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Movie Review – Gold (2022)

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Gold, 2022.Directed by Anthony Hayes. Starring Zac Efron, Susie Porter, and Anthony Hayes.SYNOPSIS:In the not too distant future, a drifter (Zac Efron) travelling through the desert discovers the largest gold nugget ever found. He must guard it from thieves amid harsh conditions and wild dogs while waiting for his partner to return.Part of what makes […]

Movie Review – After Yang (2022)

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After Yang, 2022.Written and Directed by Kogonada. Starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Justin H. Min, Ritchie Coster, Sarita Choudhury, Clifton Collins Jr., Haley Lu Richardson, Orlagh Cassidy, Ava DeMary, Lee Wong, Brett Dier, and Eve Lindley.SYNOPSIS:When his young daughter’s beloved companion, an android named Yang malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to […]

Movie Review – Faya Dayi (2021)

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Faya Dayi, 2021.Written and directed by Jessica Beshir.SYNOPSIS:A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today.Jessica Beshir’s feature documentary debut certainly isn’t the liveliest sit to be sought out by inquisitive festival […]

Movie Review – Cinderella (2021)

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Cinderella, 2021.Written and Directed by Kay Cannon. Starring Camila Cabello, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Pierce Brosnan, Maddie Baillio, Charlotte Spencer, Minnie Driver, Missy Elliott, James Acaster, James Corden, Fra Fee, Nikkita Chadha, and Tallulah Greive.SYNOPSIS:A modern movie musical with a bold take on the classic fairy tale. Our ambitious heroine has big dreams […]

Movie Review – The Card Counter (2021)

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The Card Counter, 2021.Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Slaughter, Amye Gousset, Joel Michaely, Ekaterina Baker, and Alexander Babara.SYNOPSIS:Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter, a revenge thriller which tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the […]

The Umbrella Academy – Season 3 Review

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Shaun Munro reviews The Umbrella Academy Season 3…Releasing mere weeks after Netflix’s decent-but-overstuffed fourth volume of Stranger Things, the third season of the streamer’s hit superhero series The Umbrella Academy feels comparatively svelte and breezy, with each of its 10 fast-moving episodes mercifully clocking in at far less than an hour in length.While season three […]

Blu-ray Review – Edge of Sanity (1989)

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Edge of Sanity, 1989.Directed by Gérard Kikoïne. Starring Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, David Lodge, Sarah Maur Thorp, Ben Cole, and Harry Landis.SYNOPSIS:When Dr. Henry Jekyll’s experiments with using cocaine as an anaesthetic get out of control, he changes into the grotesque Mr. Hyde, who has taken a liking to killing sex workers in Victorian London.An […]

Movie Review – Playground (2021)

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Playground, 2021.Written and directed by Laura Wandel. Starring Maya Vanderbeque and Günter Duret.SYNOPSIS:When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children’s and adult’s worlds.The unique brutality of childhood […]

Movie Review – Spiderhead (2022)

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Spiderhead, 2022.Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich, BeBe Bettencourt, Angie Miliken, Joey Vieira, Nathan Jones, Ron Smyck, and Mark Paguio.SYNOPSIS:In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings […]

Video Game Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

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Villordsutch reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge…Words cannot explain the mixed emotions I felt with the announcement of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge from Dotemu, developer Tribute Games and Nickelodeon. The spiritual successor to the original arcade classic, the machine I ploughed numerous £1 coins into back in Southport as a lonely nerd […]