Being Eddie is a documentary about the man who was the first black comedian to host Saturday Night Live, and a successful one at a time when in the early ’80s, the only other big …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE RUNNING MAN (2025)!
The Running Man is a film I’ve been particularly looking forward to, given that it comes from Edgar Wright, who has a distinct style that’s served a number of films brilliantly over the years, not …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER on NETFLIX!
Ballad of a Small Player centres around gambler Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell – A Big Bold Beautiful Journey), in Macau, the gambling centre of the universe, and he states that soon… his life as he …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BUGONIA!
Bugonia is the latest opus from Yorgos Lathimos, who always ensures you’re going to have a bonkers time, one of my favourites before this being The Lobster, with Colin Farrell, although while I also loved …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE DESCENT 20TH ANNIVERSARY!
The Descent came back to cinemas for its 20th Anniversary, but also made for my first-ever viewing of this film, from Neil Marshall, the director of Dog Soldiers, which I also didn’t see for some …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE!
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is more a case of the final word being the destination of this pseudo-biopic, covering Bruce Springsteen’s (Jeremy Allen White – The Iron Claw) rise to fame and the trials …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PETS ON A TRAIN!
Pets On A Train has the title – in some countries – of Falcon Express, but harking back to Samuel L Jackson’s Snakes on a Plane, from 2006, is a far better alternative, and also …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GOOD BOY!
Good Boy is this year’s horror movie made on a shoestring budget, and which has done very well for its mere $750,000 budget, so far taking $7m at the box office after just over two …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BLACK PHONE 2!
Black Phone 2 opens in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, in 1957, where a particular character is having to make a desperate call on a payphone, before we move in to North Denver, 1982, with …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of AFTER THE HUNT!
After The Hunt is an expert experience of dysfunctional dullness. It mostly centres around philosophy lecturer Alma (Julia Roberts– Leave The World Behind), teaching at Yale University and giving boring dinner parties, alongside colleague Hank …
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