revenge (1990) review

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Spoiler Warning: This Revenge (1990) review contains major spoilers, including details of the affair, violence and ending. The film also contains strong violence, a graphic facial injury and sexual scenes. Revenge is one of those films I rarely seem to see shown on television anymore, which is a shame because with Kevin Costner, Madeleine Stowe and Anthony Quinn, and the brilliant Tony Scott behind the camera, there’s a lot to like here. Released in 1990, it’s partREAD FULL REVIEW…

the way way back review

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Spoiler Warning: This review contains major spoilers, including details about Trent’s behaviour and the ending. I’ve watched The Way, Way Back around ten times, and I’ve finally decided there’s no point pretending this is anything less than a 10/10 for me. I absolutely love this movie. I know what’s going to happen, I know the characters, I know how it ends, and somehow that final scene still makes me teary every single time. There are some greatREAD FULL REVIEW…

in the best interest of the child review

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Spoiler & Content Warning: This review contains major spoilers and discusses child sexual abuse allegations, disturbing behaviour in a young child and family court proceedings. Sometimes the title of a film becomes increasingly ironic the longer you watch it. That was certainly the case for me with In the Best Interest of the Child. This 1990 made-for-television drama stars Meg Tilly as Jennifer Colton, a divorced mother whose five-year-old daughter Mandy begins displaying increasingly disturbing behaviour followingREAD FULL REVIEW…

the stoning of soroya M review

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Spoiler & Content Warning: This review contains major spoilers and discusses the film’s extremely graphic depiction of execution by stoning, domestic abuse and violence against women. There are films that upset you while you’re watching them, and then there are films whose images remain in your head long afterwards. The Stoning of Soraya M. falls firmly into the second category for me. Based on Freidoune Sahebjam’s account of the 1986 death of Soraya Manutchehri in Iran, theREAD FULL REVIEW…

we still kill the old way movie review

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Spoiler Warning: This review contains major spoilers, including discussion of the ending. We Still Kill the Old Way is a gritty 2014 British crime thriller with a wonderfully simple premise: when retired East End gangster Charlie Archer is murdered by a vicious street gang, his brother Ritchie returns to London and gathers some of his old associates to deal with the people responsible. And frankly, after seeing what this gang is capable of, I was quite happyREAD FULL REVIEW…

Vendetta movie review

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Spoiler Warning: This Vendetta movie review contains significant spoilers, including discussion of the murders and ending. Vendetta is certainly not a film for the squeamish. This 2013 British revenge thriller, written and directed by Stephen Reynolds, stars Danny Dyer as Jimmy Vickers, a former Special Forces interrogation officer who returns home to discover that his parents have been brutally murdered. What follows is an extremely violent, sometimes gruesome and surprisingly compelling story of revenge. And I’m goingREAD FULL REVIEW…

case 39 review

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In: 2000, Horror, Movie Reviews

Warning: This Case 39 review contains spoilers. My Case 39 review is quite simple: if you enjoy supernatural horror that slowly gets under your skin rather than relying solely on jump scares, this is well worth watching. Released in 2009, Case 39 stars Renée Zellweger as Emily Jenkins, a compassionate social worker who believes she has come across one of the worst cases of child abuse she’s ever encountered. The young girl at the centre of theREAD FULL REVIEW…

the witches (2020) review

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In: 2020s, Children, Movie Reviews

Warning: This Witches (2020) review contains spoilers. My review of The Witches (2020) may sound harsh, but as someone who absolutely loves the 1990 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic story, I found the 2020 remake to be a major disappointment. Perhaps the biggest problem is that the remake constantly reminds you just how good the original was. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch and Octavia Spencer as Grandma, the filmREAD FULL REVIEW…

Top Gun: Maverick

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In: 2020s, Action, Movie Reviews, Thriller

Warning: This Top Gun: Maverick review contains spoilers. My Top Gun: Maverick review may upset a few fans of the original, but I have to say it: I enjoyed Top Gun: Maverick far more than the 1986 classic. While the first film undoubtedly has its place in cinema history, this sequel delivers more excitement, more emotion, better action sequences, and a far stronger story. Set more than thirty years after the events of the original film, PeteREAD FULL REVIEW…

sense and sensibility review

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Warning: This Sense and Sensibility review contains spoilers. My Sense and Sensibility review comes from someone who has watched the film more than once and enjoyed it every single time. While it’s certainly a romance, it’s also a story about family, heartbreak, personal growth, and learning the difference between what we think we want and what we actually need. Based on Jane Austen’s classic novel, Sense and Sensibility follows sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood after their father’sREAD FULL REVIEW…