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2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Öndög

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Öndög, 2019. Directed by Wang Quan’an. Starring Dulamjav Enkhtaivan, Aorigeletu, Norovsambuu Batmunkh, and Gangtemuer Arild. SYNOPSIS: A murder case in the Mongolian steppe. A herder is asked to guard the crime scene – a woman who resolutely scares off both wolves and her neighbor. She has her own plans for the future, which are closely […]

Movie Review – The Laundromat (2019)

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The Laundromat, 2019. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman, David Schwimmer, Will Forte, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeffrey Wright, Alex Pettyfer, Chris Parnell, James Cromwell, Robert Patrick, Melissa Rauch, Dan Gruenberg, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Juliet Donenfeld, Shoshana Bush, Rosalind Chao, Nonso Anozie, Amy Louise Pemberton, Jay Paulson, Cristela Alonzo, Larry Clarke, Larry Wilmore, […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 1 – Frankenstein (1931)

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Frankenstein, 1931. Directed by James Whale. Starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Fredrick Kerr and Boris Karloff. SYNOPSIS: Eager to solve the mysteries of life and death, Dr Henry Frankenstein embarks upon a controversial experiment in which he will implant a human brain into a freshly constructed body and use electricity […]

Movie Review – Lucy in the Sky (2019)

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Lucy in the Sky, 2019. Directed by Noah Hawley. Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Ellen Burstyn, Colman Domingo, Jeremiah Birkett, Tig Notaro, Joseph Williamson, Nick Offerman, and Pearl Amanda Dickson. SYNOPSIS: Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space, and begins to lose touch […]

Movie Review – Joker (2019)

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Joker, 2019. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron, and Brett Cullen. SYNOPSIS: Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as […]

Netflix Review – The Spy

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Hasitha Fernando reviews The Spy… In this latest spy thriller that dropped from Netflix, Sacha Baron Cohen plays the main role as newly recruited Mossad spy Eli Cohen and boy, is he something or what. In fact, if I were to sum up my review succinctly in three words it would be; Sacha Baron Cohen. […]

Preacher Season 4 Finale Review – ‘End of the World’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 4 finale of Preacher… Over four years and fifty plus hours of television Preacher has refused to compromise. Thematically bold, visually inventive and theologically questionable this series has kicked down doors, opened up opportunities and challenged taboos at every turn. Showrunner and Breaking Bad alumni Sam Catlin has been instrumental […]

Fantastic Fest 2019 Review – Why Don’t You Just Die!

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Why Don’t You Just Die!, 2018. Directed by Kirill Sokolov. Starring Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Michael Gor, Elena Shevchenko, and Igor Grabuzov. SYNOPSIS: Andrey, a detective and the world’s most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. […]

The Good Place Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Girl From Arizona, Part 1’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the season 4 premiere of The Good Place… The Good Place returned to our screens this week for the premiere of its fourth, and final, season. The show has established itself as one of the most original comedies on television in recent years and this week’s opener began to move the pieces […]