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Wonka: Mark Kermode’s sweet take on this fantasy film prequel (video format).
Hold onto your candy canes, folks, says our man-of-many-movies, Mark Kermode, because the fantasy film prequel Wonka is now here to sprinkle a…
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December 2023
November 2023
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Dream Scenario: Mark Kermode’s movie review (video format).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, is here for his take on the odd fantasy film Dream Scenario. You can watch his…
October 2023
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Krull: when swamps, cyclops, and alien invaders collide (scifi film retrospective).
Krull, that flamboyant 1983 science fantasy swashbuckler, is an extravagant cinematic mélange that echoes through the annals of film history with the subtlety…
August 2023
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Dave Made A Maze (2017) : a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘Dave Made A Maze’ is reminiscent of a contemporary Forbidden Zone, infused with peculiar music. Dave assembles a maze in his living room…
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Disenchanted (2022): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
Disenchanted is the sequel to 2007’s Enchanted, with Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey returning as the leads; but while some of the humor…
July 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny film reviewed by Mark Kermode (video).
Our man of man movies, Mark Kermode, sits down to examine the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny movie. Watch his thoughts…
April 2023
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Disney’s Pinocchio (2023): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
In the beginning of Disney’s Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket gets into an argument with the narrator. It is always best to stay on the…
March 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, our house film review (video).
This new and exciting take on the classic tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, was co-directed by John Francis Daley…
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a fantasy film review by Mark Kermode (video).
Mark Kermode slips on his magic fantasy film-reviewing boots, slips on his Cloak of Critic(ness), and tells us what he thinks of this’un.…
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Three Thousand Years Of Longing (2022): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
In ‘Three Thousand Years Of Longing’, the characters believe that to understand life one must understand stories. In the 1940s through to the…
January 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: is this movie a cure for what Grails you? (film retrospective)
Returning as Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford is now on a quest to locate his father, who has vanished. Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Julian…