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Movie Review – Restore Point (2022)

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Restore Point, 2022 Directed by Robert Hloz Starring Andrea Mohylová, Matej Hádek, Milan Ondrík, Václav Neuzil, Karel Dobrý, and Jan Vlasák SYNOPSIS:  Set in central Europe in 2041, powerful technology allows people killed unnaturally to return to life via ‘restore points’ that back up brainwaves. This allows an ambitious young detective the chance to investigate […]

Movie Review – The Trouble With Jessica (2023)

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The Trouble With Jessica, 2023. Directed by Matt Winn. Starring Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams, Alan Tudyk, Indira Varma. SYNOPSIS: Sarah and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behavior of uninvited dinner guest, Jessica. The peculiarities of the British middle classes are laid bare in […]

Movie Review – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, 2024. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen, Rachel House, Mercy Cornwall, Ron Smyck, and Chantelle Jamieson. SYNOPSIS: Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to […]

Movie Review – Wicked Little Letters (2023)

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Wicked Little Letters, 2023. Directed by Thea Sharrock. Starring Olivia Colman, Jesse Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Timothy Spall, Malachi Kirby, and Eileen Atkins. SYNOPSIS:  When people in 1920’s Littlehampton begin to receive letters full of profanities, Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town’s women […]

X-Men ’97 Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Fire Made Flesh’

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Ricky Church reviews the third episode of X-Men ’97… Well, that was a trippy episode! X-Men ’97‘s ‘Fire Made Flesh’ was all over the place in the best ways as the team discovered the truth behind the mysterious other Jean Grey and one of their most dangerous enemies made a spectacular comeback. It showed the series, […]

Movie Review – The Sweet East (2023)

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The Sweet East, 2023. Directed by Sean Price Williams. Starring Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacob Elordi and Rish Shah. SYNOPSIS: A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her […]

Movie Review – Lousy Carter (2024)

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Lousy Carter, 2024. Written and Directed by Bob Byington. Starring David Krumholtz, Olivia Thirlby, Martin Starr, Stephen Root, Jocelyn DeBoer, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Macon Blair, Luxy Banner, Andrew Bujalski, and Mona Lee Fultz. SYNOPSIS: Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with […]

Movie Review – The Listener (2024)

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The Listener, 2024. Directed by Steve Buscemi. Starring Tessa Thompson, Logan Marshall-Green, Derek Cecil, Margaret Cho, Blu del Barrio, Ricky Velez, Alia Shawkat, Jamie Hector, Casey Wilson, Bobby Soto, Matt Van Orden, and Rebecca Hall. SYNOPSIS: Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding […]

Movie Review – Trader (2022)

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Trader, 2022 Directed by Corey Stanton. Starring Kimberly Sue-Murray, Shaun Benson, Stephen Bogaert SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious sociopath discovers a passion for stock market trading, they set out to overthrow the entire financial world, all from the confines of their basement apartment. The high-risk world of insider trading is compellingly brought out in Corey Stanton’s […]