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Comic Book Review – Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Vol. 3 #2

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Calum Petrie reviews Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Vol. 3 #2… As we return to Exandria, the legends of Vox Machina grow more righteous (or notorious) by the day. The future heroes of Tal’dorei are still relatively early on in their story, and yet that does not mean that their journey is any less entertaining. […]

Movie Review – Percy vs. Goliath (2020)

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Percy vs. Goliath, 2020. Directed by Clark Johnson. Starring Christopher Walken, Roberta Maxwell, Pathy Aiyar, Monique Alverez, Adam Beach, Zach Braff, Andrea del Campo, Martin Donovan, Christina Ricci, Warren Ellis and Zoe Fish. SYNOPSIS: Percy (Christopher Walker) is a seed saver, who has farmed the same land for generations. In a landmark legal case which […]

Movie Review – The Artist’s Wife (2019)

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The Artist’s Wife, 2019. Directed by Tom Colby. Starring Lena Olin, Bruce Dern, Juliet Rylance, Robert Myers, Avan Jogia, Stefanie Powers, Catherine Curtin, Tonya Pinkins, Caryn West, Alexandre Bagot, Laura Chaneski, and Ravi Cabot-Conyers. SYNOPSIS: Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is […]

Movie Review – The Virtuoso (2021)

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The Virtuoso, 2021. Directed by Nick Stagliano. Starring Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, Anthony Hopkins, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, Diora Baird, Chris Perfetti, and David Morse. A lonesome stranger, secure, nerves of steel, must track down and kill a rogue Hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he’s been given is a time […]

Movie Review – Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020)

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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation, 2020. Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland. Starring Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto. SYNOPSIS: An examination of the parallel lives and careers of two of the 20th century’s most celebrated American writers – Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. Movies about writers can be very dry. However exciting their work, often […]

Comic Book Review – Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #2

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Calum Petrie reviews Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #2… Issue #2 of The Witch Queens series throws us plenty of story, action and character development from the word go. This latest issue in the Lady Baltimore series offers an insight into the world of Lord Baltimore and the part he played in this world at […]

Movie Review – Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)

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Wild Mountain Thyme, 2020. Written and Directed by John Patrick Shanley. Starring Jamie Dornan, Emily Blunt, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken, Dearbhla Molloy, Jon Tenney, Danielle Ryan, Lydia McGuinness, Darragh O’Kane, and Abigail Coburn. SYNOPSIS: A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family’s land dispute. Wild Mountain Thyme is a romantic […]

Video Review – Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse (2021)

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EJ Moreno reviews the Amazon Prime Original, Without Remorse… Michael B. Jordan further proves he’s one of Hollywood’s best leading men with his latest, Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse. By elevating some bland directing and a weak script, Jordan makes the most out of what could’ve been a simple action thriller. In his latest video, EJ […]

Comic Book Review – Once & Future #18

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Calum Petrie reviews Once & Future #18… The final issue in Once & Future’s third arc throws us right into the middle of the fray, where Merlin has been hatching a long running plan. Bridgette, Duncan and everyone else appear to be nothing more than pawns on the board at any given moment. The threat […]

Movie Review – Separation (2021)

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Separation, 2021. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Rupert Friend, Madeleine Brewer, Brian Cox, Violet McGraw, Troy James, Simon Quarterman, and Mamie Gummer. SYNOPSIS: A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother. In a verbally explosive argument during 2019’s Marriage Story that has been memed to death, […]