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Video Review – Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a delight, even with its cringe story

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EJ Moreno offers up his take on Spielberg’s West Side Story…This holiday season, West Side Story is back in cinemas, and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is tackling the iconic musical. Can his stellar direction overcome the film’s profoundly flawed story? Spielberg sure tries to razzle-dazzle you enough to forget the horrid love story at the […]

Movie Review – Silent Night (2021)

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Silent Night, 2021.Written and Directed by Camille Griffin. Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Davida McKenzie, Rufus Jones, Sope Dirisu, Lucy Punch, Holly Aird, Trudie Styler, Dora Davis, Gilby Griffin Davis, and Hardy Griffin Davis.SYNOPSIS:Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family […]

Movie Review – Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021)

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Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins, 2021.Directed by Nick Nevern. Starring Vinnie Jones, Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Keith Allen, Billy Murray, Michelle Collins, Roland Manookian and P.H.Moriarty.SYNOPSIS:Here’s how it all began for Tony Tucker, Craig Rolfe and Pat Tate in the prequel that you’ve all been clamouring for.Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins is the fifth movie […]

Book Review – Charles Boyer: The French Lover

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews Charles Boyer: The French Lover…According to the flap copy, John Baxter’s Charles Boyer: The French Lover “is the first biography of Boyer (1899-1978) to exist in English in almost forty years.” The last one, as cited in Baxter’s bibliography, would appear to be Larry Swindell’s The Reluctant Lover: Charles Boyer, which was published […]

TV Review – Alex Rider Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews the second season of Alex Rider… When Amazon first decided to adapt Alex Rider, a character conjured up by writer Anthony Horowitz, audiences were sceptical to say the least. The movie version may have featured solid performances from Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor and Damian Lewis but never spawned a sequel. However, when […]

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 Weaver.SYNOPSIS:Tired […]

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 Language) […]

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 of the basic plot […]

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 to deal with […]