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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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE DRAMA!
The Drama centres around young couple Emma (Zendaya – Challengers) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson – Mickey 17), who are planning to get married, with both talking to their respective best friends – Rachel (Alana Haim …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of APNAS!
Apnas opens with arguments in Pakisani households, and everyone acting like children. Amongst them, Majid (Asim Ashraf) – now a hot-headed twat, calling himself MK, who has had a lifelong sibling rivalry with cousin Awais …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of FUZE!
Fuze… Danger UXB! IT’s a World War II bomb! And since it’s taking place in a building site, there’s a fair amount of workspace for Major Will Tranter (Aaron Taylor-Johnson – 28 Years Later) and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of UNDERTONE!
Undertone centres around Evy (Nina Kiri) and Justin (Adam DiMarco – Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen), spending several weeks recording a podcast, which is basically just listening to weird audio, often with backwards …
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BFI FLARE 2026 Review by Helen M Jerome
BFI FLARE 2026 by Helen M Jerome: Spring finally arrives, and so does the BFI Flare Festival. And the quality feels better every time it comes around. What’s more, it goes boldly into big issues …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE!
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is here, and as well as being bereft of creativity, just saying “Well, it’ll make over $1bn like the last one” is not any form of excuse, since that just …
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The Last Blossom – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Japanese Anime
The Last Blossom opens with elderly man Akutsu (Junki Tozuka) in jail, reminiscing about his life, a former Yakuza who thinks he can still turn things around, even though he’s stuck in his cell with …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SPLITSVILLE!
Splitsville opens with couple Ashley (Adria Arjona – Hit Man) and Carey (Kyle Marvin) driving along, talking about how they love each other… before she suggests they should experiment sexually, then soon changes this to …
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