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Movie Review – Mayday (2021)

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Mayday, 2021. Written and Directed by Karen Cinorre. Starring Grace Van Patten, Juliette Lewis, Mia Goth, SoKo, Théodore Pellerin, Havana Rose Liu, Frano Mašković, Hyoie O’Grady, Zlatko Burić, Nathaniel Allen, Adrian Pezdirc, and Francesco Piacentini-Smith. SYNOPSIS: Ana is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a […]

Marvel’s What If….? – Episode 8 Review

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Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Marvel’s What If….? That this episode postulates, hypothesises and blasts a hole in the hull of multiverses everywhere is enough to recommend it. That there is a seismic cameo prior to the credits running is perhaps another more important point to make. By tying elements from Age of […]

Movie Review – The Green Knight (2021)

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The Green Knight, 2021. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Sarita Choudhury, Ralph Ineson. SYNOPSIS: King Arthur’s nephew embarks on an epic quest to confront the Green Knight, an otherworldly creature who appears at Camelot. A good trailer that does what it’s supposed to, instead of […]

Movie Review – No Time to Die (2021)

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No Time to Die, 2021. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Starring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Billy Magnussen, Rory Kinnear, David Dencik, Brigitte Millar, Dali Benssalah, and Priyanga Burford. SYNOPSIS: James Bond has left active service. His peace is […]

Movie Review – Free Guy (2021)

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Free Guy, 2021. Directed by Shawn Levy. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Joe Keery, Taika Waititi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Camille Kostek, Kimberly Howe, Matty Cardarople, Ninja, Alex Trebek, Aaron W Reed, JackSepticeye, Pokimane, LazarBeam, David Morwick, and DanTDM. SYNOPSIS: A bank teller discovers that he’s actually an NPC inside a brutal, open-world video […]

Blu-ray Review – Legend (1985)

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Legend, 1985. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, and Cork Hubbert. SYNOPSIS: Fans of Ridley Scott’s Legend will want to get their hands on Arrow Video’s handsome new Blu-ray release as soon as they can. In addition to including the U.S. theatrical and director’s […]

Movie Review – Falling for Figaro (2021)

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Falling for Figaro, 2021. Directed by Ben Lewin. Starring Danielle Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Joanna Lumley, Rebecca Benson, Gary Lewis, Shazad Latif, Ian Hanmore, Bhav Joshi, Saskia Ashdown, Christina Bennington, Margaret Fraser, and Vanessa Borrini. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in […]

Movie Review – Gaia (2021)

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Gaia, 2021. Directed by Jaco Bouwer. Starring Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, and Anthony Oseyemi. SYNOPSIS: An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists whose devotion to the forest has nightmarish consequences. One of the stranger movies to have been screened at this year’s FrightFest, South African […]

Movie Review – Gaia (2021)

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Gaia, 2021. Directed by Jaco Bouwer. Starring Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, and Anthony Oseyemi. SYNOPSIS: An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest. […]

Marvel’s What If….? – Episode 7 Review

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s What If…? Aerial fist fights, global frat parties and an errant polar bear define this seventh foray into the animated world of What If…? Heading up a cast which includes Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings and Jeff Goldblum briefly, Marvel’s God of thunder makes quite the impression. A […]