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Revenge Never Looked So Good: Terminal Review

In another time, and another place, this stylish noir thriller follows the twisting tales of two assassins (Max Irons & Dexter Fletcher) carrying out a…

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Posted in Events Festival Interview

Exclusive Interview: Kevin McDonagh, director of The Birmingham Film Festival

We here at Filmotomy were lucky to get a chance to speak to Kevin McDonagh, the director the Birmingham Film Festival and as you now…

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Wildling Review

Anna (Bel Powley) spends her entire childhood under the care of a mysterious man she only knows as Daddy (Brad Dourif). He keeps her locked…

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Posted in History Horror Uncensored

Nasty nasty Videos: Exploring the moral panic that led to the video nasty ban

In 1984 (yes, really in 1984 of all years, the irony would not be lost of George Orwell), the British government drew up a list…

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Posted in Horror Review

Baby on Board: Review of Cargo

Cargo is a 2018 Australian post-apocalyptic thriller film written by Yolanda Ramke and directed by Ramke and Ben Howling, the film is based on Ramke…

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Happy Birthday Helena

Helena Bonham Carter is a national treasure, who is a talented actress who can transform into any character she wishes. To celebrate her birthday on…

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O' Brother, Where Art Thou? A Coen Brothers Odyssey

I am a man of constant sorrow, I’ve seen trouble all my day I bid farewell to old Kentucky, The place where I was born…

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A descent into Neil Marshall's The Descent

I made the mistake of trying to watch The Descent alone for this piece, and half hour into the film I remembered why it still…

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The Coen's get Serious… Sort of – A Serious Man Review

As filmmakers the Coen Brothers have always managed to blend broad, bright comedy with the darkness of human nature. And the same is apparent here in…

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Bringing Up Baby: How the Coen Brothers Delivered a Classic Comedy with Raising Arizona

Only the Coen’s could manage to make the tale of child snatching funny. There’s so many frankly hilarious moments in Raising Arizona, that the film…

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Loopiness Unleashed – Burn After Reading (2008)

The Coen’s may have produced more highly praised films in their brilliant run, but none have the breezy celebration of pure idiocy as this comedic confection that allows top drawer performers to explore their inner fools.

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First Reactions: Under the Silver Lake

I rather enjoyed David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, it was an entertaining, fresh debut which left a lasting impression. So, I was eagerly anticipating his…

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Hopping Mad: Just who was the ''real'' Dennis Hopper?

May 17th is Dennis Hopper’s birthday, if he was still alive today (he passed away in 2010) he would be 82, but it was a…

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First Reactions: Beoning / Burning

This is rather a teaser trailer than an actual full length trailer, but still is helps to build up the suspense, tension and mood of…

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