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Aaron Carruthers
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TV Production/ Film Journalist/Author/Podcast Contributor. I'd like to connect with fellow TV/Film professionals/academics/Journalists/Movie Geeks.
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I interview #actor @caspervandien about his #2025 released #scifi movie #monstersofcalifornia available now on #digital we also discuss #marvel #tarzan #starshiptroopers #fanconventions and #patrickbateman @aim_publicity

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Casper Van Dien Talks Monsters of California, UFOs, and Why He Loves Comic Cons
As part of the UK digital release of Monsters of California — a teen sci-fi adventure that feels straight out of the 1980s — I caught up with Starship Troopers legend Casper Van Dien. We chatted ab…
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November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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I interview #alexcox about his love of #movies #moviedrome #bbc #robocop #spagettiwesterns and #cultcinema as part of this years @britishfilminstitute #celebration of #moviedrome he hosted

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Alex Cox on Moviedrome, Cult Cinema, and the State of Modern Film
From punk westerns to BBC cult classics, filmmaker Alex Cox has always gone his own way. The Repo Man and Sid and Nancy director talks about his time hosting Moviedrome, why Hollywood has lost its …
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I interview #belgein #filmdirector #harrykümel about the release of his classic #horrorfilms #daughtersofdarkness & #malpertuis available now on #bluray from @radiance.films @aim_publicity
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Harry Kumel Director Daughters of Darkness and Malpertuis Interview
Few European filmmakers have cast such a hypnotic spell over cult cinema as Harry Kümel. Best known for the gothic sensuality of Daughters of Darkness (1971) and the surreal, baroque nightmare of M…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I interview #writer #director @marquand.james about his #ww2 #drama #thepartisan starring #morganepolanski and @malcolm_mcdowell available from #october 27th from @highfliersfilms on #dvd & #digital @aim_publcity #Liverpool
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Interview: Director James Marquand on The Partisan
Director James Marquand’s latest film, the WWII drama The Partisan — starring Morgan Polanski and Malcolm McDowell — arrives on Digital and DVD from High Fliers Films on October 27th, 2025. We spok…
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October 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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I interview the multi talented #actor #terrystone about #badboy a #documentary he directed available now on #digital #platforms from @miraclemedia_uk @aim_publicity #jeremybailey #danawhite #mma #riseofthefootsoldier #film #podcasting #bobhoskins

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Interview: Terry Stone on Bad Boy — The Story of MMA Fighter Jeremy “Bad Boy” Bailey
I had the opportunity to chat with British actor, producer, author, podcaster, club promoter, and now co-director of the documentary Bad Boy, which tells the story of MMA fighter Jeremy “Bad Boy” B…
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October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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I review the #1938 #prewar #french #drama #portofshadows available now on #bluray and #dvd from @studiocanaluk

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Port of Shadows – Studio Canal 4-Star Blu-ray Review
Marcel Carné’s 1938 classic Le Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) tells the story of an army deserter, played by Jean Gabin, who makes his way to the mist-shrouded port of Le Havre — a place that se…
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October 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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I review the #1981 #jeanjaquesbeineix directed #french #thriller #divã starring #dominicpinon available now on #4k and #bluray from @studiocanaluk

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Diva (4K/Blu-ray) – Three-Star Review
Diva (1981), directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, stars Frédéric Andréi as Jules, a young Parisian postman and devoted opera enthusiast obsessed with Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Fernandez), an Americ…
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October 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I review the #1964 #drama #onepotatotwopotato available to buy on #bluray and #dvd from @studiocanaluk now

