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Movie Review – Phantom Thread (2017)

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Phantom Thread, 2017.Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, and Brian Gleeson.SYNOPSIS:Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis has delivered unforgettable method […]

Movie Review – The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

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The Matrix Resurrections, 2021.Directed by Lana Wachowski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Christina Ricci, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Lambert Wilson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Daniel Bernhardt, Ellen Hollman, Brian J. Smith, Toby Onwumere, and Eréndira Ibarra.SYNOPSIS:Follows Neo who is living a ordinary life in San Francisco, where […]

Video Review – Licorice Pizza is good, bad, and problematic

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza…Paul Thomas Anderson is a prolific filmmaker with years of some of the most amazing cinematic work. Unfortunately, his latest outing, Licorice Pizza, couldn’t reach the heights of his other masterworks. While the film has some positives, critic EJ Moreno feels the weak script […]

Marvel’s Hawkeye – Episode 6 Review – ‘So This Is Christmas?’

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Martin Carr reviews the season finale of Marvel’s Hawkeye…With only six episodes to make an impression Hawkeye was up against it from the outset. Audiences were cautious, viewing figures were poor and people seemed oddly indifferent. It featured a second tier Avenger, another arrow totting teenage and promised nothing new on paper. The reality is that Hawkeye might […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Beast Wars #11

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Beast Wars #11…After Beast Wars #10 promised a big conflict as Optimus Primal and his Maximals decided to take the fight straight to the Predacons, writer Erik Burnham follows through with an action heavy spectacle as the battle between the two factions escalates throughout the issue. Beast Wars #11 is another great part of the […]

Movie Review – Malcolm & Marie (2021)

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Malcolm & Marie, 2021.Written and Directed by Sam Levinson. Starring Zendaya and John David Washington.SYNOPSIS:A director and his girlfriend’s relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and await critics’ responses.A blistering examination of a love/hate relationship on the brink of collapsing, Malcolm & Marie steamrolls from one heated argument laced with […]

Movie Review – Spencer (2021)

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Spencer, 2021.Directed by Pablo Larraín. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Thomas Douglas, Olga Hellsing, Matthias Wolkowski, Oriana Gordon, Ryan Wichert, John Keogh, Amy Manson, Elizabeth Berrington, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry, Stella Gonet, Richard Sammel, Lore Stefanek, James Harkness, Laura Benson, Wendy Patterson, and Libby Rodliffe.SYNOPSIS:During her Christmas holidays with […]

Movie Review – CODA (2021)

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CODA, 2021.Directed by Sian Heder Starring Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Amy Forsyth and Eugenio Derbez.SYNOPSIS: Ruby (Emilia Jones) works in the family fishing business, balancing her ambitions with commitments closer to home. As a CODA, she bridges the divide for her mother, father and brother between her and the outside world […]

Movie Review – Once Upon a Time at Christmas (2017)

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Once Upon a Time at Christmas, 2017.Directed by Paul Tanter. Starring Simon Phillips, Sayla de Goede, Laurel Brady, Barry Kennedy, Jeff Ellenberger, Brook Fletcher, and Susannah Mackay.SYNOPSIS:A small town is plagued by serial killers dressed as Santa and Mrs Claus, who appear to be escalating their murderous rampage every day.Sometimes a horror movie twist is […]

Movie Review – Christmas Blood (2018)

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Christmas Blood, 2018.Directed by Reinert Kiil. Starring Helene Eidsvåg, Stig Henrik Hoff, Yassmine Johansen, and Sondre Krogtoft Larsen.SYNOPSIS:After being in solitary for almost 6 years, psychopath escapes a couple days before Christmas night.Reinert Kiil’s Christmas Blood gains a favorable comparison versus this year’s avalanche of Z-grade Xmas Horror for a simple reason: Kiil shoots a […]