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3/5
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The Adding Machine
(1969)
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Eddie Harrison
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… The Adding Machine doesn’t quite add up as a film, but it has museum piece value…there’s something haunting about Zero’s denial of what might be best for himself that haunts the mind…
Posted Feb 17, 2026
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1/5
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a truly awful movie by any criteria….the lack of continuity with the previous films is just stunning to behold…absolutely nothing works in The Phantom Menace, a complete debacle in the history of the Star Wars franchise...
Posted Feb 15, 2026
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3/5
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Alien Autopsy
(2006)
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Eddie Harrison
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…I came expecting to scoff at this project, and left quietly impressed; Alien Autopsy is a valiant effort to bottle the Ant & Dec charm…a surprisingly good production, with none of the sexism or racism traditional in lowbrow Brit flicks…
Posted Feb 15, 2026
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3/5
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Whistle
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…turns out Aztec death whistles work in predictable ways, and once you’ve got the hang of the concept, there’s no real surprises, just jump scares. But the shocks are reasonably well delivered, and Whistle at least avoids any ideas above its station…
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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5/5
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The Rules of Attraction
(2002)
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Eddie Harrison
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…an anything-goes adaptation of a fairly unfilmable novel, Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction is without a doubt the best thing that James Van Der Beek ever did, a courageous and shocking piece of acting that is a great way to remember him….’
Posted Feb 13, 2026
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4/5
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The Elephant in the Room
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…this politically prescient romcom is about how two young people might overcome their differences…very much about peace, love and understanding, Erik Bork's film grasps the nettle of division and makes comic gold out of serious matters…
Posted Feb 13, 2026
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2/5
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Get Carter
(2000)
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Eddie Harrison
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…the first Get Carter took a minimalist storyline and hung all kinds of memorable details on it; this version is bland and anonymous…the first film had has a mordant black wit that’s horribly garbled here…
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/5
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…many movies have tried to catch this end-of-days comedy vibe, Douglas Adams updated with splattery but always cool action sequences. But GLHFDD scores particularly well because its reflections on today’s technological sickness feel bang on…
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/5
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The Quiller Memorandum
(1966)
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Eddie Harrison
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…The Quiller Memorandum doesn’t actually have much plot, but makes the best of keeping it real; this really is one of the best 60’s spy movies, elevated by Pinter’s brilliant ear for threats and Anderson’s stunning use of sunny German locations…
Posted Feb 11, 2026
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4/5
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The Straight Story
(1999)
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Eddie Harrison
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…The Straight Story is a very untypical David Lynch movie in that it’s a straight, rather than a twisted tale, but it’s unmistakably Lynchian from soup to nuts…marries a wholesome, folksy charm with a stark insight into mortality…
Posted Feb 10, 2026
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2/5
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Wuthering Heights
(2026)
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Eddie Harrison
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Emerald Fennell’s’ lurid and wildly over-sexed version slathers on all kinds of directorial nonsense rather than nail even half the story…for all its mad bluster, this Wuthering Heights plays up the moist, gelid, stinky sex at the expense of romance….
Posted Feb 09, 2026
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3/5
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Hamlet
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…this modernised 21st century Hamlet has a good lead and provocative intentions, broadening out the play for a modern audience, but the mix of old words and new stagings falls short of delivering the play’s key messages….
