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4K Ultra HD Review – Silent Running (1972)

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Silent Running, 1972.Directed by Douglas Trumbull. Starring Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, and Jesse Vint.SYNOPSIS:Douglas Trumbull’s minor classic Silent Running is on disc again courtesy of Arrow Video, this time in a 4K Ultra HD edition that offers improved picture quality but the same extras as the Blu-ray they released two years ago.Arrow Video […]

Slow Horses Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘Drinking Games’

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Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Slow Horses season 2…After a solid opening two episodes to Slow Horses’ second season, the plot moves forward at a rapid pace in the aptly titled ‘Drinking Games’. Following his discovery at the conclusion of last week’s episode Min is taken by the Russians for a few drinks […]

Movie Review – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, 2022.Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson. Featuring the voice talents of Gregory Mann, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Ron Perlman, Finn Wolfhard, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, and Burn Gorman.SYNOPSIS:During the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life […]

Movie Review – Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

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Christmas Bloody Christmas, 2022.Directed by Joe Begos. Starring Riley Dandy, Sam Delich and Abraham Benrubi.SYNOPSIS:A robotic shopping mall Santa Claus comes to life and promptly embarks upon a Christmas Eve killing spree.Christmas and horror are excellent bedfellows, with the forced smiles of the festive season easily twisted into vile grimaces. If a time of year […]

Movie Review – Emancipation (2022)

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Emancipation, 2022.Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Steven Ogg, Gilbert Owuor, Mustafa Shakir, Grant Harvey, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Jayson Warner Smith, Jabbar Lewis, Michael Luwoye, Aaron Moten, Imani Pullum, Paul Ben-Victor, Jesse C. Boyd, David Denman, Jeremiah Friedlander, Jordyn McIntosh, Landon Chase Dubois, Austin Alexander, and Britton Webb.SYNOPSIS:A runaway slave […]

Movie Review – The Silent Twins (2022)

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The Silent Twins, 2022.Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Starring Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance, Jack Bandeira, Jordan J Gallagher, Julian R. Booth, Tony Richardson, Martin Hugh Henley, Leah Mondesir-Simmonds, Eva-Arianna Baxter, Nadine Marshall, Michael Smiley, Jodhi May, Kinga Preis, and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn.SYNOPSIS:Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up […]

Movie Review – A Love Song (2022)

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A Love Song, 2022.Written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman. Starring Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, John Way, and Marty Grace Dennis.SYNOPSIS:Two childhood sweethearts, both now widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains. A love story for those who are alone.It’s always tremendously rewarding to see a long-serving character […]

Movie Review – Corsage (2022)

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Corsage, 2022.Directed by Marie Kreutzer. Starring Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, and Colin Morgan.SYNOPSIS:A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts […]

Movie Review – Spoiler Alert (2022)

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Spoiler Alert, 2022.Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Josh Pais, Antoni Porowski, Nikki M. James, Jeffery Self, Tara Summers, Winslow Bright, Allegra Heart, Sadie Scott, Shunori Ramanathan, Kate Pittard, Christine Renee Miller, Erica Cho, David Marshall Grant, and Brody Caines.SYNOPSIS:The story of Michael Ausiello and Kit Cowan’s relationship […]