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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn hopes to confuse and excite, but all it does is dribble out coronavirus woes

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Donald Mowat: “Making films as a makeup and prosthetics designer, all that stuff also comes with being a little bit of a bank manager”

Hair and Makeup Designer Donald Mowat talks to Ewan Gleadow about his work on Dune, working closely with Denis Villeneuve, working with the ensemble cast and his unlikely inspiration

Ewan Gleadow 10/29/21 Ewan Gleadow 10/29/21

Death By Adaptation: Dune (1984)

In this instalment of the Death By Adaptation feature series, Ewan Gleadow slices into Dune and David Lynch’s translation of Frank Herbert’s vision

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Zone 414

Zone 414 is a delightfully dark film with more than enough gusto behind it

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CODA

CODA is a less-than-desirable piece of coming-of-age dramatics with a unique angle to it

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The Marksman

The action is serviceable for what it is worth but bogged down by the wavering prose and uncoordinated storyline

Ewan Gleadow 7/11/21 Ewan Gleadow 7/11/21

Creation Stories

Steeped in fiction, and not the type that entertains or provokes a new reaction to an old story

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Infinite

Infinite has moments of mind-bending, reality-breaking action, but the point is lost under a thick layer of unintelligible direction

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Those Who Wish Me Dead

An acceptable feature, but it does not utilise the merits Sheridan presented in his earlier work

Ewan Gleadow 6/15/21 Ewan Gleadow 6/15/21

The Dry

The Dry feels like a fresh breath of air

Ewan Gleadow 6/7/21 Ewan Gleadow 6/7/21

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In

Does not shy away from the tougher moments

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Army of the Dead

Burly, brutal and a bit boring at times, Army of the Dead never finds comfortable pacing

Ewan Gleadow 5/24/21 Ewan Gleadow 5/24/21

Shoplifters of the World

Shoplifters of the World wishes to embed a love for The Smiths without understanding why its characters should or would love the band

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Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion will soon be the type of film that both actors and audiences will do their best to try and forget about.

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The Comeback Trail

The Comeback Trail struggles to succeed where others did before

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The Vault

The Vault is full of silly, small issues

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Mortal Kombat

Establishing the ensemble and leaving room to grow, Mortal Kombat is a hopeful film

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Thunder Force

Thunder Force is the usual humdrum, heartless, cookie-cutter dregs of another dying genre

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Pixie

Pixie chugs along well enough

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Rams

While Rams offers up the occasionally strong gag and fuels its brotherly feud consistently, it never takes off as it should