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Blu-ray Review – This is GWAR (2021)

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This is GWAR, 2021. Directed by Scott Barber. Featuring Dave Brockie, Adam Green, Ethan Embry, Jon Freeman, Bob Gorman, and Bam Margera. SYNOPSIS: Documentary charting the history of shock metal group GWAR. GWAR are a heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, who have been peddling their shock metal wares to crowds of rabid fans since […]

Fantasia International Film Festival Review – The Phantom Detective (2016)

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The Phantom Detective. 2016 Directed by Jo Sung-Lee. Starring Lee Je-Hoon, Go Ara, Park Geun-Hyung, Roh Jeong-Eui and Kim Ha-Na. SYNOPSIS: Private detective HONG Gil-dong is seeking revenge for his mother who was murdered in front of him when he was a child. An investigation determines that the assailant is a man named Kim, but when […]

DVD Review – Ip Man 3 (2015)

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Ip Man 3, 2015. Directed by Wilson Yip. Starring Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Jin Zhang, Mike Tyson, Patrick Tam and Karena Ng. SYNOPSIS: Master Ip takes on a group of gangsters led by an unscrupulous property developer and hell bent on taking over the city. Director Wilson Yip’s Ip Man series finally draws to a […]

Star Wars: Andor Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Narkina 5’

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Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of Star Wars: Andor… After the cliffhanger ending of the previous episode and Cassian’s incarceration, Andor’s eighth episode, ‘Narkina 5′ sees many of the disparate story threads begin to convalesce as the Empire tightens its grip and we see wider signs of the fledgling rebel movement. This episode is […]

Midsommar (2019) – October Horrors 2022

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Midsommar, 2019. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional couple travel to Scandinavia with friends to take part in a midsummer festival which occurs every 90 years. Upon arrival however, their trip turns into something much more sinister. […]

Movie Review – The Good Nurse (2022)

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The Good Nurse, 2022.  Directed by Tobias Lindholm Starring Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Nnamdi Asomugha, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Malik Yoba, Alix West Lefler and Gabe Fazio SYNOPSIS: Amy (Jessica Chastain), a compassionate nurse and single mother struggling with a life-threatening heart condition, finds solace in the friendship of a new member of […]

Movie Review – Run Sweetheart Run (2022)

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Run Sweetheart Run, 2022. Directed by Shana Feste. Starring Ella Balinska, Pilou Asbæk, Lamar Johnson, Clark Gregg, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Betsy Brandt, Jess Gabor, Aml Ameen, Dayo Okeniyi, and Brandon Keener. SYNOPSIS: A woman tries to get home alive after her blind date turns violent. There is a genuinely frightening concept at the core of Run […]

Comic Book Review – James Bond Vol. 1: Vargr

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Tony Black reviews James Bond Vol. 1: Vargr…  After a mission of vengeance in Helsinki, James Bond returns to London and assumesthe workload of a fallen 00 Section agent. His new mission takes him to Berlin, presumably to break up an agile drug-trafficking operation. But Bond has no idea of the forces gathered in secret […]

Movie Review – The Childhood of a Leader (2015)

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The Childhood of a Leader,2015. Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Tom Sweet, Robert Pattinson and Stacy Martin. SYNOPSIS: Against the backdrop of the end of World War I, a young boy is growing up in a shabby mansion in the French countryside.  His American father is heavily involved in peace treaty […]