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Film Review – Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
Escapism is a cinematic pleasure that very few films can claim to have delivered. Possibly the most recent film, Top Gun Maverick, was universally loved for its escapism. Many will try and fail, but Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, pardon the phrase, has honour in trying. Some of you might be wondering why, after…
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2023 Glasgow Film Festival Review – The Ordinaries (2022)
Do you ever wish you could fit in somewhere other than where you are now? Sophie Linnenbaum‘s inventive feature debut, The Ordinaries, is a delightful satirical look at society. What type of character are you? Are you the main character or a supporting character? Do you have a role, or do you even want one?”…
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Film Review: Avatar – The Way Of Water (2022)
In 2009 James Cameron gave up filmmaking to create the most expensive video game ever to created Avatar. This was the man who gave us two of the best sequels to two of the greatest film franchises Alien and Terminator. For the last 13 years he’s been sharing cave with Gollum to bring us the…
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Film Review: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
6 years after the original flawed first Doctor Strange film we have the Sequel. He did warn us in Spider-Man: No Way Home ‘Don’t Mess With the Universe’ the sequel is that madness unleashed. This takes place after the events of No Way home, we see a ponytailed Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) defending a young…
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Film Review – Fantastic Beasts: Secrets Of Dumbledore (2022)
The third installment of the first Harry Potter spin-off series Fantastic Beasts: Secrets Of Dumbledore. The Pre Harry Potter film franchise which started early 20th century , Mads Mikkelsen now has replaced Johnny Depp as the film’s antagonist Gellert Grindelwald all thanks to Johnny’s off screen troubles . This film takes place not long after…
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Film Review – Border (Gräns , 2018)
Who are we? Where Do I belong? Questions peoples ask universally every day. From gender, sexuality to ancestry. In Ali Abassi‘s Border (Gräns), a womans indentity is ingrained in Swedish Folklore. Probably the strangest uniquely surreal original film you’ll see in 2019! Abassi’s film shares a lot with Ari Aster‘s Midsommar, in what genres can…
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Blu-ray Review – King Of Jazz (1930, Criterion Collection)
I should really confess my knowledge of Jazz and John Murray Anderson‘s King Of Jazz (1930) is non-existent. The question some may ask: ‘Is it a crime to call yourself a ‘cinefile’ when you’ve had no prior knowledge of the film in question? No. Some may argue thanks to niche distributors such as The Criterion…
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Blu-Ray Review – Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985, Criterion Collection)
Ten years into my ‘cinematic education’ after creating The Peoples Movies, the education continues and the latest film lesson is Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters. My quest was to open my heart to films and genres I wouldn’t have blinked an eye in the past. Paul Schrader’s 1985 film is regarded by some critics…
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Blu-Ray Review – Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD
When we pass a certain landmark birthday, the realisation you’re getting older time is flying by you. Been in my 40’s does have its advantages, born in 1970’s, a kid in the 1980’s. An era when of some of the greatest ever comics were born, like 2000AD. 1977 may have been ‘anarchy in the UK’…
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Blu-ray Review – Highlander (30th Anniversary Edition)
“Here We are, born to be kings, we’re the princess of the universe“,30 years ago Queen where the kings of rock stadium. This was also the year a Belgium Christopher Lambert pretends to be Scottish and then there was Sean Connery been Sean Connery and Queen sung the soundtrack. In 2016 they will once again…
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