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Movie Review – The Tax Collector (2020)

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The Tax Collector, 2020.Written and directed by David Ayer. Starring Bobby Soto, Cinthya Carmona, Shia LeBeouf, George Lopez, Jose Conejo Martin and Cheyenne Rae Hernandez.SYNOPSIS:David (Bobby Soto) is a tax collector in Los Angeles for the family along with Creeper (Shia LeBeouf). They are feared by rival gangs, levy charges on all the small town […]

Movie Review – Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

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Waiting for the Barbarians, 2019.Directed by Ciro Guerra. Starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, and David Dencik.SYNOPSIS:In a distant, unnamed colonial outpost in the Middle Eastern desert, a Magistrate begins to question his loyalty to the Empire after the arrival of state security officers with morally questionable methods.For a movie […]

Movie Review – Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

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Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo, 2019.Directed by Brett Harvey. Featuring Danny Trejo, Robert Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, and Donal LogueSYNOPSIS:A deep dive into the back story and personal life of one of Hollywood’s most recognizable character actors.Almost everyone knows Danny Trejo. If it’s from his family films like Spy Kids or the exploitation throwbacks […]

Video Review – Gaspar Noe’s Climax

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Climax, 2019.Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, and Thea Carla Schott.Climax is an exercise in extreme filmmaking, and one of Gaspar Noe’s best films. When the action picks up, you can’t tear you eyes away from the screen. Even when the sickest things are […]

Comic Book Review – Horizon Zero Dawn #1

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Kevin McDowall reviews Horizone Zero Dawn #1…Based on the hit video game of the same name, Horizon Zero Dawn takes place after the events of the game when everything seems to have settled in the new world. The hunt for a deadly new breed of machine begins.Issue #1 starts with us following Talanah on her next chapter […]

Movie Review – Diablo Rojo PTY (2020)

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Diablo Rojo PTY. 2020.Directed by Sol Moreno and J. Oskura Nájera. Starring Carlos Carrasco, Leo Wiznitzer, Alejandra Araúz, Natalia Beluche, Renan Fernandez, and Julian Urriola.SYNOPSIS:A “Diablo Rojo” bus driver, his helper, a priest, and two policemen fall victim to a mysterious spell and end up lost somewhere in the Chiriqui jungle, where they will have […]

Movie Review – The Tax Collector (2020)

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The Tax Collector, 2020.Written and Directed by David Ayer. Starring Bobby Soto, Shia LaBeouf, Conejo, Lana Parrilla, Elpidia Carrillo, Chelsea Rendon, Cinthya Bornacelli, George Lopez, Cheyenne Rae Hernandez, Noemi Gonzalez, Gabriela Flores, and Rene Moran.SYNOPSIS:A “tax collector” for a crime lord finds his family’s safety compromised when his boss’ old rival shows up in LA […]

Quibi Review – The Fugitive

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Martin Carr reviews The Fugitive…Mike Ferro (Boyd Holbrook) is a convicted felon who had a fresh start. Detective Clay Bryce (Kiefer Sutherland) a police officer of long standing across town. Soon their two lives will converge as mistaken identity and a series of unfortunate events brings them together. Mike Ferro is one bad day away […]

Movie Review – An American Pickle (2020)

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An American Pickle, 2020.Directed by Brandon Trost. Starring Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Maya Erskine, and Jorma Taccone.SYNOPSIS:An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn.For those that thought one Seth Rogen was not enough, An American Pickle goes a step beyond providing two central […]

Movie Review – Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)

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Waiting for the Barbarians, 2020.Directed by Ciro Guerra. Starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid, Harry Melling, and Bill Milner.SYNOPSIS:A Magistrate working in a distant outpost begins to question his loyalty to the empire.J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians is already a novel intentionally vague on basic […]