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Movie Review: Spider in the Attic (2021)

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Synopsis: With her true crime radio program losing ratings due to a new time slot, Linda Buxton seeks to save her job by re-inventing the program. She starts by visiting a remote home owned by a scientist reportedly conducting unethical genetic experiments started by the Nazis. When she and her daughters arrive at the house, they discover the scientist has been killed by deadly alien spiders. Who's in it? The movie stars Nicola Wright , Sarah Alexandra Marks , Danielle Scott , Chelsea Greenwood and Kate Sandison .  Review: My wife borrowed this movie from her brother several days ago and I was hesitant to watch it because it sounded a bit too much like every other killer spider movie we've seen. We finally got around to watching it yesterday evening and it turns out I was wrong, it was considerably worse than every other killer spider movie we've seen. This movie was so terrible, I'm not even sure where to begin. As I mentioned to my wife, it reminded me of a Doctor...

Movie Review: Dog Soldiers (2002)

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Synopsis: A squad of British soldiers are participating in a training mission in the Scottish Highlands when they encounter a pack of werewolves. Desperate to survive the night, they take refuge in a farmhouse in an effort to defend themselves against their supernatural assailants. Who's in it? The movie stars Sean Pertwee , Kevin McKidd , Emma Cleasby , Darren Morfitt and Liam Cunningham . Review: I have had other opportunities to watch this film in the past but pretty much found reasons to decline, mostly because werewolf movies rarely live up to the hype. However, I noticed Sean Pertwee was in it and, since I do like him on the show Gotham, I decided to give the film a try. Unfortunately, it just didn't win me over. I'll start out by saying there were a couple things I found I liked about this film. One of the big ones was it didn't make me wait an eternity before the action started. We got a brief introduction of the main characters and, a short time la...