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Blade Runner: a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
25th June is the 40th anniversary of the initial release of Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’. Given that it is forty years old there…
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June 2022
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The Colony (2021): a film mini-review by Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘The Colony’ (2021) is a typical post-apocalypse story, the apocalypse being radical climate change which seems to have left the Earth as a…
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John Carpenter’s The Thing : a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
June 25th 2022 is the fortieth anniversary of the release of ‘John Carpenter’s The Thing’ (not to be confused with The Thing From…
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Synchronic : a film mini-review by Evelyn C. Leeper
Netflix has been running a lot of ‘new’ Science Fiction films. (Well, new to me, anyway.) ‘The Door Into Summer’, ‘The Colony’, ‘The…
May 2022
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Free Guy: a film mini-review by Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘Free Guy‘ seems to crib a lot from ‘Stranger Than Fiction‘ and I’m sure if I knew more about video games it would…
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Nightmare Alley (2021) : a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘Nightmare Alley’ is described by its makers as a new adaptation of the book by William Lindsay Gresham, not a remake of the…
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The Tragedy Of Macbeth : a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ is the first solo directorial effort by Joel Coen. I believe this is the first time Macbeth has been…
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Nightmare Alley (2021): a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘Nightmare Alley’ is described by its makers as a new adaptation of the book by William Lindsay Gresham, not a remake of the…
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Jungle Cruise (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
Jungle Cruise (the movie) was based on “Jungle Cruise”, a Disneyland ride, so we weren’t expecting much, and were definitely pleasantly surprised. (Then…
April 2022
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Mandibles : a film mini-review by Mark R. leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
In ‘Mandibles’, two minor criminals find a giant fly the size of a cocker spaniel in the trunk of a stolen car and…
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Mayday : film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
In ‘Mayday’, Ana is a member of the hired help in a banquet hall, but she’s treated even worse than most of the…
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Come True : a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘Come True’ is a horror film based on the dreams and nightmares a teenage runaway has during a sleep study of questionable ethics.…