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Despite his racist views, we can’t deny H.P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror authors of all time. To this day, directors and screenwriters consistently adapt Lovecraft’s stories into terrifying cinema. His bibliography gave way to adaptations of ‘Colour Out Of Space’, ‘From Beyond’ and ‘Dagon’
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Trigger Warning: ‘A Clockwork Orange’ features images of sexual violence and torture “I’m cured! Praise God!” “You’re not cured yet, boy…” How did my fascination with ‘A Clockwork Orange’ begin? Well, from the snapshot of a forgotten edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records, of course! From
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Sometimes the real horror of a scary movie isn’t the demonic plaything, the alien monster or the immortal butcher who can stand against 5 shotgun blasts to the face. Sometimes the real horror is the evil that men do. When I say that, I don’t mean getting revenge
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“A very very distant second is a Ferrari. Charlie, give me your hand. This is just the start of your education, son.” - Colonel Frank Slade I can’t explain how this film found a way to my heart. Maybe I was feeling depressed when I saw it for the
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The Banshees Of Inisherin (2023) dir. Martin McDonagh - Reviewed by Mason Horsley “Even the worm will turn” - John Heywood It’s a great expression, and one I repeat in my mind regularly. Even the wotOut of fear and out of sick desire. I’m both afraid and eager
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One might consider the music biopic to be a formulaic and easy genre to produce. Of course, it’s an incredibly expensive genre, what with song licences and massive stadium sets to construct, but on paper, the structure feels incredibly similar. A music biopic will usually follow a rags-to-riches story
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Kramer Vs Kramer (1979) dir. Robert Benton While many courtroom dramas focus on social issues impacting the world on a grand scale, I believe the most effective focus is on smaller, everyday legal issues. While it was incredibly impactful to see such a catastrophic case in ‘Trial Of The Chicago
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Like it or not, the film business is one of investments. In Hollywood, art has to take a backseat until the producers and studios are happy and feeling safe with their money. They just gave you 100 million dollars, you can’t just release whatever you want. It wasn’t
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There’s something about the Noir genre that always entices. Perhaps it’s the romanticisation of cold, silent gentlemen who aren’t afraid to play dirty (who, in any other situation would be treated as thugs or creeps). Perhaps it’s the more pessimistic look, displaying the world around us
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For as long as humans have been around, there has been religion. A way to explain the origins of the universe, a way to explain what happens to us when we die, a way to explain why certain behaviours cannot be tolerated. And for as long as religion has been
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The 2024 American Presidential election came and went and was quite an entertaining one. We’ve all had a good laugh or a good shudder in horror; maybe a bit of both. Where there’s the never-ending fight between Republicans and Democrats, there’s SNL sketches and The Onion article
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‘Tron: Legacy’ is a film desperately calling out for a 4K release. Powerful IMAX visuals that are bound to trigger something from your childhood imagination. It’s as if Joseph Kosinski reached deep within a child’s membrane, like Flynn reaching into Quorra’s and painted a gorgeous hyper-noir backdrop