Film Brain

Hallow Road, with Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, finally makes it to the US this Halloween, as part of a special double feature with Vincent Must Die. Here's my review from when it opened in the UK in May. youtube.com/shorts/A4KToVv7sD...

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Film Brain

It's coming up to Halloween this week, so why not treat yourself to my playlist of horror films I've covered over the years, and adds recent reviews like The Long Walk, The Astronaut, Scurry, and more! youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4...

(Apologies I've not been more active, I've had an absolutely terrible cold and cough that left me mostly in bed for part of the weekend. Getting better, thankfully.)

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Film Brain

I edited ‪@AllisonPregler‬ and ‪@phelous‬ looking at Return to Halloweentown, which is far from a return to form, with recastings, lots of missing cast members, badly out-of-character writing, a lot of badly retconned lore... yeah, it's a franchise killer.

3 days ago | [YT] | 25

Film Brain

To coincide with my review of The Smashing Machine, I've put all my reviews of Dwayne Johnson's films in one handy playlist! www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

1 week ago | [YT] | 65

Film Brain

Hi, everyone! Sorry this September update is a little late, but I’ve been at the BFI London Film Festival for the past week, and caught quite a few films there! I’m back home now, so videos should be back shortly too - got some exciting stuff lined up!

Anyway, in case you missed them, in long-form videos, Orlando Bloom goes the distance in a career best performance in boxing drama (that’s not really about boxing) The Cut, while Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson lead the brilliant and chilling Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk - a review that, astonishingly, got Mark Hamill’s seal of approval! That was a bit surreal, to say the least!
The Cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ISN...
The Long Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyBs...

In Shorts reviews, An Ordinary Case turns out to have a devastating sting in the tail; a woman confronts a dark truth about her husband in Unmoored; a macabre young couple find romance in Paris’ places of historical horror in Paul & Paulette Take a Bath; a transatlantic world record attempt goes violently off-course in Row; Seann William Scott’s cop is definitely a Bad Man; and Glenn Close reconnects with nature and her granddaughter in The Summer Book!
An Ordinary Case: www.youtube.com/shorts/Ff5RDc...
Unmoored: www.youtube.com/shorts/ynvr1Y...
Paul & Paulette Take a Bath: www.youtube.com/shorts/2SV_JO...
Row: www.youtube.com/shorts/DLaxnS...
Bad Man: www.youtube.com/shorts/VBeX0K...
The Summer Book: www.youtube.com/shorts/RJswim...

I’ve also been doing quite a few guest spots as well! While I was with ‪@DiamandaHagan‬​, I reviewed K-Pop Demon Hunters on Backseat Critique! Meanwhile, I popped up on ‪@queercinemaclassics‬​ in his amusing spoof video on Carry On Dracula!
K-Pop Demon Hunters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x69gF...
Carry On Dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDWvr...

Elsewhere, I’ve edited the latest Movie Nights with ‪@AllisonPregler‬​ and ‪@phelous‬​, as they go to Halloweentown High, a film so disappointing that it doesn’t even take place in Halloweentown! And I’m currently working on the fourth and final film for the next episode later this month, and it doesn’t get better…
Halloweentown High: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juo7S...

So, yeah, a busy month last month, even busier this one! Hope you’re doing well wherever you are, and keep safe!

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Film Brain

ICYMI - although given I used YouTube's new Collaboration feature, you likely saw it - I did a guest spot on ‪@queercinemaclassics‬'s sendup of the Carry On films! Sink your teeth in!

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 22

Film Brain

I edited ‪@AllisonPregler‬​ and ‪@phelous‬ looking at the third Halloweentown movie! Think it's set in a school in the magical world? WRONG! Prepare to be baffled by the plot holes and clumsy allegories!

4 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 22

Film Brain

Well, this happened! My Long Walk review got Mark Hamill's endorsement! If you missed it, here's the link: https://youtu.be/ceyBsCp0dDs?si=B56BR...

1 month ago | [YT] | 446

Film Brain

Apparently I completely messed this up the other day with the wrong link and only realised just now, but here is the Stephen King playlist I made! www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

1 month ago | [YT] | 40

Film Brain

While I was in Ireland visiting ‪@DiamandaHagan‬, I joined the Backseat Critique gang to watch and review the Netflix hit K-Pop: Demon Hunters! And I coined the title card quote! https://youtu.be/x69gF7O-w7g

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