09th Jan2024

‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Ellen Burstyn | Written by Peter Sattler, David Gordon Green | Directed by David Gordon Green Fresh from the recent Halloween sequels, director and co-writer David Gordon Green takes a crack at another big-name horror franchise with this legacy sequel […]

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05th Oct2023

‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Ellen Burstyn | Written by Peter Sattler, David Gordon Green | Directed by David Gordon Green Fresh from the recent Halloween sequels, director and co-writer David Gordon Green takes a crack at another big-name horror franchise with this legacy sequel […]

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26th Jul2023

First look at Blumhouse’s ‘The Exorcist: Believer’

by Phil Wheat

Exactly 50 years ago, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world (except me, who thinks it’s overhyped). Now, on Friday, October 13th, a new chapter begins as Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who resurrected the Halloween franchise is mixed acclaim, bring us an all-new chapter in […]

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01st Nov2019

Rewind: ‘The Exorcist’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, William O’Malley, Barton Heyman | Written by William Peter Blatty | Directed by William Friedkin More than the possession of a young girl, The Exorcist possesses every inch of our bodies, dragging us from our safe rooms into […]

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24th Mar2016

‘House of Cards 4×10 – 4×13: Chapters 49-52’ Review

by Catherina Gioino

The end is nigh—or so we think. In the final episodes of House of Cards season four, we come to terms with what’s going on from the start: Claire and Frank never truly loved each other but rather are a political union made for world domination. A modern day Catherine the Great married to Alexander […]

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14th Mar2016

‘House of Cards 4×07 – 4×09: Chapters 46-48’ Review

by Catherina Gioino

Dramatic irony: when the audience finally understands what’s going on in that another character might not know. Now this gets used all the time in plays and dramatic works, and often to deepen the sense of suspense the audience now has with extra information. Think of horror movies where you know where the bad guy’s […]

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13th Mar2016

‘House of Cards 4×01 – 4×03: Chapters 40-42’ Review

by Catherina Gioino

Man oh man. I mean, it still doesn’t live up to the “I killed a recurring character in the first episode” act that House of Cards pulled in season two, but it introduces the ever wonderful Ellen Burstyn as Claire’s dying mother Elizabeth Hale and Neve Campbell acting as Claire’s “Doug” counterpart Leann Harvey. There’s […]

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24th Jan2015

‘Draft Day’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Sean Combs, Frank Langella, Sam Elliot, Rosanna Arquette, Terry Crews, Tom Welling, Ellen Burstyn | Written by Scott Rothman, Rajiv Joseph | Directed by Ivan Reitman OK, so it’s fair to say I’m not a sports guy. I hated playing sports in high school, I don’t watch sports […]

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10th Nov2014

‘Interstellar’ Review

by Ian Loring

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Timothée Chalamet, Francis X. McCarthy, Wes Bentley, William Devane, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, David Gayasi | Written by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan | Directed by Christopher Nolan The prospect of reviewing Interstellar is an interesting one. The basic idea of reading a review […]

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05th Apr2013

First Time Fest – Closing Night Ceremony Report

by Catherina Gioino

The final installment of the First Time Fest… The First Time Fest’s closing night was held on March 4th. Hosted by Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), the Players Club lit up with flashes of cameras and smiles of the first time filmmakers anxiously awaiting whose film will win the grand prize- the chance […]

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