Tesla review – downright Shakespearean An acquired Musk
Well, you certainly cannot call Michael Almereyda’s Tesla boring. He takes a tragic figure and adapts into a film that
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Made in Italy review – oh, the problems of the rich and white in the Tuscan countryside man babies
Some plot points are so common they practically become their own genre, while some may fall from grace, especially in
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Summerland review – a small effort towards wartime diversity Like the Lori Loughlin Show, but not really
Usually, English wartime films are as diverse as various colors of newly fallen snow. You have one white guy, with
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The Silencing review – a thriller that looks great but doesn’t thrill not much to say
The Silencing opens with overhead views of beautiful mountain forests, with a river cutting through; and steadily the camera follows
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The Dark End of the Street review – a contemplative urban drama neighbourhood watch
In a world getting steadily smaller, how well do you know the people in our own street? Now that you
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Fish Story review – a genre-defying modern cult classic Fintastic
Fish Story is such a fantastic film that, to be honest, I’d rather be watching it again than writing about it.
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An American Pickle second opinion – an ultimately pleasing low-key production out of time
An immigrant worker, played by Seth Rogan, ends up being pickled in a vat for 100 years , and wakens
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The Woman in Black review – a near-perfect old-fashioned ghost story good as new
Some of us can look back on growing up in the United Kingdom and remember some high-quality ghost stories on
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Waiting for the Barbarians review – a morbid and heavy-handed anti-imperialist allegory Magistrate to the point
Given everything that’s going on with Johnny Depp lately, seeing him play the sadistic functionary of a totalitarian empire with
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The Tax Collector review – a gruesome low-rent gangland thriller without much of a point taxing
Shia LaBeouf is famously quite an odd fellow, which sometimes overshadows the fact that he’s a really good actor when
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Red Penguins review – an utterly bonkers story of opportunism stranger than fiction
Part of the fun of Gabe Polsky’s Red Penguins, although I’m not necessarily sure that “fun” is the right word,
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Host review – found footage for our quarantine times technical problems
OK so I’ve finally watched Host (Shudder) this evening. I had to do a little bit of cooking and washing up
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Shifter review – subtle sci-fi horror that intrigues and chills Tiiiiime is on my side
It’s a rare time travel story in which everything turns out peachy. Similar to Volition and Timecrimes, Shifter is a
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Star Light review – weird low-budget horror flares bright but doesn’t linger price of fame
Star Light is one of those weird low-budget genre films that you wish was weirder if only so something about it
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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons review – a bloody backstory for an underserved antihero behind the mask
This review of Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons is spoiler-free. Since Justice League Dark: Apokolips War recently detonated the New 52
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Pay Dirt aka Paydirt review – tame, lame and vacuous, but someone will like it No pay off
Pay Dirt (originally Paydirt) is one of those films where you might as well just watch the trailer; not because
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She Dies Tomorrow review – not comedy, horror, drama, sci-fi, but mesmerising She could be right
In She Dies Tomorrow, “she” is Amy; and Amy is weighed down by the knowledge that she is going to
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Unhinged second opinion – an exhausting ham-fisted shock fest Fury Road
Another “new” release for the cinemas that have managed to open this week comes in the form of the violent
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Nazi Undead aka Living Space review – better than it first appears Not another Nazi zombie movie
Nazi Undead (called Living Space until it reached the USA) is one of those low budget horror films which has
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Rebuilding Paradise review – ashes to ashes, dust to dust return to Paradise Lost
The fire started by an electric emission caused by Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s negligence was the most expensive disaster
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