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EIFF 2019 Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien – “An exploration of the myriad of people involved in the gestation of this now-iconic film”

EIFF 2019 Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien – “An exploration of the myriad of people involved in the gestation of this now-iconic film”

Posted by on Jun 21, 2019 in action, All, documentary, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Hard to believe, but here we are in the last third of June and that means Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) time. My first...

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Review: Child’s Play – “Mark Hamill is brilliant”

Review: Child’s Play – “Mark Hamill is brilliant”

Posted by on Jun 20, 2019 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

The new take on 80s slasher Child’s Play is directed by Norwegian Lars Klevberg (Polaroid) from a script written by Tyler Burton Smith...

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Review: We The Animals – “Cinematic art at its purest”

Review: We The Animals – “Cinematic art at its purest”

Posted by on Jun 17, 2019 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

There couldn’t have been a better time to release We The Animals than Pride month. The world needs more queer stories that feel relatable...

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Review – Men In Black: International – “Enjoyable but forgettable”

Review – Men In Black: International – “Enjoyable but forgettable”

Posted by on Jun 16, 2019 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Men In Black. I always like the concept of that shadowy figure who would turn up after a UFO sighting and menacingly tell the witness to...

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SpielBLOG: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jun 14, 2019 in All, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

I don’t cry watching movies. I weep. Sometimes inconsolably. Certain classic movies can press my buttons in a way that isn’t...

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SpielBLOG: Raiders of the Lost Ark – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: Raiders of the Lost Ark – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jun 7, 2019 in action, All, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Raiders of the Lost Ark was the first Steven Spielberg film I saw on the big screen, at The Astra Cinema, Barrow-in-Furness in July 1981....

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Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix – “Fails to soar, but isn’t a car crash either”

Posted by on Jun 5, 2019 in action, All, Comics, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

I refute your hypothesis that X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX is a car crash. The opening scene, with an actual car crash? Sure. But in amongst the...

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Review: The Kid – “An utterly absorbing take on an Old West legend”

Review: The Kid – “An utterly absorbing take on an Old West legend”

Posted by on Jun 4, 2019 in action, All, drama, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller, Western | 0 comments

Directed by Vincent D’Onofrio Starring Dane DeHaan, Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt, Jake Schur, Leila George “A boy with a gun ain’t a...

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Little Did You Know: LFF cracks open actor, screenwriter and film critic David McGillivray’s autobiography

Little Did You Know: LFF cracks open actor, screenwriter and film critic David McGillivray’s autobiography

Posted by on Jun 2, 2019 in All, biopic, Books, comedy, drama, Film, indie, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Referred to variously as “the Truffaut of smut” and “a prolific hack writer”, David McGillivray started out reviewing movies for the BFI...

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Review: Ma – “Shocks and surprises and always catches you off-guard”

Review: Ma – “Shocks and surprises and always catches you off-guard”

Posted by on May 31, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Written by Scotty Landes (Workaholics) and directed by Tate Taylor (Winter’s Bone), Ma stars Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water),...

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