<![CDATA[Stories by Cian McGrath on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@cianmcgrath99?source=rss-4bdd7799f8b4------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*kvVRHYGX0_s9ROVtvn600A.jpeg Stories by Cian McGrath on Medium https://medium.com/@cianmcgrath99?source=rss-4bdd7799f8b4------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 03:17:42 GMT <![CDATA[‘Street Fighter’ Is an Amusing, Over-Excited Adaptation Geared Towards Punchy Thrills]]>

The film adaptation of the uber-successful fighting game is rough around both the edges and centre, but knows how to entertain and charm

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The master horror director crafted the ultimate tribute to the genre central to his decades-long career in film

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The latest DC Studios’ film succeeds at body horror but fails at maintaining emotional investment

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]]> https://medium.com/theuglymonster/clayface-is-shapeless-in-more-ways-than-one-2ae292c84bc6?source=rss-4bdd7799f8b4------2 https://medium.com/p/2ae292c84bc6 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:15:46 GMT 2026-10-28T05:15:46.833Z <![CDATA[‘Cape Fear’ Is a Delightfully Trashy Southern Gothic Thriller]]>

Scorsese’s 1991 film is jittery with paranoia, with an antagonist who’s equal turns formidable, amusing, and charming

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A pseudo-documentary of a film crew of a team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies and dissidents across the desert…

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Richard Kelly’s emotionally charged portrait of adolescence and mental illness is a stirring fusion of Spielberg and Lynch’s sensibilities

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Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing a cult.

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This tortured portrait of a fraught mother-son relationship presents uncomfortable meditations on parenthood, complicity, and grief

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A reporter and a District Attorney help childhood friends who killed a sadistic guard.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/sleepers-an-uneven-but-haunting-tale-of-abuse-and-its-lingering-trauma-aaecbae50035?source=rss-4bdd7799f8b4------2 https://medium.com/p/aaecbae50035 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:11:08 GMT 2026-10-09T13:23:13.962Z <![CDATA[‘Digger’ Is an Insufferable Dissection of Moral Rot]]>

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest film is a smug dissection of ‘eat the rich’ films and the real-life moral decay inspiring them

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