Posted Feb 09, 2026
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3/5
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Days of Thunder
(1990)
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Eddie Harrison
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…Quentin Tarantino suggests that Days of Thunder is better than Grand Prix and Le Mans, but he’s wrong on both counts; Tony Scott's NASCAR movie is far too slammed together to be a movie for the ages, but now as in 1990, just about passes the time…
Posted Feb 08, 2026
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2/5
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Doctor Plague
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…despite having such a memorable figure at the centre of the narrative, low-budget shocker Doctor Plague isn’t something that’s easy to recommend…the locations, costumes and much of the acting are basic to say the least…
Posted Feb 07, 2026
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4/5
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Dead Bang
(1989)
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Eddie Harrison
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…rises to several big action set-pieces; the production designer is the magician behind the James Bond look Ken Adams. Dead Bang hasn’t got much of a reputation, but it’s right on the money, showing the true colours of what was ailing within America…
Posted Feb 07, 2026
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4/5
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The Track
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…an inspiring new film that’s a classic underdog/recovery story…a recovery story for the ages, a tale of ‘impossible possibilities’ that shows that, with the right application, the most incredible things can happen in the most unlikely environments…
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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5/5
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Anniversary
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…an edgy, dark and persuasive slice of political science -fiction...Anniversary has more brains and social concern than almost anything in the marketplace right now... a firm recommendation for anyone seeking confirmation that our world is slipping away…
Posted Feb 05, 2026
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4/5
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The Muppet Show
(2026)
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Eddie Harrison
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…If the 2026 Sabrina Carpenter Muppet Show teaches us anything, it’s that if it ain’t broken, don’t try and fix it….this return to the original variety show format works fine and Carpenter scores a healthy 8/10 for her muppet interactions…
Posted Feb 03, 2026
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4/5
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
(2024)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a throwback to a beloved set of characters…Daffy Duck and Porky Pig team up to save the world, and if that concept appeals, you’ll dig this cheerful, route-one animation…the takeaway is; it’s good to have Daffy, Porky and the Looney Tunes back in action…
Posted Feb 03, 2026
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4/5
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Just Mercy
(2019)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a compelling drama about wrongful accusation, race and capital punishment…Just Mercy is a good, engrossing courtroom thriller well played by Michael B Jordan and Brie Larson…
Posted Feb 03, 2026
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4/5
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The Game
(1997)
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Eddie Harrison
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…this is a far better movie than say The Killer, and better than director David Fincher thinks. If they’d kept the ending, and upped the social commentary within a bit more pointed critique of Van Orton’s lifestyle, this could have been a classic…
Posted Feb 01, 2026
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2/5
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Primate
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a thriller based around the agonies of an animal makes this a hard watch for animal lovers, even when the animal looks fake AF, so Primate skews towards sadistic teens rather than anyone seeking an enjoyable eight minutes romp….
Posted Jan 31, 2026
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4/5
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Cold Storage
(2026)
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…a brisk, funny, entertaining little B-movie with A-List talent…Cold Storage is a splattery sci-fi comedy in a Shaun of the Dead vibe, the chance to see beloved stars getting deeply silly with it is the icing on this particular cake…
Posted Jan 30, 2026
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4/5
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Nouvelle Vague
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…the Avengers Assemble of French cinema; everyone from Jean Cocteau to Robert Bresson to Francois Truffaut gets a scene or two to shine, and that makes Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vauge a truly fascinating film for cineastes…
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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1/5
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Return to Silent Hill
(2026)
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Eddie Harrison
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…Return to Silent Hill is like a bad dream that you can’t wake up from, which oddly enough is what it was probably intended to be….this moth-eaten, video-game cash-in is the lamest kind of cinema imaginable….
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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2/5
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Mercy
(2026)
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Eddie Harrison
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…there’s obvious reasons why a 63 million dollar movie like Mercy is opening in the January dumpster-fire doldrums..Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson exchange gibberish dialogue, the insight into the use of AI is idiotic, and there’s nothing to recommend…’
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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4/5
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Is This Thing On?
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…Is THis Thing On? is an original, often striking character piece from director Bradley Cooper about a man who takes to the stage with gags about his divorce…thought-provoking, enlightening and sometimes achingly funny…
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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4/5
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The Housemaid
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…The Housemaid's domestic thriller delivers an emotional roller-coaster for sure…a sizable hit for Seyfried and Sweeney, a breakout role for Sklenar and confirmation that director Paul Feig isn’t just about delivering laughs….
Posted Jan 25, 2026
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5/5
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Scandal
(1989)
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Eddie Harrison
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…Scandal exposes a world of exploitation and deceit …skillfully played by John Hurt, Stephen Ward’s story is told in a highly sympathetic way in this film, portrayed as much of a victim as the girls he procured…
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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3/5
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Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
(1988)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a fairly brisk horror comedy that’s a more than passable example of a genre which just doesn’t exist now…a museum piece of some interest, an example of a form of route-one satisfying cinema that’s so far gone it’s as if it never existed
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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4/5
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Tapawingo
(2023)
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Eddie Harrison
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…while it’s not quite the transformative experience of Waltzing With Brando, Tapawingo is still a sharp, funny comedy with lots to recommend it, with Heder in Napoleon Dynamite mode and a standout role for Gina Gershon…
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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5/5
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Sentimental Value
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a highly recommendable movie that’s hard to pin down; Sentimental Value is comical, and doesn’t end unhappily, but it’s there’s genuine pain and drama, but played through ordinary conversations between fairly extraordinary people…
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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2/5
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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Eddie Harrison
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…the 28 Days franchise seems to have lost its zombie audience, and that’s a relief; this must be one of the most pretentious, directionless, pointless franchises out there….even the gore-crazy fanboys are largely checked out by now….’
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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3/5
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Downhill
(2020)
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Eddie Harrison
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...playing as an upgrade on American abroad comedy, Downhill offers some laughs that the original doesn’t, a National Lampoon’s Skiing Vacation with trash-talking sexed-up locals, toilet mishaps, and enough low-shots to offer some entertainment value…
Posted Jan 20, 2026
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5/5
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Only Two Can Play
(1962)
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Eddie Harrison
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…Only Two Can Play is Sellers at his most subtle, but also at his funniest and most grounded in reality…this is a vibrant picture of class conflict where shots are fired from all sides, from the arts to the power elite…
Posted Jan 20, 2026
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3/5
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Saipan
(2025)
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…an absorbing story of football enmity…unusually for a ‘based on facts’ movie, everyone involved in this story are still alive and litigious, so there’s no big gambles taken…Saipan makes a mountain of semi-comic drama out of a molehill of male agression…’
Posted Jan 19, 2026
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4/5
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Sleuth
(2007)
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Eddie Harrison
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…Harold Pinter specialised in dialogue (and silences dripping) with brooding menace, and unlike the rather jolly games of the 1972 film, this Sleuth feels deliberately sour and aggressive….a bracing bit of audience trolling from Pinter…
Posted Jan 18, 2026
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4/5
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The Rip
(2026)
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Eddie Harrison
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…The Rip is good enough to make you regret that you can’t see this kind of thing in a cinema anymore; it’s a rough, tough, dramatic action movie that moves with stealth and genuine purpose to a satisfying, fiery finale….
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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4/5
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Queen Kelly
(1929)
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Eddie Harrison
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…the first half of what would have been a silent movie up there with Metropolis, Greed or Sunrise. Even half a von Stroheim movie is bigger and better than what most big name directors produce over a career…a blast from a verboten, opulent past…
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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3/5
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Complicity
(2000)
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Eddie Harrison
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…while Complicity has some issues, it’s worth seeing an example of what Iain Banks was getting at with this book….what should have been a Scottish American Psycho dusks the hard questions in the text
Posted Jan 14, 2026
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1/5
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Stroker Ace
(1983)
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Eddie Harrison
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…even those of us who can find some merit in the most excessively preening, self-regarding films of Burt Reynolds will firmly draw the line at Stroker Ace…there’s a dozen good reasons you can’t see Stroker Ace anywhere….
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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4/5
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Rental Family
(2025)
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…Brendan Fraser has had plenty of ups and down, but audiences have a residual affection for him that gives Rental Family a strong, accessible core; his big, emotive eyes and gentle giant persona have probably never been so effectively used as here…
Posted Jan 12, 2026
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5/5
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Being There
(1979)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a final flourish of comic genius from Peter Sellers…still an extraordinary film by Hal Ashby, stripping back layers of modern pretensions and viewing a chaotic world with a child’s innocence and insight…’
Posted Jan 11, 2026
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3/5
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La morte negli occhi del gatto (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye)
(1973)
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Eddie Harrison
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…get ready for a film so ripe, odd and unusual that it’s a genuinely immersive experience, with dubbed dialogue that astonishes the ear….an Italian-made Scottish set giallo set in the 1890s and starring Serge Gainsbourg as a Scottish detective….
Posted Jan 10, 2026
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4/5
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Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…insightful, thoughtful film about the young, black experience in the USA….the acting feels natural, the cinematography and framing are sharp, and the whole enterprise is rich with intelligence and careful thought…
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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4/5
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Body Snatchers
(1993)
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Eddie Harrison
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'...firmly set in the same universe as the first two films...Abel Ferrara's revamped Body Snatchers didn’t make the cultural impact of the other films, but it manages the same trick of using sci-fi to expose cultural raw nerves...'
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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4/5
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Eddie Harrison
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…Hamnet is a strong and moving film about how pain infuses the creative process…Buckley gives a career best role as Agnes, with primal screams and a strong sense of a natural woman who feels wronged by the torments that life has in store for her…
Posted Jan 07, 2026
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5/5
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The Conformist
(1970)
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Eddie Harrison
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…a classic tale of ‘slaughter and melancholy’ that feels more relevant in 2026 than ever…the literal smoke and mirrors look created by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro evokes a huge emotional range of images, from cold and clinical to warm and sensual…
Posted Jan 06, 2026
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4/5
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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…a unsparing portrait of a great talent in decline, not a lot of laughs, but made with the skill and empathy which one expects of Richard Linklater, and blessed with a great, scabrous performance from Ethan Hawke….
Posted Jan 05, 2026
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4/5
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Youngblood
(2025)
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…the setting and characters may be different, but the new Youngblood offers the same competitive buzz that the 80's movie offered back in the day…Stuart James Cameron’s fluid cinematography makes the games look intense and striking…
Posted Jan 04, 2026
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