Beast (2017). Film review of the adult fairytale twist on Beauty and the Beast.

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Film review by Jason Day of Beast, the modern fairytale about a young woman who is torn between her controlling family and a stranger suspected of brutal murders.

Action/adventure/fantasy

2 stars film review fair passes the time

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A Quiet Place (2018). Cracking, silent horror about a family hiding from man-eating creatures.

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Film review, by Jason Day, of A Quiet Place starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski about a family who have to live in silence as they hide from creatures that hunt by sound. 

Horror

image four star rating very good lots to enjoy

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Unsane (2018). Film review of the thriller about a sectioned woman whose stalker follow her to a mental institution.

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Film review by Jason Day of the thriller starring Claire Foy about a woman who reports a stalker and whose behaviour leads to her being sectioned. 

Thriller/Suspense/Film Noir

star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

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You Were Never Really Here (2018). Five stars for this drama about a war vet who rescues missing girls.

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Film review by Claire Durrant of You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquín Phoenix and directed by Lynn Ramsay.

Drama

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Game Night (2018). Glib but funny millennial-angst comedy thriller.

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Film review by Jason Day of Game Night, the comedy about suburbanites in trouble, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams.

Comedy

image four star rating very good lots to enjoy

 

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Black Panther (2018). Stunning comic-based film featuring a black super hero.

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Film review by Jason Day of Black Panther, based on the series of Marvel comics about a black superhero who lives in an isolated, technologically advanced African country. Starring Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan.

Action/adventure/fantasy

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The Old Dark House (1932). Creaking, camp and comic chiller starring Boris Karloff.

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Film review, by Jason Day, of The Old Dark House, the horror film about people stranded during at a storm at an isolated house owned by the odd Femm family. Directed by James Whale and starring Melvyn Douglas and Gloria Stuart.

Comedy

star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

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Darkest Hour (2018). Film review of the WWII drama about Winston Churchill.

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Film review, by Jason Day, of Darkest Hour, the drama about the early days of Winston Churchill tenure as Britain’s WWII Prime Minister. Starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott-Thomas.

War

image four star rating very good lots to enjoy

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The Commuter (2018). Film review of the action thriller starring Liam Neeson and Vera Farmiga.

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Film review by Jason Day of The Commuter, an action-packed thriller about a train commuter selected to assassinate another passenger. Starring Liam Neeson and Vera Farmiga. 

Thriller/Suspense/Film Noir

star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

 

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Film review of the satire starring Frances McDormand.

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Film review by Claire Durrant of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the comedy starring Frances McDormand about a mother who takes action when the police fail to progress an investigation into her daughter’s murder.

Comedy

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