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Stephen Finlay

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Writer for Movie Babble and Journalism & Media graduate from Dublin Business School, Ireland. Interests of all things entertainment such as film, TV, gaming, books, podcasts and combat sports. Follow me on Twitter @Stephen_Finlay !

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    Why The Gangster Sub-Genre Just Isn’t As Relevant Today

    by Stephen Finlay August 19, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay August 19, 2018

    The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking relatively fast but also plateauing in equal measure. It laid …

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    Top 10 Best Tom Hardy Performances

    by Stephen Finlay July 17, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay July 17, 2018

    Tom Hardy. What exactly do we think of him? Well, love him or hate him (and evidently, not many seem to dislike him), and without personally fawning over his talents too much, a series of …

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    Can ‘IT: Chapter 2’ Really Succeed As Good As The First?

    by Stephen Finlay July 2, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay July 2, 2018

    Andres Muschietti’s record-breaking It (2017) had an impressive impact on audiences and critics just less than a year ago. Arguably so, the Stephen King adaptation glued itself quite closely to the 1986 novel and achieved …

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    Is A Quiet Place Tackling a Much Broader Political Plight?

    by Stephen Finlay June 2, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay June 2, 2018

    I know what you’re thinking: another ideologue scraping the bottom of the barrel for any excuse to politically vent. This sentiment, I assure you, on how I perceive A Quiet Place isn’t politically or ideologically motivated …

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    18 Pet Peeves in Movies

    by Stephen Finlay May 28, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay May 28, 2018

    So, before we dive straight into this comprised catalogue of movie gripes, let’s just clarify something: this list is an irreverent inspection that includes examples from movies that are not necessarily bad nor good. Over …

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    Top 10 Best Boxing Movies of All-Time

    by Stephen Finlay May 15, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay May 15, 2018

    The gruelling sport of boxing has given us a library of true stories revolved around the sweet science. As well as that, the sheer impossibility of such a tough, damaging game has inspired many fictional narratives. …

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    Film Review – Best F(r)iends: Volume One (2018)

    by Stephen Finlay May 7, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay May 7, 2018

    The general consensus of viewers that have seen Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic, The Room, may typically mark it as an artistic career death. But after its exponential climb in pop culture over the past 15 …

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    In a Time When Avengers Infinity War is on The Horizon, How Criminally Forgotten is Spider-Man 2?

    by Stephen Finlay April 15, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay April 15, 2018

    For the past 10 years, the MCU has been a meticulously crafted vehicle in Hollywood. It virtually has little to no competition. In other words, it’s the Thanos of cinema right now. Each new iteration …

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    Does The Resident Evil Themed Short Film, Dave, Share The Same Universe As Netflix’s The Open House?

    by Stephen Finlay April 10, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay April 10, 2018

    Before I go deeper down this rabbit hole, let me clarify: the question in the title almost doesn’t make sense. The scrapped Resident Evil: Arklay TV show is an aborted series that doesn’t exist. So, …

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    Film Review – You Were Never Really Here (2018)

    by Stephen Finlay March 27, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay March 27, 2018

    If you thought We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) was a dark undertaking, Lynne Ramsay‘s latest feature, You Were Never Really Here, socks you in the nether regions — searing a painful brand of, …

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    Why The Room/The Disaster Artist is a Sad But Triumphant Study of Loneliness

    by Stephen Finlay March 23, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay March 23, 2018

    The Room. Gosh, where do you begin with this colossal disasterpiece? How could you approach such a monumentally laughed at film with such sincerity and reverence? And how in God’s creation did a man none …

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    Is It Really All That Surprising How Audiences Never Quite Latched Onto Blade Runner 2049?

    by Stephen Finlay March 17, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay March 17, 2018

    It’s been a stagnant five to six months since the release of Denis Villeneuve‘s Blade Runner 2049. It’s quite evident that its impact has only reached a small esoteric union of film fans. It hurts …

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    Jigsaw from the ‘Saw’ Franchise is a More Complex Horror Villain Than We Think

    by Stephen Finlay March 16, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay March 16, 2018

    Want to play a game? Every time I hear that harmless and inviting question I automatically think of one of the most gruesomely cruel, disturbing and repulsive film series of the last decade: Saw. Abreast …

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