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Natasha Henstridge in ghosts of mars

‘Ghosts of Mars’ (2001) review – John Carpenter’s over-the-top, all-out-action film set on Mars is an exhilarating experience

Ghosts of Mars is a thrilling, over-the-top, all-out action film from start to finish, directed by…

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Kevin costner

‘Revenge’ (1990) review – An entertaining Tony Scott film marred by a mediocre screenplay and flat characterization

Revenge, Tony Scott’s fourth feature film, is an erotic thriller that is formulaic and predictable but…

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The Joad family

‘The Grapes of Wrath’ (1940) review – A stark portrayal of ordinary people seeking the American dream amid the Great Depression

The Grapes of Wrath is an emotionally wrenching portrayal of ordinary people searching for the American…

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Zar Amir Ebrahimi in Holy Spider

‘Holy Spider’ (2022) review – A gripping serial killer thriller that examines Iranian society and its treatment of women

Holy Spider begins in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city, when a man picks up sex workers in…

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Clayne Crawford in The Killing of Two Lovers

The Killing of Two Lovers (2020) review: A suspenseful slow burn family drama

In the opening scene of The Killing of Two Lovers, a bewildered man stands over a…

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Shah Rukh Khan in Pathaan

‘Pathaan’ (2023) review – Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback film somehow crosses the finish line

Pathaan is another entry to the YRF espionage universe, following Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Tiger Zinda…

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Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh in Flesh + Blood

Flesh And Blood (1985) review – Paul Verhoeven portrays a bleak Middle Ages world to tell a story about betrayal, revenge, love, lust, and religious fanaticism.

In Flesh and Blood, Paul Verhoeven takes us back to early 16th-century Western Europe to tell…

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Gideon Aldon in Sick

Sick (2022) review – John Hyams’s latest makes him the director to watch out for

John Hyams follows up the criminally underrated Alone (2020) with a slick slasher film called “Sick,”…

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Robert Duvall in The Outfit

‘The Outfit’ (1973) review – One of the most criminally overlooked neo-noir crime films of the 1970s

It’s an incredible feeling to entirely surrender to a filmmaker’s vision and be willing to go…

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Saloum movie still

‘Saloum’ (2021) review – A genre-bending twisted tale of revenge in the African wild west

When I sat down to see Saloum, I knew I was in for a treat as…

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