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Fantasy Island (2020)

February 13, 2020

Given that Fantasy Island director Jeff Wadlow’s last foray into Jason Blum-produced terror was the mind-numbingly ludicrous Truth or Dare,…

September 13, 2019

As an adult in his mid-30’s, with no kids to speak of either, Dora the Explorer is not a show…

September 9, 2019

This competition has concluded. Thank you to everyone for entering. Thanks to Paramount Pictures Australia, This Is Film has 5…

July 4, 2018

Given the core-shaking reaction evoked from THAT finale sequence in Avengers: Infinity War, you’d be forgiven for letting it slip…

March 8, 2018

Depending how you look at it, 12 Strong‘s insistence on bypassing the usual heavy-handed political messages and overt emotional punches…