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Shaft 2019 is now on Netflix

You may or may not be aware that New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures has a new Shaft movie. The film – a follow-up to the 2000 picture of the same name – stars Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Alexandra Shipp and Regina Hall. Shaft opened in US cinemas two weeks ago, but not anywhere else.…

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Paul Rudd joins Ghostbusters

Ant-Man actor Paul Rudd is joining the cast of Ghostbusters. Taking to social media to make the announcement, Sony posted a video of Rudd outside the ‘Hook & Ladder’ building (aka GB HQ) with the caption “Look who accepted the call #GB20” In the video, Rudd said: “When I heard that Jason Reitman was going…

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Review: Child’s Play 2019

This past week has seen three big movies hit cinema screens – Toy Story 4, Brightburn and Child’s Play. As discussed over the weekend, I was impressed with both Toy Story 4 and Brightburn, giving them high praise indeed, but how does Child’s Play fair? For those who are unfamiliar with this movie, Child’s Play…

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Watching The Dark Crystal (1982)

I have never watched The Dark Crystal. I have tried to watch the movie on two occasions previously, but didn’t get very far into the film before giving up. The first time I attempted to watch the movie I believe I managed around ten minutes before I got bored. It was one of those times…

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Watching Super (2010)

I’m watching Super (2010) (for the very first time) for two reasons: Super is written and directed by James Gunn. Super has a (sort of) loose connection to Brightburn – the James Gunn produced horror movie I watched earlier today. For these two reasons I thought it was the right time to watch this movie.…

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Review: Brightburn

As mentioned on Friday, this weekend has seen three big movies hit UK cinema screens. I discussed my thoughts on one of these releases (Toy Story 4) yesterday, and today is the turn of movie No.2 – Brightburn! For those who are unfamiliar with Brightburn, the film is a dark tale about a boy with…

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Review: Toy Story 4

Nine years after we said a tearful goodbye to Woody, Buzz, Jessie and all the toys from Andy’s Bonnie’s room, the gang have returned to cinemas for a fourth big screen adventure. But is it worthy of the Toy Story legacy, or should it have been left in the toy box? *Pauses to build up…

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Too many movies too soon?

Over the past few weeks a lot of huge movies have hit the big screen, and with the exception of a couple, many recent films have struggled to entice audiences into theatres. X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Godzilla: King of Monsters, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Men in Black: International and a few others, are all…

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