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Movie Review – Back to the Outback (2021)

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Back to the Outback, 2021. Directed by Clare Knight & Harry Cripps. Featuring the voice talents of Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, Aislinn Derbez, Diesel La Torraca, Jack Charles, Celeste Barber, Gia Carides, Rachel House, Wayne Knight, Aaron Pedersen, Lachlan Ross Power, Kiara Marr and Jacki […]

Marvel’s Hawkeye – Episode 3 Review – ‘Echoes’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Marvel’s Hawkeye… Alaqua Cox is a name people should get comfortable with. Her introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe will light fires, forge in-roads and welcome a chrome domed villain back into the fray. Being both deaf, disabled and Native American, Echo turns Hawkeye on its head. ASL (American Sign […]

Movie Review – Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

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Coming Home in the Dark, 2021. Directed by James Ashcroft. Starring Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomsen, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu, Billy Paratene, and Frankie Paratene. SYNOPSIS: A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip. In terms […]

Movie Review – South Park: Post Covid (2021)

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South Park: Post Covid, 2021. Written and Directed by Trey Parker & Matt Stone Featuring the voice talent of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, April Stewart, Mona Marshall, Kimberly Brooks, Adrien Beard, Delilah Kujala, and Betty Boogie Parker. SYNOPSIS: The year is 2061 and the old gang from South Park is called back to the town […]

Disney+ Review – The Beatles: Get Back

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Chris Connor reviews Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back… Following its announcement in 2019, Peter Jackson’s Get Back chronicling the infamous recording sessions for The Beatles final album Let It Be has had fans in a whirlwind of excitement.  Drawing from 60 hours of video footage and 150 hours of audio, the project uses footage […]

Movie Review – The Power of the Dog (2021)

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The Power of the Dog, 2021. Written and Directed by Jane Campion. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Thomasin McKenzie, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Peter Carroll, Adam Beach, and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #37

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #37… As a new arc begins in IDW’s Transformers, Brian Ruckley spends much of the issue filling in some of the series’ biggest gaps while laying further groundwork for what comes next in the Cybertronian civil war. Transformers #37 is a nice balance between the exposition Ruckley gives and the action the bots get […]

Movie Review – The Hand of God (2021)

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The Hand of God, 2021. Written and Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri, Renato Carpentieri, Massimiliano Gallo, Betti Pedrazzi, Enzo De Caro, Sofya Gershevich, Lino Musella, Biagio Manna, Ciro Capano, Alessandro Bressanello, Birte Berg, Dora Romano, Monica Nappo, Cristiana Dell’Anna, and Alfonso Perugini. SYNOPSIS: In 1980s […]

Movie Review – Shiva Baby (2021)

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Shiva Baby, 2021. Written and Directed by Emma Seligman. Starring Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon, Polly Draper, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Dianna Agron, Jackie Hoffman, Sondra James, Deborah Offner, Vivien Landau, Glynis Bell, and Ariel Eliaz. SYNOPSIS: At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy. Making her feature-length […]