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Movie Review – Wish (2023)

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Wish, 2023. Directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn. Featuring the voice talents of Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama, Harvey Guillén, Niko Vargas, Ramy Youssef, Evan Peters, Jon Rudnitsky, and Della Saba. SYNOPSIS: Wish will follow a young girl named Asha who wishes on a star […]

Movie Review – Heir of the Witch (2023)

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Heir of the Witch, 2023. Directed by Victoria U Bell. Starring Victoria U Bell, Ben Holtzmuller, Deanna Rashell, Lorayn DeLuca, and Julian Brittano. SYNOPSIS: A seamstress is haunted by a family curse whilst trying to fit in with her high society friends. In Heir of the Witch – the directorial debut of actor/writer/producer Victoria U […]

Slow Horses Season 3 Episodes 1 & 2 Review

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Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Slow Horses season 3… Slow Horses has been one of Apple TV+’s biggest hits over the course of its two seasons. It is an immaculate translation of Mick Herron’s source material with foul-mouthed Gary Oldman heading up a set of disgraced MI5 agents. The latest season is […]

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, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Burić, Henrik Dorsin, Iris Berben, Sunnyi Melles, Dolly de Leon, Vicki Berlin, Oliver Ford Davies, Jean-Christophe Folly, Amanda Walker, Hanna Oldenburg, Malte Gårdinger, Linda Anborg, Carolina Gynning, Arvin Kananian, Camilla Läckberg, Beata Borelius, Shaniaz Hama Ali, Ralph […]

Movie Review – The Lake (2023)

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The Lake, 2023. Directed by Lee Thongkham Starring Sushar Manaying, Teerapat Satjakul, Vithaya Pansringarm, Wanmai Chatborrirak, and Lamyai Haithongkham SYNOPSIS: A gigantic and bloodthirsty monster emerges from a lake after its egg is stolen and unleashes its fury on a town’s inhabitants, leaving a trail of destruction and death in its wake. The town of […]

Movie Review – Napoleon (2023)

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Napoleon, 2023. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, John Hollingworth, Youssef Kerkour, Davide Tucci, Edouard Philipponnat, Ludivine Sagnier, Matthew Needham, Erin Ainsworth, Thom Ashley, Anna Mawn, Gavin Spokes, and Jonathan Barnwell. SYNOPSIS: An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey […]

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Episodes 1 and 2 Review

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Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters…. Beginning in 2014 with Godzilla through to its most recent entry, 2021’s Godzilla vs Kong, the MonsterVerse franchise has now set its sights on the small screen with Apple TV+’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. The series fills in some of the blanks for […]

Movie Review – Rustin (2023)

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Rustin, 2023. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Bill Irwin, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Gus Halper, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Johnny Ramey, Carra Patterson, Adrienne Warren, Audra McDonald, Daniel Johnson, John Barnes, Jules Latimer, Cotter Smith, Lilli Kay, Jeffrey Wright, and Adams Bellouis. SYNOPSIS: Gay civil […]

Movie Review – Thanksgiving (2023)

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Thanksgiving, 2023. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim, Addison Rae, Nell Verlaque, Karen Cliche, Jenna Warren, Mika Amonsen, Tim Dillon, Chris Sandiford, Tomaso Sanelli, Jeff Teravainen, Jordan Poole, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Amanda Barker, Joseph Claude Dubois, and Russell Yuen. SYNOPSIS: After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, […]

Movie Review – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, 2023. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Josh Andrés Rivera, Fionnula Flanagan, Isobel Jesper Jones, Ashley Liao, Jerome Lance, Knox Gibson, Mackenzie Lansing, Aamer Husain, Nick Benson, Lilly Cooper, Luna Steeples, Hiroki Berrecloth, Max Raphael, […]