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Holland… no, not the country you’re thinking of, but Holland, Michigan. Nicole Kidman (Lioness) is much the same as she usually as, as housewife and home econmics teacher Nancy Vandergroot, in a town where everyone …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of Y2K!
Y2K reminds us, with its AOL pastiche/homage, that the internet came only in the speed of “very slow”, back in 1999. I had the same with Demon Internet. I also had problems around that time …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SISTER MIDNIGHT!
Sister Midnight opened with something I wasn’t expecting… a film that came out weeks ago! Okay, it was a trailer, not part of this film. Before most Indian-made movies, you’ll get similar trailers, but one …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of LAST BREATH!
Last Breath is based on a 2019 true-life documentary of the same name, of which I was not aware until now, centred around saturation divers, who can work up to 1,000ft below the surface of …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of IN THE LOST LANDS!
In The Lost Lands opens with the mysterious Boyce (Dave Bautista – The Last Showgirl) wanting to tell us a story, although given his character’s name, I couldn’t help but think of Boycie from Only …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of OPUS!
Opus brings us into the world of Alfred Moretti (John Malkovich, as John Malkovich, but still brilliant – and with some of his apparently older songs still sounding fantastic, notably Dina, Simone, below), a pop …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BONHOEFFER!
Bonhoeffer… Dietrich Bonhoeffer… It’s one of those World War II dramas that appears to have begun with the best of intentions, as it following the titular German anti-Nazi chap, portrayed by Jonas Dassler, but ends …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of TWIGGY!
Twiggy: Who’d have thought that one of the best films of the week would be the documentary about a British ’60s fashion icon? Born Lesley Hornby, in 1949, this quick trip through her life and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of ONE OF THEM DAYS!
One Of Them Days is one of those indie comedies that works a bit better than it deserves to, since there’s precious little in the way of a plot, and what is there ends up …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE ELECTRIC STATE on NETFLIX!
The Electric State begins in 1990, “before the war”, with Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown – Damsel) enjoying life with her family, although the war against robots leads to deaths aplenty, as well as cartoon Kid …
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