Ben Aldis

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    Dance of the 41
    ★★★★★

    Period dramas are often met with a series of essential expectations that have perhaps limited...

    Ben Aldis 14th May 2021
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    Come True
    ★★★★★

    World-building is a tricky task. In horror and sci-if especially, diegetic holes will inevitably lead...

    Ben Aldis 8th March 2021
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    Bebia, à mon seul désir
    ★★★★★

    In Bebia, viewers are rarely permitted to make eye contact with the characters. This is...

    Ben Aldis 6th February 2021
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    Blind
    ★★★★★

    Blind is a B-movie horror that tries, in vain, to be artsy. This is half-accomplished...

    Ben Aldis 14th December 2020
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    Mank
    ★★★★★

    In Mank, David Fincher directs his careful authorial eye towards 1930s California, providing arguably the...

    Ben Aldis 30th November 2020
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    You Cannot Kill David Arquette
    ★★★★★

    In the shadow of his gimmicky stint as WCW championship winner, Hollywood star...

    Ben Aldis 16th November 2020
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    Queen of Hearts
    ★★★★★

    Queen of Hearts brings us one of the freshest and unquestionably darkest variations on the...

    Ben Aldis 7th November 2020
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    Honest Thief
    ★★★★★

    Bank robber Tom Carter (AKA the infamous “in-and-out bandit”) decides to redeem his weighty life...

    Ben Aldis 23rd October 2020
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    The Dead Don’t Die
    ★★★★★

    To most filmmakers, it may seem contradictory to craft your trademark minimalist style...

    Ben Aldis 11th July 2019
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    Child’s Play
    ★★★★★

    “Here’s your problem… someone’s set this thing to evil” is a line from The Simpsons...

    Ben Aldis 20th June 2019