Society
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A young man suspects that the reason his upper class neighbours avoid him is because he's adopted, but the truth is still more disturbing. Gore galore.
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Poltergay
DVD Review
They're here . . . and they're queer. The ghosts of Disco Past cause trouble for a young couple.
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Bratz: The Movie
DVD Review
The Bratz girls go to high school.
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Party Animals
DVD Review
A look at Westminster from the ground up.
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Hell And High Water
DVD Review
Communist Cold War thriller, starring Richard Widmark as an ex-submarine captain turned mercenary.
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Senso
DVD Review
Self-destructive period romance.
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Evan Almighty
DVD Review
A US congressman is ordered by God to build an ark in preparation for a great flood. Out to own on DVD from November 26.
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Black Christmas
DVD Review
Remake of the original festive 1974 slasher horror flick.
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Nosferatu
DVD Review
F W Murnau's silent adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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