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VOD Review – ‘Videoman’ is a tired giallo homage with scarce thrills

24/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Carolin Stoltz, Certificate: 18, February 2019, Horror, Kristian A Söderström, Lena Nilsson, Morgan Alling, Stefan Sauk, Thriller, Victor von Schirach, Videoman, VOD

Swedish thriller Videoman plays as an homage to giallo horror and the world of obscure VHS collectors, but it misses the mark.

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Blu-ray Review – ‘Laura’ is a snappy, satisfying 1940s film noir

14/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1944, 2019, Blu-ray, Certificate: PG, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Dorothy Adams, Gene Tierney, January 2019, Judith Anderson, Laura, Noir, Otto Preminger, Thriller, Vincent Price

Otto Preminger’s 90-minute noir Laura is an enthralling and entertaining film noir that never outstays its welcome.

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Review – Lars von Trier shows us his rotten soul in ‘The House That Jack Built’

23/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bruno Ganz, Certificate: 18, David Bailie, December 2018, Drama, Jeremy Davies, Lars von Trier, Matt Dillon, Rating: Poop, Riley Keough, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, The House That Jack Built, Thriller, Uma Thurman

Cinema’s top provocateur Lars von Trier delivers something very personal with the distasteful serial killer epic The House That Jack Built.

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DVD Review – ‘The Equalizer 2’ is a flat, jumbled action sequel

18/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Antoine Fuqua, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Certificate: 15, December 2018, Denzel Washington, DVD, Melissa Leo, Orson Bean, Pedro Pascal, Rating: Poop, Sakina Jaffrey, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, Thriller

Denzel Washington stars in his first ever sequel with Equalizer 2, but leaves you wondering why this caused him to break his golden rule.

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Review – ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ brings Lisbeth back with a whimper

17/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Claes Bang, Claire Foy, Fede Alvarez, LaKeith Stanfield, November 2018, Rating: Poop, Stephen Merchant, Sverrir Gudnason, Sylvia Hoeks, The Girl in the Spider's Web, Thriller, Vicky Krieps

Claire Foy takes up the mantle of hacker vigilante Lisbeth Salander in Fede Alvarez’s soft reboot The Girl in the Spider’s Web.

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Review – Keanu Reeves snoozes with the audience throughout ‘Siberia’

22/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ana Ularu, Certificate: 15, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Keanu Reeves, Matthew Ross, Molly Ringwald, November 2018, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Rafael Petardi, Rating: Poop, Siberia, Thriller

Keanu Reeves looks as bored as his audience throughout crime thriller Siberia, which is a chilly and overly serious trudge.

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Review – Submarine thriller ‘Hunter Killer’ is too dull to find campy charm

15/11/201819/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Alexander Diachenko, Caroline Goodall, Certificate: 15, Common, Donovan Marsh, Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Hunter Killer, Linda Cardellini, Michael Nyqvist, Mikhail Gorevoy, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Thriller, Zane Holtz

Gerard Butler plays a rugged, maverick submarine captain trying to avert nuclear war in the big, stupid action thriller Hunter Killer.

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Review – ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ is a bloated neo-noir mess

30/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bad Times at the El Royale, Cailee Spaeny, Certificate: 15, Chris Hemsworth, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Drew Goddard, Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Thriller

Drew Goddard follows The Cabin in the Woods with his second writer-director effort – neo-noir thriller Bad Times at the El Royale.

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LFF 2018 – Mandy

06/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Andrea Riseborough, BFI London Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival 2018, Horror, LFF, Linus Roache, Mandy, Nicolas Cage, Panos Cosmatos, Thriller

Nicolas Cage stars as a madman on a bloody journey of revenge in the mad, psychedelic horror movie Mandy.

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Review – Irish Famine thriller ‘Black 47’ is an intense, if emotionless, adventure

28/09/201828/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Barry Keoghan, Black 47, Certificate: 15, Drama, Freddie Fox, Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Jim Broadbent, Lance Daly, Rating: Pop, September 2018, Stephen Rea, Thriller

Hugo Weaving plays a detective on the hunt for an Irish deserter in the midst of the 19th century famine that gripped the country.

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Review – ‘A Simple Favour’ is a fun ride, despite its insanity

25/09/201826/10/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, A Simple Favour, Anna Kendrick, Bashir Salahuddin, Blake Lively, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Henry Golding, Linda Cardellini, Mystery, Paul Feig, Rating: Pop, Rupert Friend, September 2018, Thriller

Paul Feig’s mystery thriller, starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, is a mess of tangled plots and murky characters.

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