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Movie Review – Heart of Stone (2023)

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Heart of Stone, 2023. Directed by Tom Harper. Starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sophie Okonedo, Archie Madekwe, Jing Lusi, Paul Ready, Jónas Alfreð Birkisson, Jon Kortajarena, Enzo Cilenti, Joe Reisig, Luca Fiamenghi, Ruth Keeling, Neran Persaud, Lanre Malaoulu, Uriel Emil, Allan Hyde, Diana Yekinni, Ndoye Bigue, Anna Andresen, BD Wong, Mark […]

Movie Review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Grace Edwards, Aristou Meehan, Sophia […]

Movie Review – Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)

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Red, White & Royal Blue, 2023. Directed by Matthew López. Starring Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Uma Thurman, Clifton Collins Jr., Rachel Hilson, Sarah Shahi, Donald Sage Mackay, Aneesh Sheth, Stephen Fry, Ellie Bamber, Thomas Flynn, Malcolm Atobrah, Akshay Khanna, Bridget Benstead, Gaia Mondadori, Jemma Redgrave, and Juan Castano. SYNOPSIS: When the son of the […]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 10 Review – ‘Hegemony’

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Chris Connor reviews the season 2 finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ second season sees a myriad of plot threads from across the two seasons come to a head as the crew of the Enterprise face off against the Gorn. The Gorn were a primary adversary in the season […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Inquisitor – Rise of the Red Blade

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Inquisitor – Rise of the Red Blade… By now in the Star Wars franchise we’ve seen several stories of various Jedi escaping death during the infamous Order 66, whether that’s from comics, Jedi: Fallen Order, the conclusion to The Clone Wars or The Bad Batch. However, it has been rare when we’ve seen a former […]

Movie Review – Aporia (2023)

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Aporia, 2023. Written and Directed by Jared Moshe. Starring Judy Greer, Edi Gathegi, Payman Maadi, Faithe Herman, Whitney Morgan Cox, Rachel Paulson, Lisa Linke, Adam O’Byrne, Dionne Audain, Veda Cienfuegos, Mann Alfonso, Grace Hinson, Jeffrey Sun, Elohim Nycalove, and Coel Mahal. SYNOPSIS: Since losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, […]

Movie Review – The Machine (2023)

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The Machine, 2023. Directed by Peter Atencio. Starring Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Nikola Đuričko, Iva Babić, Martyn Ford, Robert Maaser, Jess Gabor, Rita Bernard-Shaw, Nikola Djuricko, Oleg Taktarov, Amelie Child Villiers, Marko Nedeljkovic, Jovan Savic, and Aleksandar Sreckovic. SYNOPSIS: Bert’s drunken past catches up with him 20 years down the road […]

Movie Review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Written and Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Grace Edwards, Aristou […]

Movie Review – Meg 2: The Trench (2023)

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Meg 2: The Trench, 2023. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Shuya Sophia Cai, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy, Sienna Guillory, Melissanthi Mahut, Whoopie Van Raam, Kiran Sonia Sawar, and Felix Mayr. SYNOPSIS: A research team encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent […]

Movie Review – Joy Ride (2023)

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Joy Ride, 2023. Directed by Adele Lim. Starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, David Denman, Annie Mumolo, Chris Pang, Isla Rose Hall, Desmond Chiam, Alexander Hodge, Nicholas Carella, Debbie Fan, Victor Lau, Rohain Arora, Chloe Pun, Kenneth Liu, Brian Cyburt, Johnny Wu, and Daniel Dae Kim. SYNOPSIS: Follows four Asian-American friends as […]