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“Nordic noir” has been a popular genre in the English-speaking world since the 2000s, with the 2007 Danish drama The Killing’s breakout success a large factor. (In fact The Killing was much more successful in the UK than it had been in Denmark, leading to oddities like the official novelisation…
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods Has Its Charms But Could Do More | Film Review
Shazam/Billy (Zachary Levi and Asher Angel) returns, now aided by his fellow foster siblings who he shared his superpowers with at the climax of the previous film. The ‘Fam’ (formerly known as the ‘Marvel Family’ in the comics but no…
DIFF 2023 | Mia Goth slays on the silver screen in Ti West’s surprise-slasher prequel Pearl
This review contains spoilers for the movie X
Last year director Ti West surprised us with a little film that he made called X, which was a homage to slashers of the 1970s (most notably The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). It focused on a film…
Album Review | Eye Of Night Is A Technical Masterclass By No Spill Blood
No Spill Blood – an Irish underground supergroup of sorts, comprising Hands Up Who Wants To Die’s Matt Hedigan (bass, vocals), multimedia artist Ror Conaty (drums) and Magic Pockets’ Ruadhan O’Meara (synth) – made their genre defying debut…
I Know That Face | Mary Elizabeth Winstead
It's springtime at last and with spring comes flowers. Ramona Flowers that is. We're covering Mary Elizabeth Winstead's eclectic career this week - from her blue-pink-green-haired heroine in Scott Pilgrim vs The World to her horror roles in…
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I love Disney movies. They have a magical quality to them that spans generations and even the most hard-faced of…
THE PLAYLIST | American Psycho — An 80s Homage
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Are Video Games Negatively Affecting Marriages?
With reports that the video game industry could reach $300 billion by the year 2025, it is no secret that people…
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Another way to enjoy a song that you love, and perhaps discover an artist you never listened to, is through a…