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Movie Review – County Lines (2019)

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County Lines, 2019. Directed by Henry Blake. Starring Conrad Khan, Ashley Madekwe, Harris Dickinson, Tabitha Milne-Price, Marcus Rutherford, Carlyss Peer and Johanna Stanton. SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy is groomed into becoming part of a dangerous, nationwide drug network. “Do you know what acceptable loss is?” asks a social worker during the opening minutes of writer/director […]

Movie Review – To the Stars (2019)

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To the Stars, 2019. Directed by Martha Stephens.Starring Kara Hayward, Liana Liberato, Shea Wigham, Malin Akerman, Tony Hale, Adelaide Clemens, Jordana Spiro, Lucas Jade Zumann, Tina Parker, Madisen Beaty, Lauren Ashley Stephenson and Sophi Bairley. SYNOPSIS: Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl […]

Movie Review – Becky (2020)

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Becky, 2020 Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion. Starring Lulu Wilson, Joel McHale, Kevin James, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet, and Ryan McDonald. SYNOPSIS: A teenager’s weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives. Bearded and inked up in […]

Movie Review – Survive the Night (2020)

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Survive the Night, 2020. Directed by Matt Eskandari. Starring Chad Michael Murray, Bruce Willis, Shea Buckner, Tyler Jon Olson, Lydia Hull, Riley Wolfe Rach, and Jessica Abrams. SYNOPSIS: An estranged father-son duo must put aside their differences in order to protect their families from a home invasion. I suppose Lionsgate, the film’s distributor, is partly […]

Killing Eve Season 3 Finale Review – ‘Are You Leading Or Am I?’

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Martin Carr reviews Killing Eve’s season 3 finale… More than a few are apparently disappointed with this third season which they say lacks substance and suspense. Accusations have been levelled, insinuations made and Twitter rumblings heard leading to an internet aftershock. If a minority might be afforded the opportunity to retort let it be known […]

Movie Review – Shirley (2020)

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Shirley, 2020 Directed by Josephine Decker Starring Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, and Odessa Young SYNOPSIS: A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple. Celebrated author Shirley Jackson was reportedly displeased that her 1954 novel The Bird’s Nest was marketed as psychological […]

Movie Review – The Vast of Night (2020)

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The Vast of Night, 2020. Directed by Andrew Patterson. Starring Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer, and Bruce Davis. SYNOPSIS: In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the […]

Netflix Review – Space Force

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Shaun Munro reviews the first season of Netflix’s Space Force… Netflix’s new sci-fi comedy series Space Force sees Greg Daniels, the creator of the U.S. version of The Office, re-team with that series’ star Steve Carell for a topical space-themed satire that, for all the talents of its cast, ultimately skews broad to a disappointing […]

Movie Review – The Vast of Night (2020)

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The Vast of Night, 2019. Directed by Andrew Patterson. Starring Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Erick Alexander, and Jared Bulmer. SYNOPSIS: In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, a young, winsome switchboard operator Fay (Sierra McCormick) and charismatic radio DJ Everett (Jake Horowitz) discover a strange audio frequency that could […]