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Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter One’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of HBO’s Perry Mason…HBO has a reputation for producing quality content, era defining television and above all programmes with contemporary resonance. Alongside Game of Thrones, True Detective and Watchmen we now have Perry Mason for the millennial generation. Executive produced by Susan and Robert Downey Jr. this opulent reboot […]

Movie Review – Greed (2020)

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Greed, 2019.Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Dinita Gohil, Sarah Solemani, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sophie Cookson, Jamie Blackley, Pearl Mackie, Shanina Shaik, Asim Chaudhry, Enzo Cilenti and Ollie Locke.SYNOPSIS:Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan) is throwing a party and he wants everyone to know about it. Social satire meets sweat […]

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 – then […]

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 join […]

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’ is uttered just the […]

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 met with abject […]

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 frustrating. Eliza Scanlen (an […]

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 in its title. If […]

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 loves protagonists struggling to […]