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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 PROTECTION on ITV!
Protection… Witness Protection… That’s the name of the game in this new 6-part ITV cop drama, where DI Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran – Apostasy) is dealing with a case where Jimmy McLennan (Kris Hitchen – …
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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 DOPE THIEF on APPLE TV+!
Dope Thief opens with Ray Driscoll (Brian Tyree Henry – Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire) and Manny Carvalho (Wagner Moura – Civil War) watching a house, as they’re government DEA agents, about to do …
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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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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MICKEY 17 in IMAX!
Mickey 17 finds Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson – Tenet, Good Time) at a financially low point in his life, leaving him feeling like he has no option but to become an ‘expendable’. Not in the …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE AU PAIR on Channel 5!
The Au Pair opens with a scene where the titular character is given a file about something, but we’re given no info, so it feels like one of those scenes in a drama where we’ll …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of ADOLESCENCE on NETFLIX!
Adolescence opens with the explosive scene of an armed police unit bashing their way into the home of 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), and oh, what a mess as they stop about the inside of …
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Marching Powder – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Danny Dyer
Marching Powder opens with an animated intro with Jack Jones (Danny Dyer, also recently seen in The Assembly), depicting the wooing of his better half, and how he “smashed her back doors in“. Plus, upon …
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