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One Potato, Two Potato – StudioCanal Three-Star Blu-ray Review
One Potato, Two Potato tells the story of Julie Cullen Richards (Barbara Barrie), a young white woman living in a small Ohio town who falls in love with and marries Frank Richards (Bernie Hamilton)…
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October 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I review the #limitededition #4k #bluray from @secondsightfilmsofficial of the #seanbaker directed #drama #thefloridaproject starring #oscarnominated #willemdafoe available to buy now @aim_publicity
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The Florida Project Four Star Second Sight 4K/Blu Ray Review
The sixth feature film from writer/director Sean Baker stars Brooklynn Prince as Moonee, a young girl who spends her endless summer days playing, exploring, and occasionally causing mischief with o…
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October 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I review the @101filmsuk #bluray release of the #British #microbudget #horrorfilm #helloweenmovie from @shogunfilms @aim_publicity available now

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Helloween – Three Star 101 Films Blu-ray Review
Helloween stars Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott as Dr. Ellen Marks, a psychiatrist at a high-security psychiatric hospital who cares for Carl Cane (Ronan Summers), a notorious child serial killer who may—…
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October 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I review the #jamesmarquand #ww2 #drama #thepartisan starring #morganepolanski #malcolmmcdowell in uk #cinemas now and #digital #dvd releases from October 27th #2025 @aim_publicity @highfliersfilms

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The Partisan Three-Star Cinema Release Review
The WWII movie genre has long been a canvas for filmmakers to tell the stories of the sacrifices made by the greatest generation in the face of Fascism in Nazi-occupied Europe. The Partisan offers …
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October 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I interview #writer #director @philclaydon1976 about his upcoming #British #horrorfilm #helloween starring #michaelpare available on #digital platforms now and #bluray from @101filmsuk on October 13th @aim_publicity #horrormovie #clowns

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Phil Claydon Writer/Director Helloween Interview
In this article I had the opportunity to have a chat with the multi talented British film director to help promote his upcoming micro budget horror movie Helloween starring Micheal Pare,Ronan Summe…
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September 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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I review the @britishfilminstitute #4k #bluray of the #wernerherzog remake #nosferatuthevampyre starring #brunoganz #isabelleadjani and #klauskinski available to buy September 22nd #2025 #german #horrorfilm

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Nosferatu BFI 4K/Blu Ray Five-Star Review
Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979) directed by Werner Herzog is a retelling of the F.W Murnau’s 1922 silent film classic Bruno Ganz’s Jonathan Harker is sent to deepest darkest Transylvania to sell a pro…
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September 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I review the #1967 @studiocanaluk #4k #specialedition #rerelease of the #mikenichols directed #dramedy #thegraduate available now #mrsrobinson #dustinhoffman #annebancroft #katherineross #simonandgarfunkel
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The Graduate Four Star 4K/Blu Ray Studio Canal Review
In 1967, the following amazing movies were released: Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen, In the Heat Of The Night, Bonnie & Clyde, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly & the Mike Nichols-directed T…
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September 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I review the #4k #bluray @studiocanaluk release of the 1951 #ealingcomedy #classic #themaninthewhitesuit starring #alecguinness available to purchase from September 15th 2025
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The Man In The White Suit Studio Canal Four Star 4K/Blu Ray Review
1951’s The Man In The White Suit is based on Roger MacDougall’s unproduced play, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, and stars Alec Guinness as the odd Chemist Sidney Stratton, who, to get any…
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September 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I review the @britishfilminstitute #bluray #rerelease of the 1925 #sergeieisenstein #battleshippotemkin with music from #petshopboys available to buy from September 8th 2025
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Battleship Potemkin Five-Star BFI Blu-Ray Review
The oldest film that I’ve reviewed on here, the BFI is releasing the Sergei Eisenstein directed influential silent movie Battleship Potemkin on Blu Ray for its 100th anniversary, scored to the musi…
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September 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I review the #2011 #ghoststory #theinnkeepers directed by #tiwest starring #sarahpaxton #pathealy & #kellymcgillis available on #4k #bluray #specialedition from @secondsightfilmsofficial now @aim_publicity #horrorfilm

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The Innkeeper’s Second Sight 4k/Blu-ray Three-Star Review
The latest Ti West directed horror film to receive the Second Sight special edition treatment is the fourth movie, 2011’s The Innkeepers, which stars Sarah Paxton as college dropout Claire & Pa…
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September 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I interview @redsonjaofficial director #mjbassett available on #digital now and #dvd & #bluray on September 8th #2025 distributed by @signatureentertainmentuk #robertehoward
#conanthebarbarian #fantasymovies #swordandsorcery

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MJ Bassett Red Sonja Director Interview
I had the opportunity to talk to British Film and Television director MJ Bassett about her upcoming movie Red Sonja starring Melinda Lutz which is available to watch on various platforms now we dis…
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September 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I interview #montypythonandtheholygrail #xtro #producer #markforstater for the release of the @severinfilms #bluray #theoddjob starring #grahamchapman and #davidjason available now @aim_publicity #comedy #scifi #horror
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Mark Forstater The Odd Job Film Producer Interview
I had the opportunity to interview the American-born film producer Mark Forstater, who began his decades-long career working on 1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which led to another collabor…
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September 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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I review the #1994 #newyork #urban #drama #fresh directed by #boazyakin starring #samuelljackson #giancarloesposito available on #digital and #bluray now from @studiocanaluk @fetchpublicity aaroncarruthers85.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/f...
Fresh Studio Canal Four Star Blu Review
The first feature for writer/director Boaz Yakin Fresh (1994) stars Sean Nelson in his first leading role as a 14 year old Brooklyn kid who while isn’t dealing with issues at home he’s working for …
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August 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I review the #70s #British #crimedrama #thesweeney #series2 starring #johnthaw and #denniswaterman available on #bluray & #digital from #september 1st 2025 #shootouts #carchases @fetchpublicity aaroncarruthers85.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/t...
The Sweeney Season 2 Four-Star Blu-ray Review
A few months after the release of series one of the classic 70’s British Cop series The Sweeney, created by Ian Kennedy Smith, returns in a 13-episode ten hour Blu-ray set with a decent crop of ext…
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August 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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I review the #1963 #petersellers starring #heavensabove available to buy on #bluray #dvd and #digital from @studiocanaluk now #British #satire #rocket #spacerace

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Heaven’s Above Three Star Studio Canal Blu-ray Review
The third movie collaboration between Peter Sellers and the Boulting Brothers, Heaven’s Above, has the future Pink Panther actor as Prison Chaplain John Smallwood, who, due to an administrative err…
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August 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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I review for @filmcollectscot the @studiocanaluk release of the #1960 #British #comedy #twowaystretch starring #petersellers #lionaljefferies and #bernardcribbins available on #bluray #digital and #dvd now

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Two Way Stretch Studio Canal Four Star Blu Ray Review
Two Way Stretch (1960) directed by Robert Day is a prison-set comedy starring Sellers as Dodger Lane who has been living the life of Reilly in a cell with his two mates safecracker Jelly Knight (Da…
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August 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I review the @amcplus #tvdrama #mayfairwitches #season2 available on #digital #dvd and #bluray now #annerice #witchcraft #horror #Scotland #neworleans #southerngothic @aim_publicity
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Mayfair Witches Season 2 Three-Star Blu-ray Review
The second season of the AMC adaptation of Anne Rice’s Lives Of The Mayfair Witches novel trilogy Alexandra Daddario returns as Rowan Mayfair, the head of the family living in the First Stree…
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August 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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I review the #1978 #britishcomedy #theoddjob starring #grahamchapman and #davidjason available to buy worldwide on #bluray from @severinfilms now #montypython #onlyfoolsandhorses @aim_publicity aaroncarruthers85.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/t...
The Odd Job Severin Films Blu-ray Three Star Review
The rarely seen 1978 Peter Medak British Comedy The Odd Job stars Monty Python’s Graham Chapman as Arthur, a middle-class man, who returns to his posh flat to discover his wife, Fiona, played by Di…
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August 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM