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Midsommar – Review

Midsommar – Review

Ari Aster’s Midsommar is arguably even more chilling than his critically acclaimed horror debut Hereditary. This is one bacchanal even this office wouldn’t want to attend. Ari Aster equally disturbed and delighted horror buffs last year with the release of Hereditary. Having been touted as a revolutionary horror classic in promotions and even equated...

Adam Sandler’s ‘Murder Mystery’ breaks Netflix records – Review

Adam Sandler’s ‘Murder Mystery’ breaks Netflix records – Review

Nearly 31 million people tuned in to watch Adam Sandler’s latest release 'Murder Mystery'. It may be popular, but is it any good? It was about midway through Murder Mystery, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, that I realised why I was enjoying myself so much. A who-dun-it based on Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express, Sandler and his ensemble cast make no effort to pretend this is high-art. Murder Mystery revels...

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Netflix’s The Perfection – Review

Netflix’s The Perfection – Review

WARNING: REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Equally lazy as it is ridiculous, The Perfection becomes nonsensical in its second half, often reduced to unintentionally hilarious slashing, gore, and cheesy dialogue. It’s fun to watch at times, but in all the wrong ways. About halfway through The Perfection, Charlotte Willmore, talented cellist and musician, tells her lover and younger cellist peer Lizzie that she has to cut her hand off. Sat in the wilderness somewhere in China,...

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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile – Review

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile – Review

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile provides an interesting synopsis of Ted Bundy’s time in captivity but shies away from exploring the difficult questions. On the surface it seems extremely flattering to cast Disney heartthrob Zac Efron in the role of a sadistic serial killer responsible for the deaths of over 30 women, seemingly taking Ted Bundy at his personal estimation of himself. However, it proved to be a good decision. Efron...

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Pet Sematary – Review

Pet Sematary – Review

Stephen King acolytes understandably have a soft spot for Mary Lambert’s original 1989 adaption of Pet Sematary, but sometimes remade is better. The master of the macabre Stephen King is having something of a late career renaissance, and Pet Sematary is the latest tale of terror to receive a thematically loaded, bone chilling revamp. Mary Lambert’s original rendition of King’s ninth novel was well received but failed to fully manifest the unshakable eeriness of...

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