A Film For Friday

A Film For Friday: Thoroughbreds

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Thoroughbreds_(2017_film)From Wiki:

‘Thoroughbreds is a 2017 American black comedy thriller film[4] written and directed by Cory Finley, in his directorial debut. It stars Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks and Francie Swift. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017, and was released on March 9, 2018, by Focus Features and Universal Pictures.

The plot follows a high-school student, Lily (Taylor-Joy), and her sociopathic friend Amanda (Cooke) as they scheme to kill Lily’s stepfather, Mark (Sparks), via contract with a drug dealer (Yelchin). The film received positive reviews, holding an 86% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating “generally favorable reviews.’

 

A Film For Friday: Bad Day For The Cut

A Film For Friday, Bad Day For The Cut, BRIT GRIT, Bydgoszcz, Crime Fiction, Indie, Paul D Brazill

bad day for the cut

From Rotten Tomatoes:

‘In this witty and ultra-violent thriller, a mild-mannered farmer sets off on a bloody quest for vengeance after his elderly mother is murdered. As he tracks her killers through the criminal underworld of Belfast, he begins to realize that there was a darker side to his beloved mother–and to himself.’