Mother Mary is a perfect example of: Suddenly nothing happened… Anne Hathaway (Mothers’ Instinct) plays the flashy, titular, Madonna-type pop-star on-stage – given the type of shows she puts on – but needs a new …
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Number One Fan – The DVDfever Preview – Channel 5 – Jill Halfpenny, Sally Lindsay
Number One Fan brings us back to the feel of James Caan and Kathy Bates in Misery, but hopefully, they’ll be no hobbllng in this one. A situation at the supermarket leads to Donna (Sally …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GLENROTHAN!
Glenrothan is Brian Cox‘s (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim) directorial debut, at the young age of 79, about two estranged brothers, with Sandy (Cox) asking Donal (Alan Cumming – X-Men …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MAN ON FIRE on NETFLIX!
Check Out New 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases here! Man On Fire opens with Special Forces soldier John Creasy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom) in an operation which goes wrong, in …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of EXIT 8!
Exit 8 opens to the strains of Bolero blaring out, so that’s a good start, and with some remembering that used by Torvill and Dean for their ice skating win, in 1981. Less so for …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of WIDOW’S BAY on APPLE TV!
Widow’s Bay is the place where a lot of weird stuff happens – first the TV and radio cut out, then all power follows, and… cue earthquake. EEK! This is not what Mayor Tom Loftis …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of HALF MAN on BBC1!
Check Out New 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases here! Half Man shows that Niall (Jamie Bell – All of Us Strangers) and Ruben (Richard Gadd – Against The Law) have frequently been at loggerheads, and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY!
The Mummy – aka Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – opens with the news that the locals, Layla Khalil (May Elghety), and her hubby have a mummy in the loft, as you do. Meanwhile, Charlie Cannon …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PRISONER on SKY ATLANTIC!
Prisoner‘s trailer felt like Bruce Willis’ 2006 action/drama 16 Blocks, where his exhausted, long-in-the-tooth detective just HAD to get Mos Def to the court on time in order to testify about a crime bigwig, despite …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SECRET SERVICE on ITV!
Secret Service opens with Kate Henderson (Gemma Arterton – The Critic) and her busy family getting ready for the day… very ’24’ opening episode… Before long, Kate’s in Senglea, Malta, which is actually Stockport doubling …
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