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Movie Review – Chaos Walking (2021)

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Chaos Walking, 2021.Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen, Cynthia Erivo, Demian Bichir, David Oyelowo, and Nick Jonas.SYNOPSIS:On a dystopian planet where there are no women, and the men can all hear each other’s thoughts, a woman’s spaceship crash lands, causing havoc.Some films seem to be beaten even before they find […]

Movie Review – French Exit (2020)

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French Exit, 2020.Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots and Danielle McDonald.SYNOPSIS:Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer) is broke. With her reluctant son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) in tow, she settles on a plan to vacation in Paris.This quaint character piece from the pen of Booker Prize nominee […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 12

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 12…The end of IDW’s previous Transformers continuity has come with the twelfth volume of Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two. For a collection focused on providing a conclusion of sorts and laying the groundwork for the new status quo as IDW merged all of their Hasbro […]

Movie Review – Undine (2020)

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Undine, 2020.Directed by Christian Petzold. Starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski and Jacob Matschenz.SYNOPSIS:After a bizarre break-up with her previous boyfriend, a woman forms a new relationship with an industrial diver.Christian Petzold is a filmmaker who thrives when his audience is slightly unbalanced. His last film Transit was an unusual and beguiling tale about refugees in […]

Movie Review – Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

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Godzilla vs. Kong, 2021.Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Demián Bichir, Zhang Ziyi, Lance Reddick, Van Marten, Erol Brandis, Daniel Nelson, Danai Gurira, Chris Chalk, John Pirruccello, Ronny Chieng, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Kaylee Hottle.SYNOPSISThe epic next chapter in […]

Movie Review – Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

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Battle: Los Angeles, 2011.Directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramon Rodriguez, Cory Hardrict, Michael Peña, Ne-Yo, Nzinga Blake and Will Rothhaar.SYNOPSIS: Los Angeles becomes a battleground as a platoon of U.S. Marines make a desperate last stand against invading extra-terrestrial forces.Independence Day, Cloverfield, The Day the Earth Stood Still, District […]

Movie Review – August: Osage County (2013)

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August: Osage County, 2013.Directed by John Wells. Starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper. Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Abigail Breslin, and Benedict Cumberbatch.SYNOPSIS:A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to […]

Movie Review – The Boy (2016)

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The Boy, 2016.Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, and Ben Robson.SYNOPSIS:An American nanny is shocked that her new English family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll. After violating a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.From the director of […]

Movie Review – Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie (2014)

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Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie, 2014.Directed by Ben Kellet. Starring Brendan O’Carroll, Rory Cowan, Martin Delany, Dermot Crowley, Robert Bathurst, Jennifer Gibney, Jimmy Gibney, Paddy Houlihan, Conor Moloney, Danny O’Carroll, Eilish O’Carroll, Fiona O’Carroll, Jamie O’Carroll and Dermot O’Neill.SYNOPSIS:A company tries to shut down Mrs Brown’s fruit and veg stall. They can feck off.There were two warning […]

Movie Review – Crimson Peak (2015)

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Crimson Peak, 2015.Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver.SYNOPSIS:In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away […]