Alexander Oliver, Reece Presley In the realm of the slasher genre, Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature checks every theoretical box: a masked killer on a revenge rampage, an isolated setting, questioning morality and sexuality, and…
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The Strangers: Chapter One (2024) Review
The Strangers: Chapter One (2024)Director: Renny HarlinScreenwriters: Alan R. Cohen, Alan FreedlandStarring: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath Somewhere, a few years ago, after the second Strangers film Prey At Night had been safely consigned to the ‘I don’t recall it being awful’ memory banks, someone in the production company boardroom meetings must…