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The Northman (2022)

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"I will avenge you, father. I will save you, mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir"

Posted in action, cinemaTagged Alexander Skarsgård, Anna Taylor-Joy, Björk, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Nicole Kidman, Robert Eggers, Sjón, Willem Dafoe

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Dave McAllister2 Comments

"Maybe it’s just the drugs talking, but maybe we will have a big drug scene."

Posted in action, comedyTagged Demi Moore, Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Tiffany Haddish

DASHCAM (2021)

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Man, you can suck my quim"

Posted in cinema, horror, London Film FestivalTagged Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro, Annie Hardy, Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd, Rob Savage, Seylan Baxter

Sundown (2021)

October 10, 2021October 11, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

“What the fuck is wrong with you?”

Posted in cinemaTagged Albertine Kotting McMillan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Henry Goodman, Iazua Larios, Michel Franco, Samuel Bottomley, Tim Roth

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)

October 7, 2021October 14, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Forget what you know"

Posted in cinema, drama, London Film FestivalTagged Ana Lily Amirpour, Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein, Evan Whitten, Jeon Jong-seo, Kate Hudson

Bergman Island

October 7, 2021October 8, 2021 Dave McAllister1 Comment

“The large bedroom was where he filmed Scenes from a Marriage, the film that caused a million divorces”

Posted in cinema, drama, London Film FestivalTagged Anders Danielsen Lie, Ingmar Bergman, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mia Wasikowska, Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps

Hopper / Welles (2020)

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

“The director should be a magician or a poet, not a God.”

Posted in documentary, dramaTagged Dennis Hopper, Orson Welles

Pig (2021)

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 Dave McAllister1 Comment

"Who's got my pig?"

Posted in cinema, drama, Edinburgh Film FestivalTagged Adam Arkin, Alex Wolff, Michael Sarnoski, Nicolas Cage, Nina Belforte, Patrick Scola, tt W. Bachman, Vanessa Block

Pleasure (2021)

August 9, 2021October 31, 2021 Dave McAllister2 Comments

"I do everything"

Posted in cinemaTagged Evelyn Claire, Ninja Thyberg, Revika Anne Reustle, Sofia Kappel

Censor (2021)

August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"You’d be surprised what the human brain can edit out when it can’t handle the truth”

Posted in cinema, horror, Sundance, Sundance LondonTagged Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Kim Newman, Mark Towns, Michael Smiley, Niamh Algar, Paulina Rzeszow, Prano Bailey-Bond, Tim Harrison

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