Film Reviews

It Comes At Night (2017)

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Egojo, Riley Keough Director: Trey Edward Shults This is an interesting film. In a dystopian future, a plague has wiped out a lot of humanity, and one family, a husband and wife with their teenage son, have isolated themselves in a cabin in the woods to survive. Then another… Continue reading It Comes At Night (2017)

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Podcast: Guest Starring on Talking Stars It and Stephen King Episode.

Thank you to the lovely guys at Talking Stars Podcast for having me as a guest star for their It Preview and Stephen King show. As always, loads of fun. Want to listen? Please CLICK HERE. If you haven't seen It yet, don't worry, it's spoiler free. We talk about Stephen King movies, and how… Continue reading Podcast: Guest Starring on Talking Stars It and Stephen King Episode.

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1408 (2007)

Starring: John Cusak, Samuel L Jackson, Director: Mikael Hafstrom Mike Enslin (Cusak) is a popular writer of books about haunted places. He goes, visits, and sarcastically debunks them. When an anonymous suggestion to visit a particular hotel room reaches him, Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel, he decides to check it out. But the hotel… Continue reading 1408 (2007)

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The Circle (2017)

  Starring: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Bill Paxton Director: James Ponsoldt There's been a lot of talk about how bad this film is. I generally don't go in for films about social media, but a friend of mine said that they actually really liked this film. So I thought, why not? I can't… Continue reading The Circle (2017)

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Classic Movie Of The Week: Point Blank (1967)

Starring: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn Director: John Boorman Walker (Marvin) has brought of a heist to help a friend who owes money, but when the take is less than expected, his best friend shoots him, taking off with his wife and the money, leaving him for dead. But Walker is not dead. He… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Point Blank (1967)

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Preview: It (2017)

Starring: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Leiberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton Director: Andy Muschietti Stephen King's books are a perennial source of movie adaptations, but for every wonderful adaptation there are several lackluster or downright laughable ones. It was hard to know which way the… Continue reading Preview: It (2017)

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Preview: mother! (2017)

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Kristen Wiig Director: Darren Aronofsky Studded with Oscar winners, and directed and written by the director of Black Swan, mother! is a film that's hard to define and challenging to watch. It's the story of a couple. He's a well known writer (Bardem) with… Continue reading Preview: mother! (2017)

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Death Note (2017)

Starring: Nat Wolff, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Willem Dafoe Director: Adam Wingard Light Turner (Wolff) is a regular high school kid, til one day a book lands out of the sky and falls in his lap. It's the Death Note book, and if you write a name on it's pages that person will die. You… Continue reading Death Note (2017)

Classic Movie Of The Week 2017

Classic Movie Of The Week: The Thin Man (1934)

Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell Director: WS Van Dyke As sparkling and delicious as champagne, this film was a response to the chemistry and popularity of it's two leads, who had appeared in a film earlier that year to huge success. Here, Myrna Loy and William Powell are a… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: The Thin Man (1934)

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Podcast: Talking American Made preview and Tom Cruise movies with Talking Stars

Whether you're a fan or not, it's hard to dismiss the impact that Tom Cruise has had on the film industry. In this podcast, and to chime in with the release of American Made, Talking Stars recorded this podcast, a fun look at the star and his films. Why am I telling you about it?… Continue reading Podcast: Talking American Made preview and Tom Cruise movies with Talking Stars