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Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘eXit strategy’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… Marvel’s The Gifted hasn’t been one to shy away from politics but in ‘eXit strategy’ it’s the politics of war that are in the forefront, with multiple characters questioning whether their actions can be forgiven by the constraints of wartime. The primary mission this episode is to save Polaris […]

Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘eXodus’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the third episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… Next to the first two episodes, ‘eXodus’ is a quieter hour of TV, but it isn’t without its moments. Discouraged by the Mutant Underground from calling on her connections, Kate sneaks out to her brother, Danny’s, for news about Reed. Lauren and Andy decide to tag […]

Toronto After Dark Film Festival Review – Rabbit (2017)

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Rabbit, 2017. Written and Directed by Luke Shanahan. Starring Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Jonny Pasvolsky, and Veerle Baetens. SYNOPSIS: A year after Maude’s twin sister goes missing, Maude goes looking for Cleo, believing her dreams are the key to bringing her sister back home. This month special screenings of Psycho will run in theaters for […]

Thrill Ride trailer lives up to the hype of its name

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Cinema loves movies that feature children. It is a more recent example but numerous films, from Hocus Pocus to The Monster Squad, speak to the pull of this tradition. Thrill Ride promises to be a great addition and is the debut feature of Mason’s Movies. Mixing a treasure hunt set at an amusement park with a legend about a sea witch, Thrill Ride appeals […]

Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘rX’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the second episode of  Marvel’s The Gifted… Overextended from creating a portal escape from Sentinel Services, Blink is sick and causing rogue portals to open at Mutant Underground headquarters. At risk of compromising their location, and dying if she doesn’t get medical attention, Eclipse and Kate go to steal medicine while Lauren […]

The Gifted Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘eXposed’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the series premiere of The Gifted… To be honest, knowing nothing about the X-Men besides Legion (and that show’s not exactly training wheels), Stephen Moyer and, even more so, Amy Acker were my first reasons to watch The Gifted. Then came Jamie Chung, and her solid guest arc on Gotham; Emma Dumont, who falls under the […]

Movie Review – Let Me Go (2017)

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Let Me Go, 2017. Written and Directed by Polly Steele. Starring Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton, and Karin Bertling. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, family secrets have a rolling impact on four generations of women when Helga (Juliet Stevenson) learns that her mother, Traudi (Karin Bertling), is dying. Before watching Let Me Go I Googled […]

Comic Book Reviews – The Waterbringer and The Shattered

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first two Eimurian Tales… There’s a certain pleasure to going into a series blind and M.D. Penman’s Eimurian Tales are exactly what you hope to uncover. A dark fantasy web-comic, the first two volumes standalone but leave an opening for the stories to intersect down the line.ar Penman is their writer, artist, […]

Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 16 Review

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the sixteenth episode of Twin Peaks season 3… Well, they did it. David Lynch and Mark Frost did it. Somehow they lasted sixteen episodes before bringing back Dale Cooper, and his first line isn’t anything to do with coffee or cherry pie, but Mike saying, “You are awake,” and Cooper replying, “100%.” He’s […]