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Watch: Mulan trailer

 Walt Disney Studios has released the first official trailer for Mulan – the next live-action remake of a Walt Disney Animated Classic. Directed by Niki Caro, Mulan stars Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li and Jet Li. The film hits cinema screens in spring 2020. Here’s the trailer…

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Watching When a Stranger Calls (1979)

 If you were reading the blog yesterday, you will be aware that I watched The Sitter – the 1977 horror short about a babysitter who is terrorised by a mysterious telephone caller. As discussed in the previous post, The Sitter had a lot of potential but it wasn’t as creepy as it could have been.…

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Aladdin passes $900 million mark

 Walt Disney Studio’s live-action remake of Aladdin has passed the $900 million mark at the worldwide box office. The movie has now taken $916,679,616 in the space of six weeks. That’s pretty impressive stuff and once again proves there’s a heck of a lot of money to be mined from remaking Walt Disney Animated Classics.…

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Watching The Sitter (1977)

 Now before I begin, I should point out that The Sitter is a horror short. Released in 1977, the movie runs around 20 minutes in length and is effectively one long sequence, rather than a fully fleshed out feature film. So why have I chosen it for today’s unseen movie? Well, I’ve picked The Sitter…

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What other films has Ari Aster made?

 Earlier this week I revisited writer/director Ari Aster’s feature film, Hereditary before heading to the cinema to watch his latest picture, Midsommar. I talked about Midsommar in two posts – one on Thursday night and one last night. But what other movies has Ari Aster made? Well, Hereditary was Aster’s feature film debut and Midsommar…

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Review: Midsommar (2019)

 Following a tragic event, college student Dani joins her boyfriend, as well as a few of his friends, on a trip to a remote part of Sweden to escape the reality of day to day life. Here the group spend time on a commune, where they are guests and observers of a summer folk festival.…

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Revisiting Hereditary – thoughts and discussions

 Tomorrow evening I’m heading to the cinema to watch Midsommar, the latest horror film from writer/director, Ari Aster. The film looks as insane as Aster’s first picture, Hereditary – a movie that last year I described as “unnerving”, “unsettling” and “weird”. These were all compliments by the way. I liked Hereditary when I watched it,…

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