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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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 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 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 MICHAEL! – Jackson family give a Coronation of a Pedophile
Michael… It’s not a biopic, but a Coronation of a Nonce. In fact, it’s the not-true story of pop music’s most notorious kiddy-fiddler who got away with it, because money talks and facts take a …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of APEX on NETFLIX!
Apex opens with couple Sasha (Charlize Theron – The Old Guard 2) and Tommy (Eric Bana) having a rather unwise climbing trip up the Troll Wall in Norway, which requires a 1000m vertical ascent to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’
California Schemin’ opens in 2003, and centering around Dundee-based real-life rappers Billy Boyd (Samuel Bottomley – The Teacher Series 1, Ghost Stories) and Gavin Bain (Seamus McLean Ross), sending demos to record companies, and getting …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THEY WILL KILL YOU!
They Will Kill You opens with Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz – Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die) on the run with her sister, Maria, away from their abusive dad, but getting separated to the point …
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Stand By Me 40th Anniversary – The DVDfever Cinema Review – A spellbinding first-time experience!
Stand By Me is one of those films I’ve somehow not got round to seeing until now, when it’s been projected onto the big screen for its 40th Anniversary, and what a spellbinding experience! At …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE!
The Magic Faraway Tree is an Enid Blyton novel, obviously updated a bit for the big screen, given how Claire Foy (H Is For Hawk), as Polly Thompson, is a “fridge designer”, yet stupidly quits …
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