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Movie Review – Tom & Jerry: The Movie (2021)

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Tom & Jerry: The Movie, 2021. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Tom, Jerry, Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Ken Jeong, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney, Christina Chong, Pallavi Sharda, Brian Stepanek, Camilla Arfwedson, Jordan Bolger, Daniel Adegboyega, Bobby Cannavale, Nicky Jam, Joey Wells, Harry Ratchford, Will ‘Spank’ Horton, Na’im Lynn, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and […]

2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Return: Life After ISIS

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The Return: Life After ISIS, 2021. Directed by Alba Sotorra Clua. SYNOPSIS: Shamima Begum and Hoda Muthana made worldwide headlines when they left their countries as teenagers to join ISIS. Now they want to return but their countries don’t want them back. Alba Sotorra Clua’s new documentary tackles a highly contentious, emotionally charged subject with […]

Hulu Review – Into The Dark Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews season 2 of Hulu’s Into The Dark… Most horror anthologies are two a penny these days. They take a tired and tested approach to content, which is both overly familiar and closer to caricature than pastiche. Hulu, who are the network behind Into The Dark, have done their best to deviate from this […]

Movie Review – Stray (2020)

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Stray, 2020. Directed by Elizabeth Lo. Featuring Zeytin, Nazar, and Kartal. SYNOPSIS: Filmed over a two year period, Elizbeth Lo’s shaggy dog story chronicles the life of Zeytin, a stray dog navigating the trials of life thrown at her on the streets of Istanbul. Disney’s 1963 live-action classic, The Incredible Journey, 80s TV treat The […]

2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – We Are As Gods

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We Are As Gods, 2021. Directed by Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado. Starring Stewart Brand. SYNOPSIS: Stewart Brand, the pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism now urges people to use our god-like powers to fight extinction by reviving lost species. What seemingly begins as a standard-yet-compelling profile of futurist Stuart Brand soon enough […]

Movie Review – Silk Road (2021)

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Silk Road, 2021. Written and directed by Tiller Russell.Starring Nick Robinson, Jason Clarke, Jimmi Simpson, Katie Aselton, Alexandra Shipp, Daniel David Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson and Lexi Rabe. SYNOPSIS: Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down. Silk Road […]

Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)

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Ammonite, 2020. Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, Fiona Shaw, James McArdle, Claire Rushbrook, Alec Secareanu and Sam Parks. SYNOPSIS: Fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) is the foremost expert in her field. Living and working in Lyme Regis during the 1800s, her world is turned upside down by the […]

Comic Book Review – Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #1… When I see the name Mike Mignola on a comic I am very much excited, but also anxious and worried. The mix of emotions is usually because I discovered the joys of his stories later in life, which in turn makes me worried that I need […]

2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Ludi

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Ludi, 2021. Co-written and directed by Edson Jean. Starring Shein Mompremier, Alan Myles Heyman, Madelin Marchant, Success St. Fleur Jr., Kerline Alce, Plus Pierre, Patrice DeGraff Arenas, and Farah Larrieux. SYNOPSIS: Ludi, a hardworking and exhausted nurse, battles coworkers, clients, and one impatient bus driver to learn her self-worth as she chases the American Dream […]