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Comic Book Review – The Red Mother #2

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Calum Petrie reviews The Red Mother #2… In this strange and supernatural comic series, our protagonist has been through an extremely interesting and horrific set of events. Not only has her picturesque life been turned upside down, but Daisy has had to deal with her boyfriend Luke disappearing right in front of her eyes – […]

Netflix Review – The Politician Season 2

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EJ Moreno reviews the second season of Netflix’s The Politician… Ryan Murphy is back with another season of his hit Netflix original series. The Politician Season 2 is bold, campier, and somehow wilder than before. Ben Platt and Judith Light lead the second season of the political satire into directions than you’d never expect, so […]

Movie Review — 7500 (2019)

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7500, 2019. Directed by Patrick Vollrath. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Aylin Tezel, Carlo Kitzlinger, Murathan Muslu and Paul Wollin. SYNOPSIS: A Berlin-to-Paris flight is violently disrupted by a group of hijackers. In a film that depicts the mid-air mayhem of a fictional plane hijacking, it might come as a surprise that the word ‘terrorist’ […]

Movie Review – WrestleMassacre (2020)

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WrestleMassacre, 2020. Directed by Brad Twigg. Starring Richie Acevedo, Tony Atlas, Julio Bana Fernandez, Jason John Beebe, Rene Dupree, Nikolai Volkoff, Jimmy Valiant, and Rosanna Nelson. SYNOPSIS:  Randy is an awkward groundskeeper who is obsessed with professional wrestling. Longing for a sense of belonging with grandiose dreams of becoming a wrestling superstar, Randy is only […]

Movie Review – Babyteeth (2019)

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Babyteeth, 2019. Directed by Shannon Murphy. Starring Eliza Scanlen, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, and Eugene Gilfedder. SYNOPSIS: A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer. Babyteeth is a character-focused coming-of-age terminal illness love story scarce on details in ways both refreshing and […]

Movie Review – WrestleMassacre (2018)

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WrestleMassacre, 2018. Directed by Brad Twigg. Starring Richie Acevedo, Julio Bana Fernandez, Rosanna Nelson, Jimmy Flame, Rene Dupree, Nicholas Yoder II, James L. Edwards, Nikolai Volkoff, Tony Atlas and Jim Fullington. SYNOPSIS: A disgruntled gardener with a love for professional wrestling becomes a serial killer. The audience for WrestleMassacre is pretty clearly and concisely defined […]

Movie Review – The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019)

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The Ground Beneath My Feet, 2019. Directed by Marie Kreutzer. Starring Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger and Mavie Hörbiger. SYNOPSIS: A woman devoted to her high-pressure career sees her life unravel as she struggles to deal with the ongoing troubles of her schizophrenic sister and worries she might be suffering from mental illness as well. Cinema […]

Blu-ray Review – It Couldn’t Happen Here (1988)

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It Couldn’t Happen Here, 1988. Directed by Jack Bond. Starring Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt, Barbara Windsor and Neil Dickson. SYNOPSIS: A surreal journey through the British seaside and the work of the Pet Shop Boys. Much of British cinema tries to ape America. Often, the country’s film business seems ashamed of […]

Snowpiercer Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Justice Never Boarded’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Snowpiercer… Ambition in a television series is difficult to define as streaming services have changed the playing field. Long form episodes which last an hour are now common place, meaning that structure and narrative need not be doled out in haste. Programmes are planned out for five years […]