The Copenhagen Test is the latest import to make the transmission to primetime UK telly, given all the budget cuts. In a long-ago Call Of Duty-style Belarus mission out in the field, Alexander Hale (Simu …
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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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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME!
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come takes place directly after the first film, with Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving – Babylon) finding herself handcuffed to her bed in hospital, since the cops think she’s to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of DON’T BE PREY!
Don’t Be Prey is one of those films where I didn’t want to get spoilers in advance, so with just a quick look at the trailer for this one, I figured from the title and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of REMINDERS OF HIM!
Reminders Of Him does what it says on the tin, because it reminded me of last year’s weird thriller, Him, given that it also stars Tyriq Withers. And given that it centres around the protagonist, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MIDWINTER BREAK!
Midwinter Break centres around a married couple – Stella (Lesley Manville – Cold Storage) and Gerry (Ciarán Hinds – Is This Thing On?) – who’ve run out of things to say to each other, but …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SCARLET!
Scarlet proves that you can’t keep a good Bard down, since following Riz Ahmed’s Hamlet, the Oscar-winning Hamnet, and the zero-awards-winning Hamnet sketch in SNL UK, here’s another film that’s based on Hamlet. Given the …
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