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October Horrors 2019 Day 31 – Mandy (2018)

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Mandy, 2018. Directed by Panos Cosmatos. Starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, and Richard Brake. SYNOPSIS: The happy lives of Red and his girlfriend Mandy are ruined by the arrival of a sinister cult leader and his deranged minions, forcing Red into a surreal and increasingly bloody quest for revenge. HAPPY HALLOWEEN […]

Movie Review – Doctor Sleep (2019)

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Doctor Sleep, 2019. Written and Directed by Mike Flanagan. Starring Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Zahn McClarnon, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Jocelin Donahue, Nicholas Pryor, Carl Lumbly, Chelsea Talmadge, Selena Anduze, Catherine Parker, Roger Dale Floyd, Kk Heim, Kaitlyn McCormick, Molly Jackson, Sadie Heim, Robert Longstreet, Jacob Tremblay, and […]

Movie Review – Pain & Glory (2019)

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Pain & Glory, 2019. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Julieta Serrano and Leonardo Sbaraglia. SYNOPSIS: A film director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.   The title of Pain & Glory is a truly perfect way to describe […]

Movie Review – Doctor Sleep (2019)

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Doctor Sleep, 2019. Directed by Mike Flanagan Starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Carel Struycken, Bruce Greenwood, Chelsea Talmadge, Alex Essoe, Catherine Parker, and Selena Anduze SYNOPSIS: Years after the events of The Shining, a grownup Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has repressed his abilities and hit the […]

Die Hard with comedian Iszi Lawrence | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #53

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, comedian and podcaster Iszi Lawrence pops by to discuss the “Christmas” classic action movie Die Hard… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, comedian Iszi Lawrence brings early Christmas […]

Movie Review – Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

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Terminator: Dark Fate. 2019 Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Diego Boneta, Enrique Arce, and Edward Furlong. SYNOPSIS: Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator from the future. With the anticipated return of Linda Hamilton […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 30 – Ghost Stories (2017)

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Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther and Paul Whitehouse. SYNOPSIS: Professor Philip Goodman, an investigator specialising in debunking fraudulent physics is tasked with solving three mysterious and seemingly supernatural events. Among the horror genre, we have many different sub-genres lurking within it, and while […]

Video Review – Knives Out

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Knives Out, 2019. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer. In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on Knives Out, a “whodunit” film from Rian Johnson. Following up, Star Wars: […]

Movie Review – Sorry We Missed You (2019)

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Sorry We Missed You, 2019. Directed by Ken Loach. Starring Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor and Ross Brewster. SYNOPSIS: A family is driven to severe hardship by the manipulative machinations of the modern gig economy. Ken Loach is arguably Britain’s most prominent cinematic polemicist. Three years ago, he won his second Palme […]