Category: Movies
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Saved!
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Read more: Saved!Hollywood should read some Nietzsche.
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Gangs of New York
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Read more: Gangs of New York“Did Scorsese really direct that?”
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Moonfall
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Read more: Moonfall“Moonfall” – What if…? In this current age, where conspiracy theorists are given microphones, money, and even elected President, it’s not surprising that we’re seeing them appear as characters in movies and their bullshit confirmed as part of a movie’s plot. In an interview with Collider for his latest film Moonfall, Roland Emmerich is asked…
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The Race To The Oscars From the Toronto International Film Festival and Golden Globes
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Read more: The Race To The Oscars From the Toronto International Film Festival and Golden GlobesThis year’s 94th Academy Awards are a little over a month away and movie fans likely can’t wait to learn who gets to walk away with the awards typically up for grabs. The Toronto International Film Festival is all done and dusted, with Belfast winning the coveted People’s Choice Award. And, while the winner of…
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Frenzy (1972)
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Read more: Frenzy (1972)Hitch does tits! Well, there’s a bit more to this blackly comic, London-based thriller than bare breasts, but they’re the most obvious sign the legendary director had embraced the early seventies’ newfound freedoms. Frenzy is graphic at times, much more so than other serial killer efforts such as Shadow of a Doubt and Psycho, but…
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Will Hollywood Ever Stop Showing Smokers?
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Read more: Will Hollywood Ever Stop Showing Smokers?Smoking has long been part of cinema, with some of the most well known actors in history having been celebrated for their smoking scenes. There’s Sean Connery introducing himself with the phrase “Bond… James Bond” in Dr. No for instance, or Robert De Niro holding a cigarette while deciding whether a character will live or…
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Seconds (1966)
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Read more: Seconds (1966)Sinead O’Connor called her fantastic second album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, although she could’ve just said I Want What I’ve Got. But what if you no longer want what you’ve got? What happens if all your responsibilities, connections and habits are nothing but burdens? Given the chance, would you cast them…
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Hard Bastards
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Read more: Hard BastardsDuring the 1980s Mike Tyson was an important part of my adolescence. Not that we used to spar or anything, but I used to love running downstairs on a Sunday morning to catch ITV’s delayed transmission of the previous night’s big title fight in which he’d undoubtedly battered the shit out of some poor fucker…
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New Amazon Prime Originals streaming in 2022
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Read more: New Amazon Prime Originals streaming in 2022Amazon Prime used to be recognized as merely an additional expense that sped up your Amazon deliveries and gave you access to exclusive discounts. While Amazon still offers all that under the banner of Prime, their video platform has expanded to be more than just a depository for YouTube videos and Star Trek reruns. Prime…
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Newman, Old Brilliance
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Read more: Newman, Old BrilliancePaul Newman’s glorious cinematic career was brought to an end by a machine gun-toting Tom Hanks. “I’m glad it’s you,” he says to his imminent murderer during the rain-soaked finale of Road to Perdition. Of course, this sort of far-fetched rubbish (patiently waiting to be gunned down before paying a compliment to your assassin) can…