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Movie Review – Surviving the Wild (2018)

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Surviving the Wild, 2018. Directed by Patrick Alessandrin. Starring Jon Voight, Jamie Kennedy, Vail Bloom, and Aidan Cullen. SYNOPSIS: After the death of his grandfather Shaun (Aidan Cullen) hikes into the mountains to escape his bickering parents followed by a benevolent guardian angel. With only a black Labrador for company Shaun soon discovers there are […]

Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘Demons, Sunday School, and Prime Numbers’

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Martin Carr reviews the eleventh episode of Young Sheldon… Having a sideswipe at organised religion is always going to make good television. Using an oblivious child genius as your mouthpiece takes that conceit and adds another string to its bow. Working that in alongside dice based role-playing games and outstanding character moments takes the original […]

Alan Silvestri’s Avengers Theme, and That Infinity War Trailer

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Matt Taylor on the music of Avengers: Infinity War trailer… On September 12, 2016, YouTube channel ‘Every Frame a Painting’ published a video entitled The Marvel Symphonic Universe. In it, channel creators Tony and Taylor interview members of the public around Vancouver, asking them to sing theme songs from famous movies, in particular the themes […]

Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘An Eagle Feather, A String Bean and an Eskimo’

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Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Young Sheldon… Growing pains, educational betterment and emotional quandaries frame this episode of Young Sheldon. Hinging on the opportunities of moving into a public school Sheldon gets his first taste of life beyond high school. What Chuck Lorre and his fellow showrunner focus on is the family dynamic, […]

Second Opinion – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2017. Written and Directed Martin McDonagh Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes. SYNOPSIS: Seven months after the disappearance, discovery and investigation of Angela Hayes nothing has been done. In a final effort to jump-start the local police her mother Mildred rents out Three […]

DVD Review – Leatherface (2017)

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Leatherface, 2017. Directed by Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury. Starring Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Coleman, James Bloor, Christopher Adamson, Jessica Madsen, and Dimo Alexiev. SYNOPSIS: Prequel to Tobe Hooper’s classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, detailing how demented killer Leatherface came to be… again. Of all the major horror franchises, […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Last Jedi crosses $1 billion, Rey’s parents update, New Trilogy to start shooting in June and more

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Your first edition of The Week in Star Wars has all the latest box office news for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a new set photo and character details for Solo: A Star Wars Story, a new rumour about Rian Johnson’s new trilogy and more… Let’s kick of 2018 with all the latest from the […]

Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘USS Callister’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s USS Callister… Some have called this the flagship episode of season four and it has many of the hallmarks you might expect. In Jesse Plemons and Jimmi Simpson we have Breaking Bad and House of Cards alumni doing the dramatic heavy lifting. Production wise Brooker’s world never looked so expansive, […]

Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘Arkangel’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Arkangel… Protecting your child or hindering their development both emotionally and psychologically are the stuff of adult counselling sessions. People pay good money to lay there, unburden themselves and seek solace from a professional practitioner of the mind. Any number of things can lead them to this type of solution, […]