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Movie Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 2023. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Featuring Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan. SYNOPSIS: “Follows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.” Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie […]

The Evil Dead to Evil Dead Rise: Ranking the Evil Dead franchise

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With Evil Dead Rise now streaming [read our review here], William Stottor ranks the Evil Dead franchise from worst to best… 5 – Army of Darkness (1992) In a nutshell: absolutely balmy, even for this absurd film series. Army of Darkness is considerably lighter in tone than any other Evil Dead film and whilst it […]

Ten John Wick-Inspired Movies For Your Action Fix

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Hasitha Fernando dives into ten John Wick-inspired movies to give you your action fix… Every couple of years an action movie would come along that instantly becomes a gamechanger in the genre and the template to be followed for the next decade or so – John Wick was such a film. Released in 2014 the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

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Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, John Jarratt, Helen Morse, Margaret Nelson, and Anthony Llewellyn-Jones. SYNOPSIS: Three students and a teacher go missing on a school trip, causing much drama in the aftermath. Peter Weir’s 1975 classic Picnic at Hanging Rock begins on Valentine’s Day […]

Movie Review – Hellbender (2021)

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Hellbender, 2021. Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams & Toby Poser. Starring Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rob Figueroa, and Rinzin Thonden. SYNOPSIS: An isolated and lonely teenage girl discovers a family secret that challenges and changes everything she ever believed. Shudder Original movie Hellbender opens with the credits informing you that […]

Movie Review – Scream VI (2023)

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Scream VI, 2023. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Hayden Panettiere, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Segarra, Jack Champion, Liana Liberato, Skeet Ulrich, Devyn Nekoda, and Henry Czerny. SYNOPSIS: The four survivors of the Woodsboro tragedy head to New York to gain a fresh […]

Five Essential Nicolas Cage Horror Movies

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Casey Chong with five essential Nicolas Cage horror movies… Mock him or diss him all you want because there’s no denying that Nicolas Cage has been enjoying a renaissance over the last few years. Just not the kind of big mainstream Hollywood successes that he used to have in the ‘90s and ‘00s heydays seen […]

The Big Lebowski at 25: Looking Back at the Idiosyncratic Cult Classic Sensation

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Hasitha Fernando revisits The Big Lebowski at 25… Now this-a-here story I’m about to unfold revolves around a pair of upstanding American filmmakers and a little movie the duo crafted two decades prior. Over the years, this ‘ere film which goes by the name of The Big Lebowski, has gone on to become something of […]

Movie Review – Evil Dead Rise (2023)

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Evil Dead Rise, 2023. Written and Directed by Lee Cronin. Starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, and Nell Fisher. SYNOPSIS: A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish […]