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Horror Films That Don’t Go For Jump Scares
When it comes to horror mainstream media think horror genre is all about jump scares. Fans of the genre know that is not the case, they can be Psychological, heartbreaking, philosophical and with deeper meaning. In support of She Will which is a film that doesn’t use jump scares, below is a list of horrors…
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Movies Named After Towns and Cities
David O’Russell’s Amsterdam was recently released in UK and Irish cinemas. As you can see from the film’s title it’s a city name, the list below is movies whose titles are named after towns and cities. An extra bonus I’ve decided to also include other movies that have a town and city names as part…
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Film Review- Where The Crawdads Sing (2022)
Very few best selling novels cut the grade when it comes to book to film adaptations. Could Where The Crawdads Sing cut the grade? If we go by critical reviews this evocative story of resilience, the answer would be no. The fans beg to differ, they say yes. Today Sony Pictures Releasing give this mystery …
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Film Review – Black Adams (2022)
Will DC ever get their ultimate comic book movie? One day they might, sadly it won’t be with Black Adam. Dwayne Johnson won’t be the ‘franchise Viagra’ that helped give a new life to the Fast & Furious franchise. This film delivers what we have seen many times, a half-baked dull superhero film. Lets get…
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Film Review -Minions: The Rise Of Gru (2022)
The Pandemic delayed many films, Minions: Rise Of Gru is one of the remaining films finally seeing the light of day. The original Despicable Me spin-off Minions released in 2015 witnessed Kevin, Stuart and Bob searched for a master. If you anyone saw that film know at the end they find their master, hence the…
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Film Review – Hellraiser (2022)
35 years after the cult Clive Barker British horror was released, we have a new reboot. One could argue why we need a reboot of franchise that’s already had 10 sequels? 8 of those movies went direct to DVD all lacklustre to outright abysmal. So what can David Bruckner’s 2022 version deliver that Barker’s couldn’t?…
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Film Review – Halloween Ends (2022)
Nearly 45 years after John Carpenter gave the movie world Michael Myers and Laurie Strode, will Halloween Ends be The End? We hope so. As they say all good things must come to an end, sadly for David Gordon Green’s trilogy, the sooner the better. What started as a near step by step copy of…
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Film Review – Mr Harrigan’s Phone (2022)
Stephen King has been considered in some quarters one of our greatest genre writers. He is also the only writer to have the most adaptations of his books to Film and television. You don’t have to be rocket scientist to not all stories have adapted well, or even should been adapted. The 2020 novella Mr…
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Film Review – The Woman King (2022)
Fans of Black Panther have you ever wondered whom those bald headed Dora Milaje female warriors that defended Wakanda inspired by? All is revealed in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King, The Dahomey Amazons better known as Agojie. Africa is a nation not known for it’s action packed stories in Hollywood especially ones with true historical…
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Movies that are Named after Emotions and Expressions
This list is dedicated to Smile which as we all know is a facial expression. The list is dedicated to movies that are named after emotions and facial expressions. This below is not in order or complete, just a selection… Misery (1990) Starring the great James Caan and Kathy Bates. Rob Rainer’s psychological horror thriller…
Chronicles In Film 