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'Ride the Eagle' Review - A Quirky Family Bonding Session

By Simmon Wagner
14/09/21
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It's the Jake Gyllenhaal Show in Trailer for Tense Netflix Thriller 'The Guilty'

By Nick Janks
08/09/21

Jake Gyllenhaal takes front and centre stage in the new Netflix thriller The Guilty from acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua.

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'Belfast' Trailer Teases a 60s Era Irish Family Tearjerker

By Nick Janks
06/09/21

Irish-born Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast promises to remind viewers of the importance of family emotionally wrapped in a 60s-set coming-of-age tale.

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'Language Lessons' Review - A Friendship is Born Across Screens

By Nick Janks
31/08/21

Language Lessons is a poignant tale of a burgeoning friendship across seas and devices starring Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass.

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'Disclosure' Review - A Tense and Confronting Australian Drama

By Patrick Scott
30/08/21

Disclosure is a confronting tale about two close couples whose friendships implode through the allegation that one of their children was sexually abused by the other.

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'Annette' Review - Quirky and Absurd Musical Drama is an Experience

By Patrick Scott
19/08/21

After the band Sparks’ two previous failed attempts to make a musical film, first with Italian slapstick actor Jacques Tati, then with Tim Burton, the third time is the charm in French filmmaker Leos Carax’s Annette.

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'Nine Days' Review - Profound Themes But it's Too Pretentious

By Hector A. Gonzalez
18/08/21

Although Edson Oda’s Nine Days features a good concept about existentialism and the decisions we make in life, the final product isn’t as good as the concepts it tackles and ends up leaving a pretentious aftertaste.

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'Beckett' Review - Hitchcock Would be Turning in His Grave

By Hector A. Gonzalez
17/08/21

Beckett starts quickly with thrills and a pulsing score, but as the mystery begins to unravel, it ends up being yet another thriller that copies Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959).

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'La Verónica' Review - Quest for Social Media Influence at its Most Pitiful

By Patrick Scott
13/08/21

La Verónica (literally) centres on social media star and footballer’s wife Veronica (Mariana Di Girólamo), whose persistent efforts to procure a sponsorship deal is derailed by re-surfaced murder charges of their infant child from many years ago.

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'The Ice Road' Review - Liam Neeson Action-Thriller Stumbles

By Patrick Scott
12/08/21

Set in the icy tundra of Manitoba, Canada, The Ice Road is a race-against-time action thriller that pits Liam Neeson not only against thin ice roads that could crack at any minute but also corporate greed.

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Michael Keaton Fights for 9/11 Victims' Rights in 'Worth'

By Nick Janks
11/08/21

Keaton plays an attorney with the difficult task of obtaining compensation for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Worth for Netflix.

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Clint Eastwood Dons His Best Western Hat in 'Cry Macho' Trailer

By Nick Janks
09/08/21

In his new film, Cry Macho, prolific actor/director Clint Eastwood delivers a touching tale of personal redemption.

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'Fanny Lye Deliver'd' Review - A Hypnotic and Violent Period Thriller

By Patrick Scott
30/07/21

Fanny Lye Deliver’d is a quasi-Western set just after the English Civil War, circa 1657, in a period of moral and sexual liberation, as well as barbaric violence.

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Family, Betrayal, and Murder Feature in 'House of Gucci' Trailer

By Nick Janks
30/07/21

Directed by Ridley Scott, House of Gucci follows the story of the luxury fashion label and the undoing of the family behind it.

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'Lamb' Trailer Teases the Weirdest Horror Film in a Long Time

By Nick Janks
29/07/21

The A24 team are looking to outdo themselves once again with what could be their weirdest horror film yet in Lamb, starring Noomi Rapace.

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Mark Wahlberg Features in Trailer for Moving Drama 'Joe Bell'

By Nick Janks
28/07/21

Wahlberg stars alongside up-and-comer Reid Miller in the heart-wrenching drama Joe Bell, based on a true story.

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'Pig' Review - Nicolas Cage Delivers One of His Best Performances

By Ross Carroll
26/07/21

Nic Cage flexes his acting muscles alongside a truffle pig in the best movie of 2021 so far: Pig.

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