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Movie Review – Black Adam (2022)

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Black Adam, 2022.Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, Viola Davis, Jennifer Holland, Mo Amer, Odelya Halevi, Patrick Sabongui, Jalon Christian, and Henry Winkler.SYNOPSIS:Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods and imprisoned just […]

Movie Review – Boy in the Corner (2022)

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Boy in the Corner, 2022. Directed by Joshy Lee. Starring Cyran Vergara, Victoria Shepherd, Akil Largie, Shaun Pelayo, Solly McLeod, Ewan Perry, Luka Arpino Pereira, and Jon-Paul Gates. SYNOPSIS: The backward system of society pushes another dream-filled boy to the curb, and with his aspiration suppressed, he is at risk of falling into the attractive […]

Blu-ray Review – The Usual Suspects (1995)

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The Usual Suspects, 1995.Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Spacey, Suzy Amis, Benicio del Toro, and Giancarlo Esposito.SYNOPSIS:Having languished for a long time on a not-so-great Blu-ray, The Usual Suspects appears on Blu-ray again with a fresh 4K master, a new bonus feature, and the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987.Directed by John Hughes. Starring Steve Martin, John Candy, Michael McKean, Laila Robins, Dylan Baker and Kevin Bacon.SYNOPSIS:Planes, Trains and Automobiles takes another spin on disc, this time in a 4K UltraHD edition that includes a Blu-ray with 75 minutes of newly found deleted footage. Paramount ported over the rest of […]

Video Game Review – The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

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Shaun Munro reviews The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me…The Dark Pictures Anthology wraps up its first season of interactive horror with The Devil in Me, which with the presence of Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley in the lead role – easily the series’ biggest Hollywood get to date – offers hope that Supermassive might finally […]

Movie Review – Bones and All (2022)

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Bones and All, 2022.Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny, André Holland, Francesca Scorsese, Jessica Harper, David Gordon Green, Jake Horowitz, Anna Cobb, and Kendle Coffey.SYNOPSIS:Abandoned by her father, a young woman named Maren embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America, where she meets […]

Movie Review – Disenchanted (2022)

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Disenchanted, 2022.Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Kolton Stewart, Oscar Nunez, Gabriella Baldacchino, Griffin Newman, Rachel Duff, Alan Tudyk, Brooke Josephson, and Eimear Morrissey.SYNOPSIS:Ten years after her happily ever after, Giselle questions her happiness, inadvertently turning the lives of those in […]

Video Game Review – The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

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Harrison Abbott reviews The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me…Annualization can be a double-edged sword when it comes to video games.On the one hand, churning out a new title every single 12 months like clockwork can entrench an IP in the public consciousnesses, as it has done for Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed and […]

Movie Review – She Said (2022)

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She Said, 2022.Directed by Maria Schrader. Starring Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Ehle, Adam Shapiro, Maren Heary, Sean Cullen, Anastasia Barzee, Keilly McQuail, Hilary Greer, Wesley Holloway, Emma Clare O’Connor, Justine Colan, Edward Astor Chin, Ashley Chiu, Zach Grenier, John Mazurek, Sarah Ann Masse, Maren Lord, Tom Pelphrey, Davram […]

Movie Review – The Last Manhunt (2022)

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The Last Manhunt. 2022Directed by Christian Camargo. Starring Jason Momoa, Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Lily Gladstone, Zahn McClarnon, Tantoo Cardinal, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes, Amy Seimetz, Mojean Aria, Christian Camargo, Jamie Sives, Justin Campbell, Tim Delano, and Charlie Brumbly.SYNOPSIS:Based on true events in the early 1900s Wild West, Willie Boy falls in love with […]