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Conall McManus

Conall McManus

I grew up in the west of Ireland and started writing from a young age. I like anything written by John Steinbeck, Cormac McCarthy, and Gabriel García Márquez. The films of Kubrick, Tarkovsky, and Paul Thomas Anderson are my favourite, and I love a good horror movie.

Film Review Retrospective

HOOP DREAMS (1994)

A tale of two aspiring basketball players from Chicago's inner city.

Film Review Retrospective

BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)

A group of sorority girls are stalked by a killer during their Christmas break.

Film Review Retrospective

WHIPLASH (2014)

A promising young drummer enrolls at a music conservatory where he's mentored by a tyrannical instructor...

Film Review Retrospective

PRIMER (2004)

Two inventors discover a way to travel back in time, which they use to game the stock market, but the consequences catch up to them.

Film Review

JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX (2024)

Arthur Fleck is institutionalised at Arkham State Hospital, awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker, where he finds true love.

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NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979)

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.

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THE GAMBLER (1974)

A literature professor and gambling addict borrows money from his girlfriend, his mother, and finally some criminals...

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LATE SPRING (1949)

Several people try to talk a 27-year-old woman into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.

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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)

A banker convicted of murdering his wife forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence...

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GOLDFINGER (1964)

While investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve...

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AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

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QUIZ SHOW (1994)

A young lawyer investigates a potentially fixed game show...

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