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Where to start with Pedro Almodóvar

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Chris Connor on Pedro Almodóvar… Pedro Almodóvar has been at the forefront of European cinema for five decades, starting with his early eccentric comedies like Pepi, Luci, Bom, Matador and Law of Desire. With his latest Parallel Mothers featuring prominently on the autumn festival circuit and earning positive early reviews from its Venice premiere, now […]

Video Game Movie Adaptations That Are Actually Worth Watching

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We know, we know, the video game movie scene is even more notorious than the female superhero one. So many great video games chosen to be adapted into feature length films have had their very essence thrown into a grinder, leaving only a barebones replica for audiences to unsatisfyingly feast on. But sometimes critics can […]

The Best TV Series to Binge Watch This Halloween

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Hasitha Fernando on the best TV series to binge this Halloween… It’s Spooktober once again, ladies and gents and what better way to welcome the chills and scares of Halloween than binge-watching a few TV series to whet your appetites eh? But with the innumerable streaming platforms out there offering their respective content, choosing what […]

Exclusive Interview – Production Designer Holly Trotta on Witch Hunt

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When it comes to unique and conversation-starting films, Momentum Pictures knows how to pick them. Last year, the subsidiary of Entertainment One acquired Aubrey Plaza’s Black Bear after a successful Sundance premiere. The film went on to be nominated for over 14 awards including a Hollywood Critics Association award for Best Independent Film. This year […]

Blu-ray Review – No Man of God (2021)

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No Man of God, 2021. Directed by Amber Sealey. Starring Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino, Robert Patrick, W. Earl Brown, and Christian Clemenson. SYNOPSIS: In the final years before his execution, America’s most notorious serial killer Ted Bundy forms a complicated relationship with an FBI profiler. With dramatisations of real-life serial killers and true […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Guest (2014)

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The Guest, 2014. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe, Joel David Moore, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick, and Brendan Meyer. SYNOPSIS: A soldier infiltrates the lives of a grieving family, claiming that he was friends with their son who died in action. Cue lots of suspicious activity and some accidental deaths. […]

Blu-ray Review – Night Shift (1982)

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Night Shift, 1982. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Richard Belzer, and Clint Howard. SYNOPSIS: Ron Howard’s second directorial effort, Night Shift, comes to Blu-ray via the Warner Archive Collection. It’s a lesser-known 1980s comedy that showcased Henry Winkler’s ability to play more than Fonzie on Happy Days while giving […]

The Best Modern Horror Film Scores of the Past Two Decades

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Hasitha Fernando on the best modern horror film scores of the past two decades… Halloween is nearly upon us and what better time than the eve of All Hallows Eve to sit back and listen to some great horror-tinged music. With that in mind here are 8 Modern Horror Film scores from the last two […]

Movie Review – Injustice (2021)

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Injustice, 2021. Directed by Matt Peters. Featuring the voice talents of Anson Mount, Justin Hartley, Janet Varney, Brandon Michael Hall, Kevin Pollak, Anika Noni Rose, Reid Scott, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Phillips, Faran Tahir, Zach Callison, Edwin Hodge, Oliver Hudson, Laura Bailey, Yuri Lowenthal, Brian T. Delaney, Fred Tatasciore, Andrew Morgado. SYNOPSIS: On an alternate Earth, […]