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Movie Review – The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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The Boy and the Heron, 2023. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring of the voice talents of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, and Yoshino Kimura. SYNOPSIS: Through encounters with his friends and uncle, The Boy and the Heron follows a teenage boy’s psychological development. He enters a magical world with a talking grey heron after finding […]

Movie Review – Freelance (2023)

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Freelance, 2023. Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, Alice Eve, Marton Csokas, Christian Slater, Julianne Arrieta, Molly McCann, Daniel Toro, Sebastian Eslava, and Roberto Cano. SYNOPSIS: An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but, a military coup breaks […]

Movie Review – Next Goal Wins (2023)

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Next Goal Wins, 2023. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House, Beulah Koale, Will Arnett, Elisabeth Moss, Uli Latukefu, Chris Alosio, Semu Filipo, Ioane Goodhue, Lehi Makisi Falepapalangi, Hio Pelesasa, Taika Waititi, Frankie Adams, Rhys Darby, Angus Sampson, Sisa Grey, Luke Hemsworth, Russell Satele, and Kaitlyn Dever. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – The Color Purple (2023)

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The Color Purple, 2023. Directed by Blitz Bazawule. Starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ciara, Louis Gossett Jr., David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Stephen Hill, Jon Batiste, Tiffany Elle Burgess, Aba Arthur, Terrence J. Smith, Tamela Mann, Adetinpo Thomas, Charles Green, […]

Movie Review – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, 2023. Directed by James Wan. Starring Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Randall Park, Temuera Morrison, Indya Moore, Pilou Asbæk, Jani Zhao, Vincent Regan, and Martin Short. SYNOPSIS: Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death and wielding the […]

Movie Review – Dream Scenario (2023)

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Dream Scenario, 2023. Written and Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. Starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Dylan Baker, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Lily Bird, Jessica Clement, Nicholas Braun, Jennifer Wigmore, Kate Berlant, Dylan Gelula, David Klein, Ben Caldwell, Agape Mngomezulu, Marnie McPhail, Star Slade, Noah Lamanna, Richard Jutras, Maev Beaty, Al Warren, Kaleb Horn, Philip van Martin, […]

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Episode 7 Review – ‘Will the Real May Please Stand Up?’

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Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters… After a double dose of Godzilla in the previous episode, episode seven of Monarch’s first season takes a more sedate pace with a more character-driven narrative. Initially seemingly unconnected to the larger series arc, it becomes clear it is all connected and it will […]

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Episode 6 Review – ‘Terrifying Miracles’

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Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters… After a couple of episodes entirely centred around the 2015 timeline of the show, episode sixgives us a sizable chunk of the mid 1950s and our younger versions of Lee Shaw, Bill Randa and Keiko Miura. The trio continue to investigate the Titans and […]

Movie Review – Saltburn (2023)

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Saltburn, 2023. Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell. Starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Paul Rhys, Ewan Mitchell, Reece Shearsmith, Lolly Adefope, Sadie Soverall, Millie Kent, Aleah Aberdeen, Julian Lloyd Patten, Olivia Hanrahan-Barnes, Richard Cotterell, Joshua Samuels, Will Gibson, Tomás Barry, Andy Brady, Saga Spjuth-Säll, […]