Sean Evans

Owner of Back to the Movies and Born in Stoke on Trent Sean Evans set up this website to talk about films the way you'd talk to your friends about them. No critics, just fans.

Sinister 2 – Review

There are very few horror locations able to live up to the unsettling air that surrounds the “little house on the prairie”. The claustrophobic density of trees engulfing a cabin in the woods is one thing but there’s nothing quite like the vast plains reaching out to horizon, impenetrable walls of crops for miles around…

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Ted 2 – Review

Ted is back in the sequel that no-one was particularly begging for, as its distinctly average figures at the US Box Office will attest. Sharing the meandering style of plot, Seth MacFarlane’s follow-up is even less consistent than its predecessor, weakly structured across nearly 2 hours of run time. To call the narrative “thin” is…

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The End of the Tour

The End of the Tour Review

The End of the Tour focuses on a long weekend in the life of deceased author David Foster Wallace, whose 1996 novel, Infinite Jest, became a literary sensation and cultural touchstone for an entire generation. Bolstered by two terrific performances by Jason Segel (as Wallace) and Jesse Eisenberg (as then Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky),…

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Tales of Halloween Review

Tales of Halloween is a 10 segment anthology directed by 11 of Horrors biggest filmmakers, including Neil Marshall (The Descent), Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III and IV), Lucky McKee (The Woman) and Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider!). Tales of Halloween all takes place in one suburban town, which in one frightful night consists of…

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Sicario – Review

As the lights dim and the journey begins the BBFC certificate warns that Sicario contains “images of dead bodies”. And they’re not lying. The opening scene sets the grisly tone for Denis Villeneuve’s cartel thriller with a precise execution, as an FBI Kidnap Response Team storm an Arizona bungalow and makes a chilling discovery. Leading…

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