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Movie Review – Nightmare Alley (2021)

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Nightmare Alley, 2021.Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Mark Povinelli, Jim Beaver, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Drew Nelson, Troy James, Dian Bachar, Linden Porco, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – I Want You Back (2022)

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I Want You Back, 2022.Directed by Jacob Orley. Starring Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Scott Eastwood, Manny Jacinto, Clark Backo, Gina Rodriguez, Luke David Blumm, Braxton Alexander, Ava Ann Gale, Mason Gooding, Giselle Torres, Isabel May, Quinn Cooke, Claudia Rocafort, Kysen Acevedo, Jami Gertz, Dylan Gelula, Lauren Halperin, Thy Bui, and Pete Davidson.SYNOPSIS:Newly dumped thirty-somethings Peter […]

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 7 Review – ‘In The Name of Honor’

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Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett…Following our extended detour to track the exploits of other characters, the finale of The Book of Boba Fett returns the attention to the conflict between the title character and the Pyke Syndicate. A thrilling opening lays down the stakes with the […]

Movie Review – Catch the Fair One (2021)

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Catch the Fair One, 2021.Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka. Starring Kali Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Shelito Vincent, Michael Drayer, Lisa Emery, Kimberley Guerrero, and Kevin Dunn.SYNOPSIS: A former champion boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.Packing a real emotional punch, Catch the Fair One shines […]

Movie Review – Drive My Car (2021)

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Drive My Car, 2021.Co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, and Reika Kirishima.SYNOPSIS:Nishijima Hidetoshi is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s 2013 short story of the same name, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new drama Drive My Car lends uncommon on-screen weight […]

Movie Review – Death on the Nile (2022)

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Death on the Nile, 2022.Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Russell Brand, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Letitia Wright, Adam Garcia, Orlando Seale, Michael Rouse, Susannah Fielding, and Rick Warden.SYNOPSIS:Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river […]

Movie Review – American Underdog (2021)

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American Underdog, 2021.Directed by Jon Erwin and Anthony Erwin. Starring Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Dennis Quaid, Hayden Zaller, Bryce Bruckbauer, Beau Hart, Ser’Darius Blain, Chance Kelly, Simeon Castille, Bruce McGill, Adam Baldwin, Cindy Hogan, Nicholas Harris, Steven Chester Prince, Dean Denton, and Kevin Downes.SYNOPSIS:The story of NFL MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback, Kurt Warner, […]

Movie Review – Brain Freeze (2021)

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Brain Freeze, 2021.Written and directed by Julien Knafo. Starring Iani Bédard, Roy Dupuis, Marianne Fortier, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, and Claudia Ferri.SYNOPSIS:A fertiliser used in a rich gated community becomes the source of a genetic mutation that transforms its residents into zombies. Can a teenager and his baby sister break free from the quarantined island before turning […]

Superman & Lois Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Inverse Method’

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Ricky Church reviews the fourth episode of Superman & Lois season 2…The hits just keep coming as Superman & Lois delivered another entertaining and captivating episode. If these first four episodes could be thought of as Act One of the season, ‘The Inverse Method’ kicks off Act Two in a pretty big way as it presents a […]