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Movie Review – Another Round (2020)

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Another Round, 2020 Written and Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Martin Greis-Rosenthal, and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt SYNOPSIS: Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication. Danish high school World History teacher Martin plays […]

Movie Review – Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made (2020)

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Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made, 2020. Directed by David Amito and Michael Laicini. Starring Nicole Tompkins, Rowan Smyth, Dan Istrate, Circus-Szalewski, and Shu Sakimoto. SYNOPSIS: A young boy and girl enter the forest to dig a hole to hell. Said to be a cursed film from the late 1970s, Antrum examines the horrifying power […]

Movie Review – Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

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Mario Puzo’s The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda and Sophia Coppola. SYNOPSIS: This third entry in the Corleone family album sees Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) wrestling with the contradictions of running […]

Movie Review – The Prom (2020)

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The Prom, 2020. Directed by Ryan Murphy. Starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, Keegan-Michael Key, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose, Mary Kay Place, Kevin Chamberlin, Tracey Ullman, Logan Riley Hassel, Sofia Deler, Nico Greetham, and Nathaniel J. Potvin. SYNOPSIS: A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small […]

TV Review – Pennyworth Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews Pennyworth Season 2… With Jack Bannon channelling Michael Caine’s Alfie we gear up for a second season of Pennyworth. Having shot his father, watched his girlfriend die and slept with the Queen it would seem there is much to live up to. What this DC tangent offers up is the advancement of […]

Movie Review – Half Brothers (2020)

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Half Brothers,2020. Directed by Luke Greenfield. Starring Luis Gerardo Méndez, Connor Del Rio, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Pia Watson, Manny Rubio, Ashley Poole, Ian Inigo, Mike A. Salazar, Efrain Villa, and José Zúñiga. SYNOPSIS: Renato, a Mexican aviation exec, is shocked to learn he has an American half-brother he never knew about, the free-spirited Asher. They […]

Movie Review – My Psychedelic Love Story (2020)

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My Psychedelic Love Story, 2020. Directed by Errol Morris. SYNOPSIS: Counterculture prophet, LSD advocate and ideological revolutionary Timothy Leary made his mark. This documentary looks back at his contribution to a defining era in American life through the eyes of Joanna Harcourt Smith. This documentary might focus on Timothy Leary the clinical psychologist, Harvard professor […]

Blu-ray Review – Trading Places (1983)

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Trading Places, 1983. Directed by John Landis. Starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis. SYNOPSIS: Paramount is on an Eddie Murphy nostalgia blitz to promote the upcoming release of the sequel Coming 2 America, and as part of that they’ve reissued Trading Places on Blu-ray with improved image […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

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Beverly Hills Cop, 1984. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eibacher, Ronny Cox, and Steven Berkoff. SYNOPSIS: Eddie Murphy’s classic Beverly Hills Cop arrives on 4K Ultra HD in a new edition that also includes a Blu-ray disc and a digital code. The film looks better than ever, although […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: Three Jokers

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: Three Jokers… One of the most anticipated comics in the last several years has been Batman: Three Jokers from DC superstar Geoff Johns and artists Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson. This story was first teased nearly five years ago and finally published in its three-issue miniseries this summer and now, in a very […]