Categorie: film review
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Movie Marathon: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
Synopsis: In this dark reimagining of the classic tale, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio brings the titular boy to life unlike any other film before. With the help of his conscience Sebastian J. Cricket, and his father Geppetto, Pinocchio will learn what it is to be human, and see the world’s many paradoxes of life; all…
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Movie Marathon: Beast (2022)
Synopsis: A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator. Review: This is not the first movie about a rogue lion… There’s a Dutch movie called ‘Prooi’ (Prey) and then there’s the 2007 movie (also) called Prey (with…
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Movie Marathon: The Black Phone (2022)
Synopsis: Finney Blake is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of no use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are…
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Movie Marathon: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Synopsis: Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect the kingdom of Wakanda from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a…
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Movie Marathon: Disturbing Behavior (1998)
Synopsis: When Steve Clark moves with his family to Cradle Bay and enrolls in the local high school, he’s not sure where he fits in with the local high school crowds. He doesn’t really fit in with the punkers, the nerds, the hot-rodders, or any of the other diverse groups you would expect to find…
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Movie Marathon: Urban Legend (1998)
Synopsis: Urban Legend tells the story of a group of pretty college students at a remote New England university. The focus of the story is Natalie, a beautiful, academically-gifted student who has a dark secret in her past. Natalie and her friends are all enrolled in the Folklore class being taught by Professor Wexler. Wexler…
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Movie Marathon: De Slag om de Schelde (2020)
Synopsis: September 1944. The Allies have captured the port of Antwerp but the Germans still control the Scheldt estuary, preventing supplies reaching Antwerp and the Allied forces. Walcheren Island is key to the German’s defence. Operation Market Garden is launched, hoping to penetrate directly into Germany via Arnhem in Holland. A glider from this operation…
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Movie Marathon: Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022)
Synopsis: After random objects falling from the sky result in the death of their father, ranch-owning siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood attempt to capture video evidence of an unidentified flying object with the help of tech salesman Angel Torres and documentarian Antlers Holst. Review: This was something different, fun and good different but different nonetheless.…
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Movie Marathon: Firestarter (2022)
Synopsis: After being experimented on by a secret government entity called The Shop, Andy McGee develops psychic powers and meets the love of his life. Together they have a daughter with a power of her own and The Shop will stop at nothing to get them back. Review: In 1984 a first adaptation was released…
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Movie Marathon: Return of the Living Dead, Part II (1988)
Synopsis: In this first sequel to The Return of the Living Dead, a group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxen gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains. Review: Some sequels surpass the original. This…
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