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Movie Review – Shadow in the Cloud (2020)

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Shadow in the Cloud, 2020. Directed by Roseanne Liang. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale and Taylor John Smith. SYNOPSIS: In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military […]

Movie Review – Blithe Spirit (2020)

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Blithe Spirit, 2020. Directed by Edward Hall. Starring Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Judi Dench, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Emilia Fox. SYNOPSIS: A struggling crime novelist experiments with a séance in search of inspiration, only to unwittingly summon the ghost of his deceased ex-wife. Writer’s block is a very real problem. Certainly, anyone of a […]

Movie Review – Skylines (2020)

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Skylines, 2020. Directed by Liam O’Donnell. Starring Lindsey Morgan, Rhona Mitra, Alexander Siddig, James Cosmo, Daniel Bernhardt and Jonathan Howard. SYNOPSIS: With the harmony of alien hybrid co-existence under threat Rose Corley (Lindsey Morgan) and her crew set off to a distance planet, with the sole intention of saving mankind. This tongue in cheek alien […]

The Stand Episode 2 Review – ‘Pocket Saviour’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Stand… Apathy after episode one has been replaced with a new found curiosity as The Stand finds its feet. After the tedious opener which felt protracted and lacking in drama, ‘Pocket Saviour’ establishes context as pieces begin falling into place. Much of this comes from a clarity of structure which […]

Movie Review – Minari (2020)

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Minari, 2020. Written and Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Starring Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Youn Yuh-jung, Will Patton. Scott Haze, Noel Kate Cho, Alan Kim, Eric Starkey, Esther Moon, and Darryl Cox. SYNOPSIS: A Korean family moves to Arkansas to start a farm in the 1980s. Even though the Korean-American Yi family at the center […]

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘Tribes’

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Ricky Church reviews the sixth episode of The Expanse season 5… As The Expanse passes its halfway point of the fifth season, ‘Tribes’ offered us a look at the fractures. both literal and figurative, Marcos Inaros has caused with his attacks across the system. Compared to the previous couple of episodes, it gave viewers a bit of […]

Movie Review – The Love Witch (2016)

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The Love Witch, 2016 Written and Directed by Anna Biller Starring Samantha Robinson, Elle Evans, Jeffrey Vincent Praise, Lily Holleman, Dani Lennon, Laura Waddell, Stephen Wozniak, Jennifer Ingrum, Gian Keys SYNOPSIS: A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in a tribute to 1960s pulp novels and […]

Movie Review – Vanguard (2020)

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Vanguard, 2020. Directed by Stanley Tong. Starring Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Allen Ai Lun, Miya Muqi, Zhu Zhengting, Desmond Aldridge, Can Aydin, Sayed Badreya, Ruohan Xu, Barret Coates, and Fady Zaky. SYNOPSIS: Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world’s deadliest mercenary organization. […]

Movie Review – If Not Now, When? (2021)

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If Not Now, When?, 2021. Directed by Tamara Bass and Meagan Good. Starring Meagan Good, Meagan Holder, Mekia Cox, Valarie Pettiford, Tamara Bass, Edwin Hodge, Kyle Schmid McKinley, Freeman Niles Fitch, Todd Williams, and Lexi Underwood. SYNOPSIS: Four friends, who met in high school and are bonded by an event, are suddenly forced back together […]