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Phoenix FM Film Reviews

Every Saturday afternoon Film Critic & author Mark Searby joins Spencer Carter on Phoenix FM for reviews of the latest films in the cinema, on streaming, DVD/Blu Ray and on-demand.

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

00:27:05

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 18 November 2023

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2023/11/16

This week Mark reviews: Saltburn - A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family’s sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten. Santa Claus: The Movie - The legend of Santa Claus is put in jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas. Gran Turismo - Jann Mardenborough plays the computer game Gran Turismo. When he makes it through to the world finals of

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00:28:14

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 11 November 2023

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2023/11/10

This week Mark reviews: The Killer - After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose - When famed paranormal psychologist Dr. Nandor Fodor investigates a family’s claim of a talking animal, he uncovers a mysterious web of hidden motives where everyone is a suspect in his relentless pursuit of the truth. Seaside Special - A documentary about the seaside town of Cromer in

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00:23:22

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 4 November 2023

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2023/11/03

This week Mark reviews: Bottoms - Two unpopular queer high school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation. Cobweb - An eight-year-old boy tries to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from inside the walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret that his parents have kept hidden from him. The Royal Hotel - Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation

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00:27:37

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 28 October 2023

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2023/10/26

This week Mark reviews: Pain Hustlers - Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. She gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy company, and Liza’s guts catapult the company and her into the high life. But this puts her in the middle of a criminal conspiracy. Talk To Me - When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. Rock Hudson: All That

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00:25:39

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 21 October 2023

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2023/10/20

This week Mark reviews: Killers of the Flower Moon - Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major F.B.I. investigation. It Lives Inside - An Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness. The Meg 2: The Trench - A research team encounters multiple

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00:29:56

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 14 October 2023

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2023/10/13

This week Mark reviews: Daliland - In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps the aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York. Shortcomings - Follows a trio of young American urbanites – Ben, Miko and Alice – as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - During the 90s, a new action of Transformers – the Maximals – join

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00:24:09

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 7 October 2023

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2023/10/06

This week Mark reviews: Blackberry - The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. Joy Ride - Four Asian American friends travel to China to help one of them find her birth mother. Golda - Golda Meir, also known as the ‘Iron lady of Israel’, must face intense scrutiny and responsibilities to her decisions during the Yom Kippur War.

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00:28:22

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 30 September 2023

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2023/09/29

This week Mark reviews: The Creator - Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child. Reptile - Tom Nichols is a hardened detective. He is assigned a case where a woman has died in mysterious circumstances. He suspects everyone, but this case is not as it seems and begins to dismantle the illusions of his own life. Flora And Son - Single mum Flora is at war with her teenage son

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00:32:37

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 23 September 2023

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2023/09/22

This week Mark reviews: The Lesson - A young writer takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer. Junk Head - In a distant future, humanity has lost its ability to reproduce. An expedition is sent to an underground city where artificial humanoids are still fertile. The Flash - Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without superheroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

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00:24:20

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 16 September 2023

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2023/09/15

This week Mark reviews: Bolan’s Shoes - Penny and Jimmy are brother and sister. They grew up in a children’s home after they were involved in an accident after attending a T-Rex concert. Decades later both of them must come to terms with what happened on that fateful night. Return To Seoul - A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her

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00:23:18

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 9 September 2023

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2023/09/07

This week Mark reviews: Past Lives - Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea to America. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. No Hard Feelings - On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer

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00:23:39

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 2 September 2023

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2023/08/31

This week Mark reviews: And Then Come The Nightjars - An unlikely friendship develops between a Devon farmer and a vet who is assigned to cull his precious heard during the foot & mouth epidemic. Apocalypse Clown - When a mysterious technological blackout plunges Ireland into anarchy and chaos, a group of failed washed up clowns are forced to traverse the country for one last shot at their dreams. War Pony - Interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge

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00:21:12

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 26 August 2023

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2023/08/24

This week Mark reviews: The Blackening - Seven Black friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not. Fool’s Paradise - A fool for love becomes an accidental celebrity only to lose it all. Mob Land - A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia.

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00:19:42

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 19 August 2023

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2023/08/17

This week Mark reviews: Strays - An abandoned dog teams up with other strays to get revenge on his former owner. The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan - D’Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the king, as they fight for the future of France. Book Club: The Next Chapter - A new journey awaits the four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never

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00:26:19

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 12 August 2023

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2023/08/10

This week Mark reviews: Haunted Mansion - Single mother Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts. Puffin Rock and the New Friends - Following the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season, Oona and her friends embark on a race against time to try and save it before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the island in danger. Pretty Red Dress - Follows a South London family and

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00:23:41

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 5 August 2023

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2023/08/04

This week Mark reviews: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Four teenage mutated turtle brothers must work to earn the love of New York City while also facing down an army of mutants. Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves - A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic. But things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Polite Society - Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her

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00:22:34

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 29th July 2023

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2023/07/27

This week Mark reviews: The Beanie Bubble - Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his idea into the biggest toy craze in history. Beau Is Afraid - Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home. Baato - Every winter Mikma and her family travel by foot from their village deep in the Himalaya of Nepal to an urban market to sell local medicinal

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00:26:13

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 22 July 2023

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2023/07/20

This week Mark reviews: Barbie - Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence. Oppenheimer - The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret - When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings and the beginning of adolescence.

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00:31:56

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 15 July 2023

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2023/07/13

This week Mark reviews: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part One - Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands. A Kind of Kidnapping - A young, broke couple kidnap a sleazy politician who decides that he can spin the story to his own advantage. Pinocchio A True Story - Young Pinocchio runs away from his genius creator Jepetto accompanied by the horse Tibalt. Pinocchio sets out to see the world but along the way joins with a travelling

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00:28:22

Phoenix FM Film Reviews - 8 July 2023

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2023/07/06

This week Mark reviews: Elemental - In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fire-y young woman called Ember realises how much she has in common with go-with-the-flow water guy called Wade. But they are from two different backgrounds. Wham! - Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! Career, from 1970s best friends to 1980s pop icons. Skinamarink - Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find

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