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Anomalisa – Film Review

Posted on August 22, 2021 by ashleymanningwriter

Director: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson Written by Charlie Kaufman Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tom Noonan Rating: ★★★ Anomalisa is an exploration into middle age, depression, and existentialism. Like other Kaufman films there is a downbeat tone … Continue reading →

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Censor – Film Review

Posted on August 21, 2021 by ashleymanningwriter

Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Starring: Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller and Michael Smiley Rating: ★★★★★ In the early 1980s Britain was clamping down on the ‘video nasties’. Over the top, gory and sexually explicit horror … Continue reading →

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The Night House – Film Review

Posted on August 21, 2021 by ashleymanningwriter

Director: David Bruckner Written by: Ben Collins & Luke Piotrowski Starring: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin and Vondie Curtis-Hall Rating: ★★★½ Before the horror starts in The Night House the draw to this film is the emotional … Continue reading →

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Following – Film Review

Posted on August 20, 2021 by ashleymanningwriter

Director: Christopher Nolan Written By: Christopher Nolan Starring: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw and Lucy Russell Rating: ★★★½ Scale back the multi-million-dollar budgets and gorgeous visuals of Tenet, Dunkirk & Inception and behind them is Christopher Nolan; one of the most … Continue reading →

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Top 50 Films – Part 7

Posted on August 20, 2021 by ashleymanningwriter

We’re on week 7 of 10 of my top 50 films of all time. If you haven’t caught up, you can do here: PART 1,  PART 2,  PART 3,  PART 4,  PART 5,  PART 6 To repeat myself again these … Continue reading →

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