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Movie Review – Flinch (2021)

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Flinch, 2021. Written and Directed by Cameron Van Hoy. Starring Daniel Zovatto, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Buddy Duress, Tom Segura, Steven Bauer, David Proval, Michael Drayer, Adam Lazarre-White, and Cathy Moriarty. SYNOPSIS: A young Hitman who lives with his mother catches feelings for the witness of a murder he commits. Flinch is simultaneously uncomfortable and misguided (regardless […]

American Gods Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Winter’s Tale’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of American Gods season 3… Literary adaptations which strike the same chord as American Gods are rare. In the opening season it redefined the standard and dramatically challenged anyone within spitting distance to a fist fight. Daring in its disregard and dangerous to a fault it redrafted the lines of engagement. […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Sky Sharks

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Sky Sharks, 2020. Written and directed by Marc Fehse. Starring Thomas Morris, Barbara Nedeljakova, Eva Habermann, and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: A team of geologists discovers a Nazi warship in the Arctic that was believed lost: the Himmelsfaust, a gigantic steel colossus from the Third Reich, filled to the brim with unimaginable machines of destruction. Dr. […]

Movie Review – Blithe Spirit (2020)

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Blithe Spirit, 2020. Directed by Edward Hall. Starring Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Judi Dench, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Emilia Fox. SYNOPSIS: A struggling crime novelist experiments with a séance in search of inspiration, only to unwittingly summon the ghost of his deceased ex-wife. Writer’s block is a very real problem. Certainly, anyone of a […]

The Stand Episode 2 Review – ‘Pocket Saviour’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Stand… Apathy after episode one has been replaced with a new found curiosity as The Stand finds its feet. After the tedious opener which felt protracted and lacking in drama, ‘Pocket Saviour’ establishes context as pieces begin falling into place. Much of this comes from a clarity of structure which […]

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘Tribes’

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Ricky Church reviews the sixth episode of The Expanse season 5… As The Expanse passes its halfway point of the fifth season, ‘Tribes’ offered us a look at the fractures. both literal and figurative, Marcos Inaros has caused with his attacks across the system. Compared to the previous couple of episodes, it gave viewers a bit of […]

Movie Review – Vanguard (2020)

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Vanguard, 2020. Directed by Stanley Tong. Starring Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Allen Ai Lun, Miya Muqi, Zhu Zhengting, Desmond Aldridge, Can Aydin, Sayed Badreya, Ruohan Xu, Barret Coates, and Fady Zaky. SYNOPSIS: Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world’s deadliest mercenary organization. […]

Movie Review – Spring Breakers (2012)

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Spring Breakers, 2012. Written and Directed by Harmony Korine. Starring James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine. SYNOPSIS: Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to […]

Movie Review – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2011. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson, Goran Visnjic and Geraldine James. SYNOPSIS: A magazine journalist and a troubled computer hacker team up to search for a woman who has been missing for forty years. Ah, […]