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October Horrors 2019 Day 10 – Don’t Look Now (1973)

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Don’t Look Now, 1973. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato and Renato Scarpa. SYNOPSIS: After the death of their daughter, a married couple move to Venice after the husband takes up a job restoring an old cathedral. As they settle into their new home, the couple […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blackbird

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Blackbird, 2019. Directed by Roger Michell Starring Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Kate Winslett, Rainn Wilson, Mia Wasikowska, Lindsay Duncan, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: When a terminally ill mother (Susan Sarandon) brings her nearest-and-dearest together for one last time before she dies, it stirs up deep seated emotions within the fractured family. From the […]

AEW Dynamite 10/09/19 Results and Review

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EJ Moreno on the second episode of AEW Dynamite… The second week of All Elite Wrestling is here, and it’s just as impressive as the premiere. AEW is starting to show its style with hot matches beginning the show and an angle at the end that makes you want next week to be here already […]

Movie Review – Little Monsters (2019)

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Little Monsters, 2019. Written and directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Alexander England, Nadia Townsend, Kat Stewart, Diesel La Torraca, and Stephen Peacocke. SYNOPSIS: A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies. Watching this Australian rom-zom-com from […]

Movie Review – Gemini Man (2019)

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Gemini Man, 2019. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Linda Emond, Theodora Miranne, Justin James Boykin, Alexandra Szucs, and Douglas Hodge. SYNOPSIS: An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself. There are only two semi-intriguing scenes in Gemini Man, and neither of them involves […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Knives Out

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Knives Out, 2019. Written and directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Lakeith Stanfield, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Riki Lindholme. SYNOPSIS: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his […]

Video Review – Little Monsters (2019)

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Little Monsters, 2019. Directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England, Kat Stewart, and Josh Gad. In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on Little Monsters, a horror-comedy starring the always amazing Lupita Nyong’o. The film follows kindergarten teacher Miss Caroline, played by Nyong’o, as she attempts to keep her class alive […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 9 – The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)

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The Bird with The Crystal Plumage, 1970. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, and Renato Romano. SYNOPSIS: An American writer living in Rome finds himself in a cat mouse game with a brutal serial killer whose latest attack he is the sole witness to. After […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Whistlers

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The Whistlers, 2019. Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Antonio Buíl, Rodica Lazar and Agustí Villaronga. SYNOPSIS: A bent cop becomes embroiled in a crime syndicate he was originally investigating and soon learns their secret language of coded whistles. The whistled language of ‘El Silbo’ dates back hundreds of years, way back […]