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Category: Past Releases

Winter Sleep (2014)

Such biting dialogues I have not enjoyed for a long time. Based on The Wife, a short story by Chekhov, Winter … More

Cinema, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, movie, Movies, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Writing

Starred Up (2013)

In the United Kingdom, juveniles which prove too violent for their young offender’s institution are “starred up”, prison slang for … More

Cinema, Crime, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, movie, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Thriller

God Bless America (2011)

Starring Bill Murray’s younger brother, Joel, preposterous black comedy God Bless America is a B movie with high production values. In … More

Cinema, Comedy, Entertainment, fiction, Film, Films, life, movie, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Writing

Red White & Blue (2010)

Drama; thriller; horror. Simon Rumley’s challenging and disturbing Red White & Blue morphs slowly from one genre to another, building … More

Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, Horror, movie, Opinion, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Thriller
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art Cinema Film 2007 Zodiac

Zodiac (2007)

There are very few films I can watch again and again. Se7en is one of them. Zodiac is another. I love … More

Cinema, Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, movie, Mystery, Review, Reviews, Theater, Thriller
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art Cinema Film 2009 Enter The Void

After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

We have already reviewed my all-time favourite noir, The Grifters (1990), the film adaptation of Jim Thompson’s 1963 novel. Thompson’s … More

Cinema, Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Films, movie, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Thriller
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art Cinema Film 2008 Synecdoche New York

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Following the incredibly sad loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman, I present this review of this amazing film so that you … More

Cine, Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, life, movie, Philip-Seymour-Hoffman, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art 2005 Pierrepoint Cinema Film

Pierrepoint (2005)

This film is a fascinating examination of the life of Albert Pierrepoint, one of the longest-serving hangmen in England. His … More

Biography, Cine, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, History, movie, Review, Reviews, Theatre
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art 1990 Grifters Cinema Film

The Grifters (1990)

An unacknowleged classic, The Grifters is a neo-noir of the highest order. For my tastes, it is the best noir I … More

Cine, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Films, movie, Noir, Review, Reviews, Thriller
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster 1988 Cement Garden Cinema Film

The Cement Garden (1993)

  The Cement Garden is a very well made film. It follows one English family as they try to deal with … More

Cine, Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, movie, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Writing
2010 Kick-Ass Movie Film Cinema Theatrical Poster Art

Kick-Ass (2010)

If you want to have heaps of fun watching a superhero action comedy, then Kick-Ass is the ticket! I’m not into … More

Action, Cine, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Entertainment, Film, Films, movie, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre

The Caretaker (1963)

The Caretaker a.k.a. ‘The Guest’ is writing and acting at its very best. The screenplay is by Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Harold Pinter. … More

Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Films, movie, Review, Reviews

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