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First Take: Pixie- how not to answer Ireland’s call

SYNOPSIS: To avenge her mother’s death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose h…
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First Take Classics: The Shining- heeeere’s Johnny

SYNOPSIS: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son s…
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First Take: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - this comedy is bad... NOT

Or to give this film its full title:  Borat Subsequent Moviefilm -   Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nat…
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Projection Room: Big Screen, Bigger Experience

A version of this article originally appeared with our mates at Pulse Media. Just to let you know. In March, the film industry was dealt a crushing b…
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First Take Classics: The Rocky Horror Picture Show- don’t dream it, be it

SYNOPSIS: A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter. 45 years o…
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First Take: Bill and Ted Face The Music- station?

SYNOPSIS: Once told they’d save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as m…
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First Take: Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey- ...and party on, dudes.

SYNOPSIS: A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals. The difficult secon…
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First Take: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure- be excellent to each other...

SYNOPSIS: Two seemingly dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine. It’s Bill an…
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First Take: Tenet- inversion is a crazy concept

Spoiler free as usual. Because America . SYNOPSIS: Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist …
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First Take: Knives Out- Rian Johnson, you little tease

SYNOPSIS: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family. Well, this is another highly anticipated review. Last y…
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First Take: Unhinged- don’t get out of the car

SYNOPSIS: After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage. Funny old thing, lockdown. It’s gi…
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First Take: Joker- send in the clowns

SYNOPSIS: In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of…
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First Take: Onward- the film that closed, and reopened UK cinemas

SYNOPSIS: Two elven brothers embark on a quest to bring their father back for one day. On March 16th 2020, this film was crowned the UK box office …
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First Take: Sonic the Hedgehog- video game movies can be good?

SYNOPSIS: After discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a small-town police officer must help him defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments…
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First Take: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga- why? Because it’s Eurovision.

SYNOPSIS: When aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world’s biggest song competition, they …
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First Take Classics: Basic Instinct- the movie that made pausing VHS tapes a big thing

SYNOPSIS: A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist. During the recording of …
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First Take Classics: Bloodsport- is it Van Damme good?

SYNOPSIS: “Bloodsport” follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial…
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Smit's Guide to Cinema Etiquette | The Journal

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BEFORE CINEMAS WERE CLOSED Cinemas may not be around to show films right now- but why let that get in the way of a good old ‘g…
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First Take Classics: The Crow- it can’t rain all the time

SYNOPSIS: A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée’s murder. It has legitimately taken the creation o…
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First Take: Extraction- the Russos are on the move again

SYNOPSIS: Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he’s enlisted to rescue the kidn…
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Go To Your Zen Place | The Journal

In May 2018, an animated film created a major buzz for the wrong reasons thanks to a scene which arguably isn’t PG. Jack hated that movie. So of co…
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First Take: Minions- give me banana

SYNOPSIS: Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot…
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Bringing Film Home | The Journal

The 80s signalled a huge shift in the way film fans got access to their content- so of course, we wheeled Jack out for the first time since our 2…
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First Take: Parasite- Bong Hive, assemble.

SYNOPSIS: A poor family, the Kims, con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when …
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Projection Room: Awards Season 2020- What The Hell Happened?!

For this year’s awards season coverage, we decided to do things a little differently. We did it wipe style.
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First Take: Hustlers- it’s amazing what a chat in screen 3 can result in

SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn t…
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First Take Classics: Dude, Where’s My Car- but what does *mine* say

SYNOPSIS- Two potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car. I might be on a hiatus from the blog, but…
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