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FILMS… Knives Out (2019)

December 9, 2022January 7, 2023Realweegiemidget Reviews 23 Comments

Every member of Harlan Thrombey's family is unhappy in their own way... Christopher Plummer's character is discovered to be murdered on his 85th birthday, as the enigmatic Southern sleuth Benoit Blanc investigates.

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FILMS… Detroit Rock City (1999)

November 17, 2022January 7, 2023Realweegiemidget Reviews 21 Comments

After their dream goes up in flames, some flaming youth take a teenage trip... 4 teenage boys, 1 joint obsession with KISS, and 1 road trip to get 4 tickets to see them play live in Detroit Rock City but with 100,000 obstacles along the way.

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FILMS… Sunset Boulevard (1950)

September 28, 2022September 19, 2022Realweegiemidget Reviews 22 Comments

She's Norma Desmond. She used to be in silent pictures. She used to be big... A strapped for cash screenwriter is asked to revamp a reclusive and silent movie star's big comeback script after they meet by chance.

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TV… Diagnosis Murder: Murder on Sycamore Street (1992) (TV MOVIE)

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022Realweegiemidget Reviews 10 Comments

A dancing and singing Dick Van Dyke doctor twigs that a friend has been murdered... In the second of three Diagnosis Murder TV Movies, the prognosis is a starry cast whodunnit solved by two from the van Dyke family tree.

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FILMS… War of the Roses (1989)

June 16, 2022July 27, 2022Realweegiemidget Reviews 12 Comments

As two Roses go to war... Will it be a happy ever after from here to eternity for the Roses as played by my favourite 1980s on-screen couple (from another movie and it's sequel)?

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FILMS… Restless Natives (1985)

May 31, 2022July 27, 2022Realweegiemidget Reviews 7 Comments

The Clown, the Wolfman, warts and all... Spot the one time Taggart stars once again as we return to the 1980s and another Scottish film with a Big Country soundtrack.

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