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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Renfield (2023) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Action, Chris McKay, Comedy, Dracula, Horror, Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Renfield
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Review in Brief: Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
WILLY’S WONDERLAND is proof positive that nobody needs to make a FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S movie now. Nicolas Cage is a silent janitor with borderline superhuman capabilities seemingly imbued by energy drinks fighting animatronic mascots possessed by a cannibal cult. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Horror, Kevin Lewis, Nicolas Cage, Willy’s Wonderland
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 2
Before I get down to looking at the very best and the very worst films of 2018 (Part 1 of this list can be found here) I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention a couple more that weren’t necessarily my … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Adam Driver, Avengers: Infinity War, BlackKklansman, David Yates, Extinction, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, JK Rowling, John David Washington, Kathryn Hahn, Mandy, Marvel, Meet the Feebles, Michael Peña, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, Paul Giamatti, Peter Jackson, Private Life, Shoplifters, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Happytime Murders, They Shall Not Grow Old, Tom Hardy, Venom, Widows
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Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is awesome. An awesome animated feature, an awesome superhero movie, an awesome coming-of-age story, an awesome film. Did I mention it was awesome? When a extra-dimensional portal is opened in New York, recently superpowered Spider-Man Miles … Continue reading
Playing Catchup
I’ve loved films for a long time. All my life really. I try and see as many, and as varied movies as I possibly can. But you can only watch so much in a year, and there are still a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Action, Cult Film, Face/Off, Film, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, Ichi the Killer, Jeffrey Combs, John Travolta, John Woo, Kathryn Bigelow, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Mary Shelley, Movies, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Swayze, Peter Jackson, Point Break, Re-Animator, Sam Raimi, The Crow, The Hurt Locker, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, W. Peter Iliff
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Film Confessional #3: The Wicker Man (2006)
I have a confession to make…I like THE WICKER MAN remake. It’s not the icon of pagan horror the original British film was, but I still found it a fairly diverting and eerie way to spend 100 minutes. The one question … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Anthony Shaffer, Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Ellen Burstyn, Film, Horror, Movies, Neil LaBute, Nicolas Cage, Remake, Robin Hardy, The Wicker Man
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