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Review: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

 In Beverly Hills Cop, Axel Foley is a smart-talking plain clothes detective working in the city of Detroit. Axel is good at his job and gets results, but he uses unconventional methods, and regularly butts heads with his superior officer, Inspector Todd. One night, after a shift at work, Axel returns home to find his childhood…

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Review: A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

 In director Michael Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One, it is a seemingly ordinary day as terminally ill patient, Samira leaves the hospice and heads off to Manhattan. She gets off the bus, attends a marionette theatre show, and becomes lost in a performance of puppetry. When the show is over, Sam heads back into the…

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Review: The Bikeriders (2024)

 Currently on general release in the UK and the US is the period drama, The Bikeriders. The movie – written and directed by Jeff Nichols – stars Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, and Norman Reedus, and follows the story of a young woman named Kathy and her encounter with a biker…

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Review: Night of the Eagle (1962) – Blu-ray release

 New to Blu-ray and DVD in the UK from today is the British black-and-white horror movie, Night of the Eagle. Directed by Sidney Hayers, and based on the novel, Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber, the film stars Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, and Margaret Johnston, and tells the story of a man whose life is turned upside down because…

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Review: The Watchers (2024)

 Currently playing in UK and US cinemas, and heading to video on demand platforms shorty is the horror-thriller, The Watchers. Written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, and based on the novel of the same name by A. M. Shine, The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouere, and Oliver Finnegan, and follows the story of a…

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Review: Sleeping Dogs (2024)

 In Sleeping Dogs, Roy Freeman is a retired police officer who is in the process of recovering from experimental surgery. Roy suffers with Alzheimer’s disease, but has recently undergone an operation to help him regain his memories. As it stands, Roy doesn’t remember his life or his career, and can’t conduct menial tasks without reminders. However,…

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Review: I Am: Celine Dion (2024)

 Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, following a limited theatrical run, is the music documentary movie, I Am: Celine Dion. Produced and directed by Irene Taylor, the docu-film centres its story around the world-famous Canadian singer, with a specific focus on her much publicised battle with stiff-person syndrome. It’s a battle the world has only recently…

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Review: Runaway (1984) – 40th Anniversary

 In Runaway, it is the near future and humanity is reliant on robots to conduct menial jobs. The robots are capable workers, and an asset to mankind, however, they are prone to malfunction which can make them dangerous. Due to the complex nature of the robots, a special division of the police force exists to deal…

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