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BEING THE RICARDOS MOVIE REVIEW The numbers don’t lie: “I Love Lucy” was one of the most successful tv shows of all time. It was groundbreaking with having a mixed-race couple as its stars and it largely was the show that begat the television staple of syndication. It made its stars and creators, Lucille Ball […]

THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN MOVIE REVIEW This new Amazon Prime film tells the peculiar story of Louis Wain, an artist who became so well known and beloved for his oddball cat paintings near the end of the 19th century, that he was often single handedly pointed at as the man responsible for the […]

WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE – MADRES / THE MANOR MOVIES REVIEW The Blumhouse yearly series of original horror films that premiere on Amazon Prime continues with “Madres” and “The Manor” and I’ll tell you this in advance: one was one of the best of the whole series, and one was one of the worst. “Madres” […]

WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE – BINGO HELL / BLACK AS NIGHT MOVIE REVIEWS Amazon Prime presents two more horror films in their “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series and we’re double-featuring them here on the review for your judgement. First up is “Bingo Hell” featuring a small and dying town with a lot of feisty old […]

EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE MOVIE REVIEW The true story of Jamie Campbell has been a documentary that was turned into a stage musical that itself has now been brought to film because it just seems “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”. Jamie (Max Harwood) has just turned 16 and still doesn’t find himself fitting in at school, […]

CINDERELLA MOVIE REVIEW Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, a little put upon peasant girl with a heart of gold and dainty, tiny feet lived with her jealous evil stepfamily. With the help of her fairy godmother, she is discovered by the prince of the land who marries her immediately because she’s pretty, […]

ANNETTE MOVIE REVIEW Director/writer Leos Carax (“Holy Motors”) brings you, with music by the recently heralded by Edgar Winter musical duo of Sparks, this highly anticipated ‘popera’ starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard as respectively an angsty shock comic and a famed opera singer. To the public’s surprise, the two have formed a deep bond […]