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Movie Review – Tina (2021)

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Tina, 2021. Directed by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin. Featuring Tina Turner, Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, Erwin Bach, Kurt Loder, Roger Davies, Carl Arrington. SYNOPSIS: A documentary which charts the rise of Anna Mae Bullock from shy farm girl to international music icon Tina Turner. Utilising concert footage, rehearsal room recordings and home movie snippets, […]

Video Game Review – El Hijo – A Wild West Tale

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Harrison Abbott reviews El Hijo – A Wild West Tale… Within the sphere of indie gaming, there are a number of tried and tested genres that rarely. You know, those durable fan-favourites like the pixel-art platformer, the bastard-hard roguelike, and, of course, the ever-dependable: ‘’minimalist adventure about a big-headed child surviving hostile environments’’. For reference […]

Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2 Review – ‘Star-Spangled Man’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier… With the advent of Wyatt Russell as John Walker something has started to happen this week. Friction has been quickly introduced to a show which spent much of its opener defining boundaries. What we get a lot more of, a lot […]

2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, 2021. Directed by Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler. Starring Jeffery Robinson. SYNOPSIS: ACLU lawyer Jeffery Robinson’s shattering talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism is interwoven with archival footage, interviews, and Robinson’s story, exploring the legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome […]

Movie Review – Tom & Jerry: The Movie (2021)

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Tom & Jerry: The Movie, 2021. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Tom, Jerry, Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Ken Jeong, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney, Christina Chong, Pallavi Sharda, Brian Stepanek, Camilla Arfwedson, Jordan Bolger, Daniel Adegboyega, Bobby Cannavale, Nicky Jam, Joey Wells, Harry Ratchford, Will ‘Spank’ Horton, Na’im Lynn, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and […]

2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Return: Life After ISIS

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The Return: Life After ISIS, 2021. Directed by Alba Sotorra Clua. SYNOPSIS: Shamima Begum and Hoda Muthana made worldwide headlines when they left their countries as teenagers to join ISIS. Now they want to return but their countries don’t want them back. Alba Sotorra Clua’s new documentary tackles a highly contentious, emotionally charged subject with […]

Hulu Review – Into The Dark Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews season 2 of Hulu’s Into The Dark… Most horror anthologies are two a penny these days. They take a tired and tested approach to content, which is both overly familiar and closer to caricature than pastiche. Hulu, who are the network behind Into The Dark, have done their best to deviate from this […]

Movie Review – Stray (2020)

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Stray, 2020. Directed by Elizabeth Lo. Featuring Zeytin, Nazar, and Kartal. SYNOPSIS: Filmed over a two year period, Elizbeth Lo’s shaggy dog story chronicles the life of Zeytin, a stray dog navigating the trials of life thrown at her on the streets of Istanbul. Disney’s 1963 live-action classic, The Incredible Journey, 80s TV treat The […]

2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – We Are As Gods

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We Are As Gods, 2021. Directed by Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado. Starring Stewart Brand. SYNOPSIS: Stewart Brand, the pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism now urges people to use our god-like powers to fight extinction by reviving lost species. What seemingly begins as a standard-yet-compelling profile of futurist Stuart Brand soon enough […]