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Movie Review – Polite Society (2023)

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Polite Society, 2023. Written and Directed by Nida Manzoor. Starring Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Shobu Kapoor, Ella Bruccoleri, Seraphina Beh, Shona Babayemi, Nimra Bucha, Jeff Mirza, Akshaye Khanna, Renu Brindle, Rekha John-Cheriyan, Sally Ann, Jenny Funnell, Sona Babayeva, Sophie Aisling, Su McLaughlin, Tia Dutt, and Eunice Huthart. SYNOPSIS: Ria Khan believes she must save her […]

Movie Review – Carmen (2023)

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Carmen, 2023. Directed by Benjamin Millepied. Starring Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma, Elsa Pataky, Nicole da Silva, Tara Morice, Benedict Hardie, Kaan Guldur, Pip Edwards, Nico Cortez, Kevin MacIsaac, Richard Brancatisano, Ryan Oliver Gelbart, Corey London, Alejandro Corsino, Marina Tamayo, and Sadie Thornton. SYNOPSIS: Benjamin Millepied’s complete reimagining of Carmen tells a story […]

Movie Review – Leon’s Fantasy Cut (2022)

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Leon’s Fantasy Cut, 2022. Written and Directed by Josh Caras and Jon Valde. Starring Josh Caras, Jon Valde, Ella Rae Peck, Paul Cooper, and Jonathan Gordon. SYNOPSIS: Two first generation Ukrainian-American brothers each on their own path towards their individual vision of the “American Dream”.  Premiering at The Brooklyn Film Festival last June, Leon’s Fantasy […]

Movie Review – Scream VI (2023)

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Scream VI, 2023. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Hayden Panettiere, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Segarra, Jack Champion, Liana Liberato, Skeet Ulrich, Devyn Nekoda, and Henry Czerny. SYNOPSIS: The four survivors of the Woodsboro tragedy head to New York to gain a fresh […]

Movie Review – Triangle of Sadness (2022)

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Triangle of Sadness, 2022. Written and Directed by Ruben Östlund. Starring Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly De Leon, Zlatko Burić, Woody Harrelson, Vicki Berlin, Iris Berben. SYNOPSIS: Celebrity model couple Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean) are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What […]

Video Game Review – Disney Speedstorm

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Harrison Abbott reviews Disney Speedstorm… Monetisation can be a touchy subject for gamers. Ever since the birth of this medium, shrewd businesspeople have been devising craftier and craftier ways to make our wallets that little bit lighter. In the late ‘70s, many arcade machines had their difficulty levels artificially inflated — so that they could […]

Succession Season 4 Episode 5 Review – ‘Kill List’

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Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Succession’s fourth and final season… After the previous couple of episodes focused on the shock reaction to Logan Roy’s death, episode five of Succession’s final season is built around the deal to sell Waystar Royco to Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) who summons the board and siblings to Norway […]

Movie Review – Ghosted (2023)

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Ghosted, 2023. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Adrien Brody, Mike Moh, Amy Sedaris, Tim Blake Nelson, Tate Donovan, Lizze Broadway, Marwan Kenzari, Anna Deavere Smith, Mustafa Shakir, and Tiya Sircar. SYNOPSIS: Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie, but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. […]

Movie Review – Sick of Myself (2022)

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Sick of Myself, 2022. Written & Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. Starring Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Fanny Vaager, and Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen. SYNOPSIS: Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend’s recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu […]