Tag: Film Review Friday
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Requiem For A Dream – Film Review Fridays
You gaze down at your last hit. It could be a syringe, a tablet, some powder, it could be a beer or a shot of vodka. You try desperately not to grab at it, you’re in cold sweats just thinking about how calm it’ll be when you take it. It’s not about feeling good anymore,…
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The Zone Of Interest – Film Review Fridays
The Zone of Interest was the area surrounding Auschwitz concentration camp created in 1941 to house SS officers. Right on the other side of the fence, Rudolf Höss and his family lived a privileged life inside a two-storey home with servants, a garden, a pool, access to a stream for fishing and the respect and…
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Blue Velvet – Film Review Fridays
A P.I. walks down a dark, smoky alley, taking a shortcut on the way to a seedy speakeasy. As he walks down, raindrops from this morning’s monsoon fall to the black cobblestone path. The only light coming from the P.I.’s $10 cigarette which he sparks under his ruffled fedora. He takes one inhale, releases it…
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‘First Men In The Moon’ & ‘Planet Of The Apes’ – Double Feature Review
Action! Thrills! Mystery! The cinema of yesteryear never dies! Whether you’re running from the 50 foot woman or exploring the final frontiers on the U.S.S. Enterprise, there’ll always be a case to investigate, a monstrous villain to defeat and heroics to be done! Join Mason Horsley as he takes you on a journey across the…
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Monty Python’s The Holy Grail and The Meaning Of Life – Double Feature Review
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) dir. Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones – Review by Daniel Fagan Wi nøt trei ạ høliday in Sweden this yër? It would be impossible to list the most famous scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, that endeavour could only end with a scene-by-scene recounting of the whole…
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Brokeback Mountain – Film Review Fridays
It can be hard learning new things about yourself, you can live your whole life believing you’re tough, when you find you’re human. You can live your whole life believing you’re generous and kind, only to find there’s a darker side to you, more unforgiving and vengeful. You might wake up one day or finish…
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The Handmaid’s Tale – Film Review Friday
Where will you be at the end of the world? Will you be at home with your family, defending with a double-barrel shotgun? Will you be wandering the streets looking for anyone to answer your frightened calls? Will you be taken prisoner by a gang of mutated, mohawked motorcyclists? Or will you be cast into…
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‘The Double’ / ‘Enemy’ – Film Review Friday
In 2013, two films released, ‘The Double’ and ‘Enemy’ both following the story of a man meeting his doppelganger, much more handsome, much more charismatic, much more powerful in every way. Both films were based on books, ‘The Double’ on a Dostoyevsky novella and ‘Enemy’ on a Saramago novel, both books following almost the exact…
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The Whale – Film Review Fridays
You are not your mistakes, you are not your past, you are not your failures. You are your future. We all deal with setbacks differently, a few too many drinks in the evening, a full afternoon with headphones on listening to your perfectly crafted Spotify playlist featuring songs like “Say Something” or “Glycerine”. You might…