Category: Review
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Seven Best Films to Watch on TV This Week
– The Radleys – by Simon Wardell | The Guardian | October 11, 2024 A Whitby family’s dull life is thrown out of joint when the daughter fatally bites a would-be rapist. It turns out they are all vampires, albeit abstaining ones. Damian Lewis plays the father, whose pleasure-seeking twin brother (Lewis again) turns up to sort…
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The Radleys Review
– Love, Addiction and Choices – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | October 8, 2024 “The comedic premise of the film is that this family is living this dull, suburban life, and they’ve got a big secret, and no one knows what it is until this event happens in the film. And…
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Bobby Axelrod’s Out For Blood
– Vampire Movie is a Fan Favorite – by Rupali Manohar Chauhan | MEAWW | October 8, 2024 Vampire movies have been a fan favorite for decades, and when a touch of comedy is added to it, they deliver a unique blend of dark humor, which is precisely what The Radleys delivers successfully. What sets…
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The Radleys Review: Your New Favorite Vampire Family Has Come to Play
– Lewis Steals Every Single Scene He’s In – by Maggie Boccella | Collider | September 30, 2024 Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you that I’m a certified vampire obsessive. I’ve seen just about every vampire movie out there, from Nosferatu to What We Do in the Shadows and back, and even have a tattoo…
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The Radleys Movie Review: A Wickedly Witty and Subversive Antidote to Conventional Vampire Motifs
– Lewis is a Standout in His Dual Role – by Ashley Northey | Cinema Chords | September 30, 2024 The Radleys punctures the pretensions of the age-old vampire narrative by infusing it with a biting suburban satire, transforming the notion of bloodsucking creatures into a commentary on addiction, repression, alienation, and hidden family secrets. Directed…
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The Radleys Movie Review: Meet the Fang-ily
– Lewis’ Dual Role is Excellently Dynamic – by Claire Fulton | Loud and Clear | September 30, 2024 3 and half stars out of 4 Euros Lyn’s The Radleys is a fun vampiric horror-comedy that balances its laughs with tension but does try to do a little too much overall. Vampirism is often the shorthand through which…
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The Radleys Review
– Lewis is Excellent in His Dual Roles – by Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | September 30, 2024 Based on Matt Haig’s 2010 young adult novel, The Radleys feels like the pilot episode of a television series I would watch. Akin to HBO’s True Blood, albeit set in England instead of Louisiana, it’s a mostly sexless, Picket…
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EIFF 2024 Review: The Radleys
“A genuinely enjoyable entry in the vampire genre.” by Joe Gordon | Live For Film | August 26, 2024 I was keen to see The Radleys, partly because it is based on a novel by the excellent Matt Haig, partly because I do love a good vampire flick (I am, dare I say it, a sucker…