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His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Malice’

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Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of His Dark Materials season 2…In this penultimate episode witches and aeronauts jockey for attention with shamans and spectres. Wounds begin weeping and treachery runs deep as a certified allegiance gets dissolved in a cold blooded fashion. Cardinals and their cohorts make ruthless advances while celestial observers enter the […]

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Believer’

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Ricky Church reviews the seventh episode of The Mandalorian season 2…The penultimate episode of The Mandalorian‘s second season brought about several exciting and interesting aspects as Din Djarin and his allies tried to discover Grogu’s location. Much of this was due to the return of Bill Burr as the mercenary and ex-Imperial Mayfeld as director […]

Movie Review – The Midnight Sky (2020)

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The Midnight Sky, 2020.Directed by George Clooney. Starring George Clooney, Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Caoilinn Springall, Sophie Rundle, and Ethan Peck.SYNOPSIS:This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.George […]

Movie Review – Mary, Queen of Scots (2018)

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Mary, Queen of Scots, 2018.Directed by Josie Rourke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Maria Dragus, Eileen O’Higgins, Liah O’Prey, Izuka Hoyle, Brendan Coyle, Martin Compston, Gemma Chan, and Ismael Cruz Córdova.SYNOPSIS:Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of […]

Movie Review – Bombshell (2019)

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Bombshell, 2019.Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Mark Duplass, Alice Eve, Alanna Ubach, Nazanin Boniadi, Elisabeth Röhm, Madeline Zima, Ashley Greene, Rob Delaney, Brooke Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Spencer Garrett, Andy Buckley, Liv Hewson, Ahna O’Reilly, P. J. Byrne, Ben Lawson, Anne Ramsay, Josh Lawson, […]

Movie Review – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 2020.Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Jeremy Shamos, Taylour Paige, Jonny Coyne, Michael Potts, and Dusan Brown.SYNOPSIS:Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player, and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable “Mother of the Blues”.In […]

Movie Review – Sucker Punch (2011)

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Sucker Punch, 2011.Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm and Scott Glenn.SYNOPSIS: Locked away against her will, a young girl’s vivid imagination provides a thrilling escape from her dark reality.With Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder is for the first time directing a […]

Movie Review – My Dinner With Alan: A Sopranos Session (2020)

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My Dinner With Alan: A Sopranos Session, 2020.Directed by Kristian Fraga. Featuring Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, David Chase, Federico Castellucio, Arthur J Nascarella, Vincent Pastore and Vincent Curatola.SYNOPSIS:Thirteen years after it finished The Sopranos is still held up the gold standard. HBO built their house on it and in three compelling segments fans are […]

Movie Review – News of the World (2020)

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News of the World, 2020.Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Fred Hechinger, Michael Angelo Covino, Thomas Francis Murphy, Elizabeth Marvel, Mare Winningham, Neil Sandilands, and Chukwudi Iwuji.SYNOPSIS:A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel […]