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Movie Review – Being the Ricardos (2021)

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Being the Ricardos, 2021.Written and Directed by Aaron Sorkin. Starring Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Jake Lacy, Nina Arianda, Alia Shawkat, Linda Lavin, Clark Gregg, Tony Hale, Robert Pine, Ronny Cox, Nelson Franklin, Christopher Denham, John Rubinstein, Jonah Platt, Matt Cook, and Jamie Miller.SYNOPSIS:Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could […]

Video Review – The Tragedy of Macbeth haunts its way to one of 2021’s best films

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth…Joel Coen looks to enter the awards season with his most interesting film to date, The Tragedy of Macbeth. The powerhouse performances from Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, and the stellar Kathryn Hunter make this a must-see cinematic experience.Critic EJ Moreno calls this one of […]

Video Game Review – Solar Ash

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Shaun Munro reviews Solar Ash…Though there’s only one Shadow of the Colossus, countless indie actioners have tried to prove otherwise in recent years, taking Team Ico’s deliciously singular schematic – kill a series of epic bosses in a beautiful, mysterious land – and offering up their own twists.The latest is Solar Ash from Hyper Light Drifter developers […]

Movie Review – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 10th Anniversary 4K Restoration

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011.Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Kathy Burke, Ciaran Hinds, Simon McBurney and Roger Lloyd Pack.SYNOPSIS:There is a mole within the circus. Control (John Hurt) moves the pieces into play, but it falls to George Smiley […]

Movie Review – The Last Duel (2021)

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The Last Duel, 2021.Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Marton Csokas, Harriet Walter, Clare Dunne, Zeljko Ivanek, Nathaniel Parker, Michael McElhatton, Alex Lawther, Zoé Bruneau, Ian Pirie, William Houston, Sam Hazeldine, Brian F. Mulvey, Caoimhe O’Malley, Serena Kennedy, and Julian Firth.SYNOPSIS:King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de […]

Movie Review – Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)

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Texas Chainsaw 3D, 2013. Directed by John Luessenhop. Starring Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Tremaine Neverson, and Tania Raymonde.SYNOPSIS: Continuing directly from the original film, the local town folk deal with the Sawyer family, only for some unexpected truths to come back and haunt them years later.Completely ignoring the various sequels to the 1974 horror classic, […]

Video Review – Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a delight, even with its cringe story

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EJ Moreno offers up his take on Spielberg’s West Side Story…This holiday season, West Side Story is back in cinemas, and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is tackling the iconic musical. Can his stellar direction overcome the film’s profoundly flawed story? Spielberg sure tries to razzle-dazzle you enough to forget the horrid love story at the […]

Movie Review – 2050 (2019)

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2050, 2019.Directed by Princeton Holt. Starring Dean Cain, David Vaughn, Irina Abraham, Devin Fuller, Stormi Maya and Stefanie Bloom.SYNOPSIS:2050 tells the story of a married video game developer who is introduced to a warehouse that customizes androids for human companionship.If you have dumb questions about robots and a tenuous grasp of basic moral philosophy, have […]

Movie Review – Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021)

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Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins, 2021.Directed by Nick Nevern. Starring Vinnie Jones, Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Keith Allen, Billy Murray, Michelle Collins, Roland Manookian and P.H.Moriarty.SYNOPSIS:Here’s how it all began for Tony Tucker, Craig Rolfe and Pat Tate in the prequel that you’ve all been clamouring for.Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins is the fifth movie […]

Movie Review – Coven (2020)

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Coven. 2020.Directed by Margaret Malandruccolo. Starring Lizze Gordon, Margot Major, Adam Horner, Sofya Skya, Jocelyn Saenz, Miranda O’Hare, Jessica Louise Long, Sara Stretton, and Terri Ivens.SYNOPSIS:Five undergrad witches come together in order to perform a ritual to invoke the ancient powers of the witch Ashura. The leader of the coven gets carried away and accidentally […]