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Movie Review – The Take (2016)

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The Take (a.k.a. Bastille Day), 2016. Directed by James Watkins Starring Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Kelly Reilly, Charlotte le Bon SYNOPSIS: Michael Mason, an American conman in Paris, is embroiled in a terrorist plot which leads him into the path of hard-edged CIA officer Sean Briar… On the evidence of movies such as The Take, […]

Movie Review – Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

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Johnny English Strikes Again, 2018. Directed by David Kerr. Starring Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson, and Jake Lacy. SYNOPSIS: After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker. Johnny English Strikes Again is […]

Movie Review – First Man (2018)

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First Man, 2018. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Olivia Hamilton, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, and Pablo Schreiber. SYNOPSIS: The story of Neil Armstrong, who would become the first man to talk on the moon, and the NASA scientists that helped him […]

The Devil All The Time – The Bleakest Movie of 2020 | Video Review

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The Devil All The Time, 2020. Directed by Antonio Campos. Starring Tom Holland, Eliza Scanlen, Sebastian Stan, Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Bill Skarsgård, Haley Bennett, Harry Melling, and Mia Wasikowska. Brutal and bleak, The Devil All The Time is one of the toughest viewings of 2020. From director Antonio Campos, this is a […]

Why is Antebellum So Hated? | Video Review

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Antebellum, 2020. Written and Directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz. Starring Janelle Monáe, Robert Aramayo, Kiersey Clemons, Jack Huston, Gabourey Sidibe, Eric Lange, Marque Richardson, Lily Cowles, Grace Junot, T.C. Matherne, Tongayi Chirisa, Devyn A. Tyler, Choppy Guillotte, Betsy Borrego, and Jena Malone. Antebellum is one of the most controversial horror films of the year. […]

Movie Review – All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)

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All In: The Fight for Democracy, 2020. Directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés. Featuring Stacey Abrams, Ari Berman, David Pepper SYNOPSIS: A close examination at the history of voter suppression and the activists who fight for the rights of U.S. citizens. Living in America, you sometimes see how politics play out but have very little knowledge […]

Movie Review – Rocks (2019)

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Rocks, 2019. Directed by Sarah Gavron. Starring Bukky Bakray, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, Kosar Ali, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Tawheda Begum, Ruby Stokes and Sarah Niles. SYNOPSIS: When her mother disappears without warning, a teenage girl and her younger brother take to the streets in order to avoid the care system. One of the bright spots of this […]

Netflix Review – Criminal Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews season 2 of Netflix’s Criminal… Criminal changed the format for police procedurals by challenging our preconceptions. Extended monologues, voyeuristic interrogations and audience complicity drew people in without scenery chewing. For the guest star suspects including David Tennant and Hayley Atwell in season one, it provided opportunities for a measured masterclass in acting […]