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September 5 is the date in 1972, when terrorists invaded the Olympic village in Munich, during the Summer event, soon after Mark Spitz has taken the Gold medal in swimming, over his German competitor. At …
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Category: Cinema films
My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of DOG MAN!
Dog Man is something I’m entirely new to with this film, although I understand it’s been a graphic novel for children since 2016. For reasons unexplained, Petey the cat, voiced by Pete Davidson (Dumb Money), …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of WE LIVE IN TIME!
We Live in Time‘s trailer opens with this couple’s ‘meet-cute’, where Tobias (Andrew Garfield – Spider-Man: No Way Home More Fun Stuff Version) and Almut (Florence Pugh – Dune Part Two) first come across each …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of HARD TRUTHS!
Hard Truths quickly shows us how Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste – The Book of Clarence) is not a morning person, or any sort of person, as she’s an angry, bossy moo, especally getting startled if anyone …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SATURDAY NIGHT! (+POST-CREDITS SCENE!)
Saturday Night recreates the inaugural edition of the US comedy show, broadcast on October 11th 1975 – even though it very nearly didn’t exist – beginning at 10pm on the night, with the show due …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of COMPANION! (+MID-CREDITS SCENE!)
Companion centres around the burgeoning new relationship between young lovers, Iris (Sophie Thatcher – Heretic) and Josh (Jack Quaid – Solos), with her recalling how she met him across the oranges in a supermarket. That’s …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE BRUTALIST!
The Brutalist, twinned with an 18-certificate, is one of those films with a title that makes you think it’s going to be heavy on the violence, but isn’t. That’s because it refers to the type …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SKY FORCE!
Sky Force gave me the impression from the trailer that this was basically the Hindi equivalent of Top Gun. Hmm… Starting in 1971, and opening with the Amritsar Air Base being bombed by Pakistani Air …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of FLIGHT RISK!
Flight Risk throws a curveball early on, making you believe the main problem centres around the fact Winston (Topher Grace – Heretic) is the risk, given that after being caught on the run by angry …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PRESENCE!
Presence is one thing that most films struggle to be, these days: short. In a series of one-take scenes – some short, some of a reasonable length – the first family who come to look …
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