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Movie Review – Anything’s Possible (2022)

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Anything’s Possible, 2022. Directed by Billy Porter. Starring Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Courtnee Carter, Kelly Lamor Wilson, Grant Reynolds, Simone Joy Jones, Tordy Clark, Naveen Paddock, Caroline Travers, and Alec Ludacka. SYNOPSIS: A delightfully modern Gen Z coming-of-age story that follows Kelsa, a confident high school girl who is trans, as she […]

Movie Review – The Righteous (2021)

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The Righteous, 2021. Directed by Mark O’Brien. Starring Henry Czerny, Mark O’Brien, Mimi Kuzyk, Kate Corbett, Mayko Nguyen, and Nigel Bennett. SYNOPSIS: An ex-parishioner burdened with grief and grappling with faith, meets a strange youth with sinister intentions. I’ve always been a sucker for black-and-white films, and that curious affinity has only grown with the […]

Digital Review – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2022. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Rachel McAdams. SYNOPSIS: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, arrives on digital, with the 4K, Blu-ray and DVD editions slated […]

Movie Review – Alone Together (2022)

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Alone Together, 2022. Written and Directed by Katie Holmes. Starring Katie Holmes, Jim Sturgess, Derek Luke, Melissa Leo, Zosia Mamet, Luke Kirby, and Becky Ann Baker. SYNOPSIS: Two strangers embroiled in bad relationships wind up in the same upstate New York Airbnb. As two lockdown Airbnb strangers (June and Charlie, played by Katie Holmes and […]

4K Ultra HD Review – RoboCop (1987)

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RoboCop, 1987, Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. SYNOPSIS: Arrow has reissued their excellent two-disc RoboCop set on 4K, even going so far as to source new 4K scans of the trims that were added back in for the Director’s Cut (and originally […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: Robert Eggers’ latest tour de force, The Northman, arrives on 4K Ultra HD disc not long after its theatrical run. The film looks amazing in 4K, as you might imagine, and Universal […]

Movie Review – Happening (2021)

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Happening, 2021. Directed by Audrey Diwan. Starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire, Cyril Metzger, Anna Mouglalis, Fabrizio Rongione, Julien Frison, Alice de Lencquesaing, François Loriquet, Louise Chevillotte, Leonor Oberson, Louis Bédot, Isabelle Mazin, Eric Verdin, Édouard Sulpice, Leila Muse, and Madeleine Baudot. SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of Annie […]

Blu-ray Review – Treasure of the Ninja (1987)

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Treasure of the Ninja, 1987. Directed by William Lee. Starring William Lee, Gary Burton, John H. Howenstine, Constance Lester, Mark Ogden. SYNOPSIS: A secret agent trained in martial arts escorts a female scientist on a mission to find the fabled ninja treasure. When does a fan film become a ‘legitimate’ or ‘proper’ movie? When it […]

Movie Review – Persuasion (2022)

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Persuasion, 2022. Directed by Carrie Cracknell. Starring Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding, Cosmo Jarvis, Richard E. Grant, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Bailey-Smith, Izuka Hoyle, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Nia Towle, Edward Bluemel, Lydia Rose Bewley, Janet Henfrey, Agni Scott, Afolabi Alli, Stewart Scudamore, and Yolanda Kettle. SYNOPSIS: Eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry a dashing […]

Netflix Review – Resident Evil

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Shaun Munro reviews Netflix’s new live-action Resident Evil series… Despite being one of the most popular, iconic, and seemingly cinema-ready video game franchises there is, the track record of Resident Evil’s live-action adaptations to date is spotty-at-best, and that’s if we’re being really kind. Beyond Paul W.S. Anderson’s entertainingly campy 2002 movie, the Resident Evil […]