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'Longlegs' Review: Nicolas Cage's Satanic Antics

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In writer-director Osgood Perkins’s gripping, ’70s-inspired horror film, the actor gives a powerhouse performance as a devil-worshiping serial killer.

'Faye' Review: Faye Dunaway's Documentary Star Turn on HBO

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The actress’s varied film career and enigmatic persona are the subject of an HBO documentary by Laurent Bouzereau.

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THE CITY OF THE DEAD aka HORROR HOTEL Reviews and free online

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‘Just ring for doom service!’ The City of the Dead is a 1960 horror film about a young college student who arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; …

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‘Longlegs’ review: Nicolas Cage’s horror film is terrifying — and fantastic

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The freakish title character easily ranks among Nicolas Cage’s strangest roles ever.

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‘Between the Lights’ Review: Low-Key Romantic Drama with Spiritual Dimension Shows Another Side of England

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There’s a side of the U.K. that rarely gets screen time in cinema. We see the unreal, prettified version in films like Notting Hill and The Holiday, and we see the grittified version in classics like Lynne Ramsay’s “Ratcatcher” or Ken…

‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’ Review: Stale Jokes and Crumby Animation Sully Seth Rogen’s Insipid Sequel

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After conquering hungry, hungry humans in the 2016 film, a cart-full of foul-mouthed, mega-horny supermarket foods set out to restart society — but settle for repeating American history.

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‘Sing Sing’ Review: Colman Domingo Shines in a True-Life Prison Drama About the Power of Theater

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The film’s largely non-professional cast features many formerly incarcerated performers who lend the production invaluable authenticity.

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Eno review – stimulating and cerebral look at the high priest of art-tech experimentalism

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Produced using software that means that the film is different every time it is shown, this presents the former Roxy Music man as a restlessly creative mind

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‘Eno’ review: a solid narrative structure underpins this wilfully random documentary

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One viewing of this generative film will never fully encompass Brian Eno's oceanic intellect

The Review: ‘Twisters’ Finds Success In This Stormy Sequel

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Twisters, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, takes us to the heart of Oklahoma during a once-in-a-generation tornado season. The film balances practical effects with CGI, conjuring life-threatening tornadoes that leave a trail of wreckage in…

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The Review: ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ Is A Stellar Rom-Com That Lifts Off

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Greg Berlanti’s Fly Me to the Moon takes us on a journey to the stars, blending romance, humor, and a dash of lunar intrigue. With a stellar cast, sharp writing, and a nostalgic nod to the Space Race, this film soars. Fly Me to the Moon…

Review: Heart of an Oak – “a technical and cinematic wonder.”

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In 1810, an acorn sprouted a pedunculate oak tree. Who was to know that 210 years later, it would be not only the centre of a documentary, but the centre of an entire thriving ecosystem? Some of my favourite films this year have revolved…

NIGHTMARE CITY Reviews of Umberto Lenzi’s toxic mutant mayhem

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Nightmare City is a 1980 sci-fi horror film directed by Umberto Lenzi from a screenplay by Piero Regnoli (Patrick Still Lives; The Playgirls and the Vampire), Antonio Cesare Corti and …

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Film Review, Damaged: 'Edinburgh-set thriller looks like a pound shop Seven'

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Korean horror Sleep delights in mining the anxieties of new parents, while Edinburgh-set Damaged looks like a pound shop Seven, writes Alistair Harkness.

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‘Kakuda’ Movie Review: Riteish Deshmukh and Sonakshi Sinha’s Horror-Comedy is Low on Good Spooks! (LatestLY Exclusive)

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Kakuda is a horror-comedy directed by Munjya fame Aditya Sarpotdar, based on the screenplay written by Avinash Dwivedi and Chirag Garg. The movie stars Sonakshi Sinha, Riteish Deshmukh, Saqib Saleem and Aasif Khan. The film is streaming on…

Evil in the Woods Review – From Tight Horror to DIY Torture Tutorial

Anything but wooden … Schlitter: Evil in the Woods. Photograph: Publicity image From pruning knives to table-saws and pulley-activated mousetraps, DIY enthusiasts will find delight in the rigorously crafted and intelligently shot French…

Schlitter: Evil in the Woods review – tightly crafted horror turned DIY torture tutorial

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Director Pierre Mouchet’s film is a showcase of economy, style and woodwork skills as three friends stay over at a lumberjack’s house and experience his ingenious ways to inflict pain

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‘Wild Wild Punjab’ movie review: Puerile buddy comedy is not wild enough

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The Netflix film starring Varun Sharma, Sunny Singh and others is a blur of ham-fisted hi-jinks and inane humour

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Sausage Party: Foodtopia review – you may need to look away from all the fruit and veg pornography

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This relentlessly puerile follow-up to Seth Rogen’s 2016 film is a glorious slice of anthropomorphism that’s full of perfectly crafted idiocy – if you can stomach the sex scenes

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Sarfira Review: Akshay Kumar dares to Dream Big and Fly High in this turbulent, inspiring journey

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Here's the full movie review of Akshay Kumar and Radhikka Madan's film Sarfira that is releasing in the theatres on July 12, 2024.