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Movie Review – Military Wives (2019)

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Military Wives, 2019. Directed by Peter Cattaneo. Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Jason Flemyng, Greg Wise, Emma Lowndes, Gaby French. SYNOPSIS: With their partners serving overseas, a group of women on the home front come together to start a choir which, in turn, inspires a global movement. It’s been over twenty years since The […]

Movie Review – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always, 2020. Written and Directed by Eliza Hittman. Starring Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Ryan Eggold, Théodore Pellerin, and Sharon Van Etten. SYNOPSIS: A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy, A negative can sometimes be positive, while a […]

TV Review – Devs Season 1

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Justin Cook reviews the first season of Alex Garland’s Devs… “Life is just something we watch unfold. Like pictures on a screen,” says one character in FX’s first Hulu-exclusive show Devs. With his first foray into television, series creator Alex Garland grapples with the idea that nothing in our universe is random — every single […]

Movie Review – Greed (2020)

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Greed, 2020. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Steve Coogan, Asa Butterfield, Isla Fisher, Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Sarah Solemani, Jamie Blackley, Shanina Shaik, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Charlie Cooper, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke, Christophe de Choisy, Matt Bentley, Dinita Gohil, Caroline Flack, Tim Key, Paul Clayton, Jack Shepherd, James Blunt, Jessica […]

Movie Review – Onward (2020)

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Onward, 2020. Directed by Dan Scanlon. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Lena Waithe, Ali Wong and Tracey Ullman. SYNOPSIS: Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on an journey to discover if there is still a little […]

Blu-ray Review – Runaway (1984)

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Runaway, 1984. Directed by Michael Crichton. Starring Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, G.W. Bailey, Joey Cramer, and Stan Shaw. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, where robots have integrated with humans, a madman starts reprogramming the machines to turn against the human race. There is nothing more certain to date a movie than […]

Netflix Review – Castlevania Season 3

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EJ Moreno reviews the third season of Netflix’s Castlevania animated series… If there’s anything this reviewer loves in life, it’s high camp mixing with high art. It takes a special kind of project to find a balance between the gritty and posh sides of life. Thank the stars that Netflix is continuing to give us […]

LEGO Star Wars – Jakku Quadjumper (75178) Review

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Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Star Wars’ Jakku Quadjumper set… Summer is here, which means a brand new wave of LEGO Star Wars sets! And, with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi tie-in sets not arriving until later in the year, The LEGO Group has taken the opportunity to revisit Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a couple of brand […]

Movie Review – Away (2016)

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Away, 2016. Directed by David Blair. Starring Timothy Spall, Juno Temple, Hayley Squires, Matt Ryan and Susan Lynch. SYNOPSIS: Ria (Juno Temple) and Joseph (Timothy Spall) are both in Blackpool to escape.  She’s trying to get away from her abusive boyfriend, he’s trying to escape memories of the death of his wife.  When their paths […]