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  The Glass Cage 1955

  ★★ Watched by Luke Thorne 29 Jun 2022

  Montgomery Tully’s mystery drama in which a struggling showman has seen his best friend murdered and his latest variety act fatally poisoned. Starring Honor Blackman and John Ireland.

  Adapted from the novel The Outsiders by A.E. Martin, the story concerns carnival barker Pel (John Ireland) and expert ‘Starving Man’ Sapolio (Eric Portman) who hold a party to raise cash for a fresh circus performance. After a girl is killed at the party, the number of acts rapidly become suspects.

  John…

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  Adventures in Silverado 1948

  ★★ Watched by Luke Thorne 28 Jun 2022

  Phil Karlson’s western in which a rivalry between a pair of stagecoach drivers leaves one of them a false suspect in a robbery. Starring William Bishop, Gloria Henry and Edgar Buchanan.

  The story concerns a stagecoach driver who pursues to grab ‘The Monk’, a dishonourable highwayman, in the hope of clearing his name.

  William Bishop gives an okay performance in his role as Bill Foss, one of the stagecoach drivers who doesn’t show a great deal of determination in attempting…

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  The Favourite 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched by Luke Thorne 08 Jan 2019

  Yorgos Lanthimos directs this period comedy-drama in which Queen Anne’s (Olivia Colman) relationship with Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) is turned upside down by the arrival of Anne’s cousin Abigail (Emma Stone).

  Yorgos Lanthimos’s previous film was the horror film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, with Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, which is my personal favourite from 2017 and also featured a star-making supporting performance from Barry Keoghan.

  Now, for his latest effort, Lanthimos chooses to go back to the…

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  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022

  ★★★★ Watched by Luke Thorne 22 Jun 2022 2

  Sam Raimi’s action adventure in which Doctor Strange joins forces with a secretive teenage girl from his ambitions to fight a number of dangers.

  The 28th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and the sequel to Doctor Strange, which was released six years earlier – concentrates on Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), who, with the assistance of spiritual associates both former and fresh, negotiates the mind-boggling and hazardous changing authenticities of the Multiverse to challenge a secretive new opponent.

  Benedict…