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Review: Cruella (2021)

 The Bank Holiday weekend is upon us (Memorial Day weekend if you live in the US), and Walt Disney Pictures would be very happy if you spent a couple of hours of your free time in their company. And to tempt you into doing this, the Mouse House has released Cruella – a big budget,…

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Is Cruella a prequel to 101 Dalmatians?

 Since 1961, Disney has produced a number of movies featuring the iconic villain, Cruella de Vil. Movies have ranged from animated adventures such as One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) to live-action features, including 101 Dalmatians (1996) (note the different spelling), as well as 102 Dalmatians (2000). The most recent entry in the collection is…

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How many Cruella de Vil movies are there?

 In 1961, Walt Disney Productions released the animated adventure movie, One Hundred and One Dalmatians. The film – based on Dodie Smith’s book, The Hundred and One Dalmatians – told the story of a group of Dalmatians who are kidnapped by the wickedly devilish, Cruella de Vil, so that she can turn their fur into…

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Review: Ghost Lab (2021)

 New to Netflix this week is the Thai supernatural thriller, Ghost Lab. The movie – from director Paween Purijitpanya – stars Thanapob Leeratanakachorn and Paris Intarakomalyasut, and tells the story of two medical doctors, who develop an obsession with the afterlife, following a paranormal incident.   In the movie, Gla and Wee are doctors working…

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Review: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

 Last week, many UK cinemas re-opened their doors for the first time in months, following a string of COVID-related closures. The opening week provided a gentle re-start for cinemagoers, with the likes of Peter Rabbit 2, and Those Who Wish Me Dead easing audiences back into socially distanced auditoriums.  From this week onward, things are…

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Is Insidious part of The Conjuring Universe?

 With so many horror movies available, in cinemas, online, and on home video, it can often be quite difficult to keep track of all the different franchises. In some cases, such as the Jaws series or the Psycho films, it’s fairly straight forward to know what movies belong to what franchise, but from time-to-time it…

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Can a 13 year old watch The Conjuring movies?

 Everyone likes a good scare, right? And that’s why horror movies work so well – because they present stories that are often truly frightening, and audiences love to be scared into submission. From blood and gore to things that go bump in the night, there are plenty of creepy horror movies out there to tantalise…

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Will there be a 16th Aurora Teagarden movie?

 Since 2015, Aurora Teagarden has been popping up on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries to solve crimes in a long-running series of movies. The film series – which stars Candace Cameron Bure as Aurora – has built up quite a following, and has so far resulted in 15 feature-length adventures. The most recent movie in the…

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