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CRASH PAD: A Strange Choice For Domhnall Gleeson
CRASH PAD: A Strange Choice For Domhnall Gleeson

While neither boring or a laugh-riot, Crash Pad is a perfectly fine and forgettable way to pass ninety minutes.

RED NOSE DAY ACTUALLY: Charity Is All Around!
RED NOSE DAY ACTUALLY: Charity Is All Around!

Although filled with flaws, this charming mini-sequel, Red Nose Day Actually is hard to criticise due to its good, charitable intentions.

BRIDGET JONES'S BABY: Infinitely Warm & Loveable
BRIDGET JONES’S BABY: Infinitely Warm & Lovable

I’m going to be honest with you, I loathed the first two Bridget Jones films. I read the books as a teenager and I was so excited when the first film came out only a year or two later. But I didn’t like it one bit.

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Forget Your Troubles: Ten Films To Make You Happy

Film is a great healer. And for everyone reading this article there will have come a time when you have turned to a movie to find solace from the troubles of life. Because, let’s face it, life sucks.

MAN UP: A Real & Wonderful Romantic Comedy

I had great hopes for Man Up from the minute I saw the trailer. I love romantic comedies, and if they’re set in London then more the better. I also absolutely adore Simon Pegg and find Lake Bell to be pretty brilliant too.

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The 10 Greatest Romantic Comedies: You Can’t Start A Fire Without A Spark

There are those people who turn their noses up at the romantic comedy. They see it as a silly kind of film designed to entertain a delusional audience. I am not one of those people.

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Staff Inquiry: Our Favorite Film Couples

Did you ever think about your favorite film couple? We sure did. This month, the Film Inquiry team was asked which is their favorite couple in film.

10 Days of Christmas

The nights are drawing in, the stockings are hanging from the fireplace, and the shops are starting to fill with hordes of panicked shoppers. Yes, it’s Christmas, and that inevitably means it’s time to get into the spirit of the Christmas movie. No other film genre has formed itself more strongly out of a time of year.

BEING MARY TYLER MOORE: More Than A TV Icon
BEING MARY TYLER MOORE: More Than A TV Icon

Being Mary Tyler Moore not only is it full of personal remembrances, but it also her career that was so intimately intertwined with the rise of television.

18 1/2: Engaging and Well-Paced Comedic and Suspenseful Historical Fiction
18 1/2: Engaging and Well-Paced Comedic and Suspenseful Historical Fiction

Dan Mirvish explores the mystery of the biggest political scandal in history through 18½, an engaging, quick-paced, and wonderfully comedic thriller.

HALLOWEEN KILLS: The Franchise Hits A New Low
HALLOWEEN KILLS: The Franchise Hits A New Low

David Gordon Green’s sequel to Halloween, Halloween Kills, is an aggravating, unnecessary, and horribly misguided feature.

Revisiting Pee-Wee's Christmas Special For The Holidays
Revisiting Pee-Wee’s Christmas Special For The Holidays

Like other holiday specials, this is a good one to share with your children, or children in your life, who did not grow up on this show.

KNIVES OUT: Rian Johnson's Suspenseful Lampoon of the 1%
KNIVES OUT: Rian Johnson’s Suspenseful Lampoon Of The 1%

For all its faults, Knives Out is a brisk and often engaging film that will provide audiences a moderately enjoyable ride.

Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival 2019: Afternoon Of DARK SHADOWS
Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival 2019: Afternoon Of DARK SHADOWS

Jim Dixon attended the Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival and spoke with Dark Shadows actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, and screened House of Dark Shadows.

TIFF 2019: KNIVES OUT: A Delightful, Masterfully Crafted Detective Mystery
TIFF 2019: KNIVES OUT: A Delightful, Masterfully Crafted Detective Mystery

Knives Out will appeal to fans of the detective mystery genre, fans of the astounding cast, or those who love Johnson’s subversively entertaining films.