BFI Flare Festival 2025: Every time the BFI Flare Festival comes around, it feels bigger and bolder, and plunges into all sorts of genres with just their LGBTQIA+ flavour linking them. This year’s schedule was …
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Category: Movies
My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA!
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is the long-awaited follow-up to 2018’s Den of Thieves, an absolutely storming cop thriller with Gerard Butler (Plane) in one of his finest roles to date. Hence, I was so …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES!
Final Destination: Bloodlines got an early screening at my local Cineworld for those who went to watch a double-bill with the original 2000 film, simply titled, Final Destination, approximately a week before the official release. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of NONNAS on NETFLIX!
Nonnas is a gentle comedy/drama, based upon the life story of Jody Scaravella, but here with Vince Vaughn as the similarly-named Joe Scaravella. From being a young kid, he’s always been obsessed with the food …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THUNDERBOLTS*!
Thunderbolts* opens with a decent enough scene with Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh – We Live In Time), since after the actress physically jumped off the Merdeka 118 building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – and on …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR!
Another Simple Favor (aka Another Simple Favour, in any territory that can spell) comes seven years after A Simple Favour, and after all this time, I’m not sure who was clamouring for a sequel, but …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE ACCOUNTANT 2!
The Accountant 2 opens with former Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Deputy Director Ray King (JK Simmons – Red One) getting involved with shady shenanigans with the not-so-mysterious Anaïs (Daniella Pineda – Plane), given how …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CLEANER on SKY CINEMA!
Cleaner… Window Cleaner… that’s the job of Joey (Daisy Ridley), who’s late for work because she’s a slacker, but also just happens to be ex-army, which is mentioned because it’s bound to come up, later. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of UNTIL DAWN!
Until Dawn finds yet another rag-tag bunch of teenagers coming across a spooky house, at night, this one being in the middle of a forest, where they have to drive through heavy rain to get …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of WARFARE!
Warfare is based on co-director Ray Mendoza‘s experiences as a US Navy SEAL during the Iraq War, following the Battle of Ramadi, which took place from March to November 2006, and this film takes place …
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