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Quick Critique: Coast Road (REQUEST) + Bound to Work

A man reminisces of a time in the mid-90s when he was dragged on a trip at 14 years of age. His mom and a few other residents of his estate hired a bus to tour the coastal side of Cork. However tragedy strikes in the middle of the journey. This jovial trip suddenly turns sinister as the paranoid bus driver tries to figure out exactly who and what to trust on this journey.

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Quick Critique (REQUEST): The Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories

Seven former Trump supporters are interviewed about their experiences of disillusionment of the former US President and the backlash they faced for their change of heart. Joe Walsh is a Tea Party Republican, former US Congressman and talk radio host. Batya Goldberg is the former head of Brooklyn Teen Republicans Club. Chris Gibbs is a farmer and rural advocate. David Weissman is an army veteran and former right wing troll. Nathan Munson, and Ron and Cindi Hawthorne are Evangelical Christians.

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Micropubs – The New Local (REQUEST)

The Micropub is a one-room pub in vicinities less spacious than your traditional local. They have become more prominent in the UK due to an advantageous licensing law. Starting off over 15 years ago with The Butchers Arm, started and operated by Martyn Hillier, they have exploded in popularity in Kent and have started to gain traction in London.

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Big Trouble in Seattle (REQUEST)

Brittney (Emily Shuel) has been left traumatised after her mother (Angela DiMarco) is murdered by local Seattle gangster known as Mr. Big (Raz Mallard). She works with the police to get him arrested for murder, however the trial may be foiled by Mr. Big’s amoral attorney Geno (Sandra Scragg), who plans to frame Brittney and her friends. What can Brittney do to keep her friends safe and make sure Mr. Big stays locked up?

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Quick Critique (REQUEST): Making and Unmaking

Shaun Rose is an independent filmmaker located in New York. His film Upstate Story released on his YouTube channel in 2018 and has more recently seen awards success in festival runs. This documentary actually tracks back his process to 2012, before ever dreaming up Upstate Story (previously titled “I”) and talking about an ambitious (and since abandoned) project Dog Days.

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The Droving (2020)

Martin (Daniel Oldroyd) returns from military service in order to search for his missing sister Megan (Amy Tyger).

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Strummer (REQUESTED REVIEW)

Travis (Cody Clarke) is a directionless 20-something who fills his time on hook-up apps

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An Hour to Kill-Trailer Reaction (REQUEST)

Two assassins, Gio and Frankie (Aaron Guerrero and Frankie Pozos, respectively) are killing time waiting for their next assignment.

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Quick Critique-Hex (REQUEST)

Two soldiers on the opposing side of the English Civil War get lost in a forest at the tail end of an ugly battle that leaves the two of them the lone survivors.

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Quick Critique: Notes On A Disaster, Episode 1 “The Beard”

Trevor Thomas (Dylan Mangan) and Peter Ryan (Simon McKeon) are awaiting to hear if their pitch for a film Notes On A Disaster is picked by their film production class.